Tuesday, 26 August 2014
#MotherTeresa was born in Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She was a Roman Catholic nun who started the Missionaries of Charity and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work with people. For over fourty years, she took care of needs of those without money, those who were sick, those without parents and those dying in Calcutta (Kolkata), guided in part by the ideals of Saint Francis of Assisi. As the Missionaries of Charity grew under Mother's leadership, they expanded their ministry to other countries. By the 1970s she had become internationally well known as an advocate for the poor and helpless, due in part to a movie and book, Something Beautiful for God by Malcolm Muggeridge. She did not think women had the right to have abortions and said, "The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me?". Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. Ramky Estates & Farms Ltd. honors her on her birthday. (Image copyrights belong to their respective owners)
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