Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary (1910–1997)
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She built a global network to serve the dying and destitute, won a Nobel Peace Prize, and became a saint—yet also faced pointed criticism for conditions in the very homes meant to offer mercy.
Born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in Skopje in 1910, she left for Ireland at 18 to join the Sisters of Loreto, then moved to India, where she would spend most of her life. In 1950 she founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, a congregation devoted to "the poorest of the poor" that grew to operate in over 133 countries with more than 4,500 nuns running homes for those dying from HIV/AIDS, leprosy, and tuberculosis, along with soup kitchens, clinics, orphanages, and schools. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, but her work drew scrutiny for poor conditions and lack of pain relief in he…
Sourced, dated quotes from Mother Teresa
I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.
Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear. The tongue moves but does not speak.
I was amazed when I learned that in the West so many young people are on drugs. I tried to understand the reason for this. Why?
I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper's wounds, I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience?
I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No. I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.
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