Her whose testimony of a miraculous cure from an abdominal tumour through Mother Teresa's intercession had paved the way for the nun's beatification.
Mother Teresa, who may be canonised as a saint by the Vatican later this year, had a deep crisis of faith in God for most part of her life, a set of her letters has revealed.
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Coming just a day after she was canonised by Pope Francis in the Vatican City, the death anniversary had a special significance on Monday.
While the world celebrated the 100th birthday of Mother Teresa on August 26, hundreds of people participated in a protest rally in front of the Empire State Building in New York City. The authorities of the iconic building had refused to illuminate it in honour of her.
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Nuns of the order congregated at the prayer hall keeping safe distance from each other and lit candles before a large portrait of St Teresa, still fondly called Mother Teresa. They prayed to her for the well being of the people, specially the poor for whom she had devoted her entire life.
Euphoric scenes were witnessed when Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint.
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday intervened to restore visa "without limit of time" for British-born Catholic nun Jacqueline Jean McEwan, known as Sister Jean, in Bangalore and making it clear that she can stay in India as long as she likes.
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'Most of Tagore's important correspondence is held in institutional archives. So offerings like this in the public domain are few and far between.'
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As the gentle carer of the 'poorest of poor' became a saint on Sunday, Rediff.com looks back at the two miracles that she performed, paving the way for her to be called a saint.
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Indian non-profit 'Educate Girls' wins the Ramon Magsaysay Award for its work in educating out-of-school girls in remote villages. The award recognizes selfless service to the peoples of Asia.
Over half the Nobel Peace Prizes awarded since 1946 are illegitimate because they are in breach of the terms of Alfred Nobel's will, claims a Norwegian peace activist.Fredrik Heffermehl, who is also a lawyer, says all but one of the 10 prizes awarded in the last 10 years are illegal under Norwegian and Swedish law.Heffermehl says according to the dynamite inventor's will, the Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded to individuals who have engaged in a struggle to end wars.
'Arundhati Roy is like a ballerina performing on a high wire, cool, supremely at ease but conscious of all the adoring eyes on her,' notes P Vijaya Kumar.
For many of the poor and destitute whom Mother Teresa served, the tiny nun was a living saint.
Sister Nirmala said the death of the Holy father will not affect the sainthood process of Mother Teresa.
US President Barack Obama, who won the Nobel Prize for 2009 "recognises" he is not in the same category of other recipients of this coveted award like Nelson Mandela from South Africa and Mother Teresa of India.
What is strange, for someone who spent a lifetime in seva, is that St Teresa's own personal journals and communication with the Church hierarchy reveal someone in "spiritual desolation", says Sankrant Sanu. Could the Indian sacred traditions have helped her?
The constitution of the Missionaries of Charity that declares, 'We shall not impose our Catholic faith on anyone, but have profound respect for all religions.'
'I worked closely with Mother for decades, not once did she say become a Christian.'
The South African cricketers visited to the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity a day before the Test in Kolkata.
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For the thousands of destitute that Mother Teresa treated, she was 'god incarnate' and her hand was the miracle of love the poor needed. Attributing scientifically-unproven remedies as miracles does not help the followers of Missionaries of Charity and humanity in general, says Pallava Bagla.
The Missionaries of Charity are unaffected by the recent comments of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat questioning Mother Teresa's motives
"She is a symbol on what the world needs today -- sympathy," Prodi said during his visit to Mother House, the global headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity founded by Mother Teresa.
Missionaries of Charity superior general Sister Nirmala thanked the city civic body and the people of Kolkata, saying this was the right way of paying tribute to a great soul.
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In order to mark the sainthood of Mother Teresa, the government of India granted the trade mark registration.
'It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.' This is what Mother Teresa taught the nuns and her co-workers.
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