MOTHER TERESA
Elkhart, KS
Mother Teresa was a humanitarian. Her entire life was fully devoted to helping
the poor, the sick, the needy, and the helpless. Mother Teresa was born in Uskub, Ottoman
Empire on August 26, 1910.
She changed her name to Teresa when she was appointed to be a nun. The poor and needy started to call her mother due to her works. ... Numerous amounts of people look up to Mother Teresa as someone that could change the world, and she did. She changed the way people look at life and God.
Mother Teresa grew famous
for humbly ministering to lepers, the homeless and the poorest of
the poor in the slums of Calcutta (otherwise
known as Kolkata), India
In
1971, she was awarded the first Pope John XXIII Peace Prize for her work with
the poor, display of Christian charity and efforts for peace. In 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize, "for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and
distress, which also constitutes a threat to peace."
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