Who was Mother Teresa?
Q: Who was Mother Teresa?
A: Mother Teresa was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun who started the Missionaries of Charity and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work with people. She took care of needs of those without money, those who were sick, those without parents, and those dying in Calcutta (Kolkata).
Q: Where was she born?
A: Mother Teresa was born in Skopje, Macedonia.
Q: What did she do to help the poor?
A: Mother Teresa took care of needs of those without money, those who were sick, those without parents, and those dying in Calcutta (Kolkata). She also expanded her ministry to other countries by leading the Missionaries of Charity.
Q: How did she become well-known internationally?
A: Mother Teresa became internationally well-known as an advocate for the poor and helpless due in part to a movie and book called Something Beautiful for God by Malcolm Muggeridge.
Q: What did she think about abortion?
A: Mother Teresa 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?".
Q: When was she beatified by Pope John Paul II?
A: Following her death on 5 September 1997, Mother Teresa was beatified (the first stage of sainthood) by Pope John Paul II on 19 October 2003.
Q: When was she canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta? A: On 4 September 2016, Mother Teresa was canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta by his Holiness Pope Francis at Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.
