Small of stature, rocklike in faith, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was entrusted with the mission of proclaiming God’s thirsting love for humanity, especially for the poorest of the poor.

“The poor are very great people ... there is an element of sacrifice involved. Blessed Mother Teresa described the payoff for confronting the fear of that sacrifice as part of her statement ...

VATICAN CITY (CNN) --Mother Teresa, the Albanian-born nun who worked among the poor of the Indian city of Kolkata, has had a miracle attributed to her by Pope John Paul's office, the Italian media ...

Pope Francis, deeply influenced by Saint Mother Teresa, passed away at 88, marking the end of a papacy dedicated to serving ...

“We are wanting to proclaim the good news to the poor, that God loves them, that we love them, that they are somebody to us,” she once said. Mother Teresa died in 1997 at the age of 8 ...

And Mother Teresa, who created the Missionaries of Charity and dedicated her life to caring for the poor and ill, had recently been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. “Mary Ellen recognized this ...

Mother Teresa said: “The child is God’s gift to ... and culture that are far from God’s plan. Lopez: “In the poor, she believed, you meet Jesus,” you write. How could she be so sure?

Mother Teresa was an infamous nun and is a canonized saint of the Roman Catholic Church. She is known for her devotion to the poor and even won a Nobel Peace Prize for her work (Britannica).

Mother Teresa was canonized into Saint Teresa at the Vatican on Sunday morning, joining Saint Nicholas, Joan of Arc and thousands of others the Church found to be performing miracles on Earth.

Thousands of people gathered in heavy rain on Saturday outside the headquarters of the Roman Catholic order founded by Mother Teresa nearly 50 years ago to help the poorest of Calcutta's poor.

Pope Francis canonises saints, including Mother Teresa and Devasahayam Pillai, with historical controversies in canonisation ...