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Missionaries of Charity
August 26, Mother Teresa's Birthday: Five Interesting Facts to Know about St. Teresa of Calcutta
Born on Aug. 26, 1910, in North Macedonia, St. Teresa of Calcutta left a lasting impact on the world. Here are five things you might not know about her.
Pope Francis Honors People Who Care for "poorest of the poor" on his 86th Birthday
Pope Francis celebrated his 86th birthday on Saturday with the Missionaries of Charity, honoring three people who care for “the poorest of the poor” with the Mother Teresa Award.
Film Presenting the Life Mother Teresa to Hit Theaters in October
A film presenting the life of St. Teresa of Calcutta, commonly referred to as Mother Teresa, will be premiering in theaters for two days in October.
Missionaries of Charity Sisters Expelled from Nicaragua Received in Costa Rica
Bishop Eugenio Salazar Mora of Tilarán-Liberia in Costa Rica greeted the nuns one by one and knelt as he greeted their superior.
Missionaries of Charity Expelled from Nicaragua
The action is the latest in religious persecutions that have escalated there in the last four years.
Missionaries of Charity among Nongovernmental Entities Ordered to Shut Down in Nicaragua
The order to shut down the sisters and 100 other nongovernmental organizations was requested by a Sandinista legislator in a June 22 letter.
In reversal, Missionaries of Charity in India again permitted to receive foreign donations
The Missionaries of Charity have been cleared to receive and use foreign funding in India, after the religious order founded by Mother Teresa was unexpectedly ruled ineligible to receive donations from abroad late last year.
Mother Teresa Missionaries Seek Swift Fix after Indian Government Blocks Foreign Donations
Supporters of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity reacted with surprise and concern to the Indian government’s ruling that the organization is now ineligible for foreign donations, but a spokeswoman for the Calcutta-based branch of the organization believes the situation will be remedied without much effect on the missionaries’ work.
