Mother Teresa:
Born Anjezë Gonxha Bojaxhiu.
(Skopje, 26 August 1910 – Calcutta, 5 September 1997).
Albanian Catholic nun, foundress of the Missionaries of Charity and Nobel Peace Prize winner. She devoted herself among the poorest of the poor in India. The congregation she founded in 1950 had more than 4,500 members with 300 homes in 2012 and was active in 133 countries.
After her death, a day of national mourning was declared in India. She received a state funeral, an honour normally granted in India only to the highest political leaders.
She was beatified in 2003, followed by canonisation on 4 September 2016.
A kind word need not take much time, but its echo lasts endlessly.
