Mother Teresa (August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997) was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun
who founded the Missionaries of Charity and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for
her humanitarian work. For over forty years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned,
and dying in Kolkata (Calcutta), India.As the Missionaries of Charity grew under
Mother Teresa's leadership, they expanded their ministry to other countries.
By the 1970s she had become internationally famed as a humanitarian and advocate
for the poor and helpless, due in part to a documentary, and book, Something Beautiful
for God by Malcolm Muggeridge. Following her death she was beatified by Pope
John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.
