r Teresa , known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta [6] (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu ; Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒiu] ; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), was an Albanian - Indian [4] Roman Catholic nun and missionary . [7] She was born in Skopje (now the capital of the Republic of Macedonia ), then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. After living in Macedonia for eighteen years she moved to Ireland and then to India , where she lived for most of her life. In 1950 Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity , a Roman Catholic religious congregation which had over 4,500 sisters and was active in 133 countries in 2012. The congregation manages homes for people dying of HIV/AIDS , leprosy and tuberculosis ; soup kitchens ; dispensaries and mobile clinics; children's- and family-counselling programmes; ...
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This article is about Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Catholic nun and saint. For other uses, see Mother Teresa (disambiguation) . Mother Teresa Saint Teresa of Calcutta MC Mother Teresa at a pro-life meeting in 1986 in Bonn , West Germany Consecrated religious, nun Born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu 26 August 1910 Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet , Ottoman Empire (present-day Skopje , Republic of Macedonia ) Died 5 September 1997 (aged 87) Calcutta , West Bengal , India (present-day Kolkata ) Venerated in Roman Catholic Church Beatified 19 October 2003, Saint Peter's Square , Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized 4 September 2016, Saint Peter's Square , Vatican City by Pope Francis Major shrine Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata , West Bengal , India Feast 5 September [1] Attributes Nun's habit Rosary Patronage Worl...
This article is about Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Catholic nun and saint. For other uses, see Mother Teresa (disambiguation) . Mother Teresa Saint Teresa of Calcutta MC Mother Teresa at a pro-life meeting in 1986 in Bonn , West Germany Consecrated religious, nun Born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu 26 August 1910 Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet , Ottoman Empire (present-day Skopje , Republic of Macedonia ) Died 5 September 1997 (aged 87) Calcutta , West Bengal , India (present-day Kolkata ) Venerated in Roman Catholic Church Beatified 19 October 2003, Saint Peter's Square , Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized 4 September 2016, Saint Peter's Square , Vatican City by Pope Francis Major shrine Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata , West Bengal , India Feast 5 September [1] Attributes Nun's habit Rosary Patronage Worl...
This article is about Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Catholic nun and saint. For other uses, see Mother Teresa (disambiguation) . Mother Teresa Saint Teresa of Calcutta MC Mother Teresa at a pro-life meeting in 1986 in Bonn , West Germany Consecrated religious, nun Born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu 26 August 1910 Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet , Ottoman Empire (present-day Skopje , Republic of Macedonia ) Died 5 September 1997 (aged 87) Calcutta , West Bengal , India (present-day Kolkata ) Venerated in Roman Catholic Church Beatified 19 October 2003, Saint Peter's Square , Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized 4 September 2016, Saint Peter's Square , Vatican City by Pope Francis Major shrine Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata , West Bengal , India Feast 5 September [1] Attributes Nun's habit Rosary Patronage Worl...
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Born to a Gujarati family in Vadnagar , Modi helped his father sell tea as a child, and later ran his own stall. He was introduced to the RSS at the age of eight, beginning a long association with the organisation. He left home after graduating from school, partly because of an arranged marriage which he rejected. Modi traveled around India for two years, and visited a number of religious centres. He returned to Gujarat and moved to Ahmedabad in 1969 or 1970. In 1971 he became a full-time worker for the RSS. During the state of emergency imposed across the country in 1975, Modi was forced to go into hiding. The RSS assigned him to the BJP in 1985, and he held several positions within the party hierarchy until 2001, rising to the rank of general secretary. Modi was appointed Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001, due to Keshubhai Patel 's failing health and poor public image following the earthquake in Bhuj . Modi was elected to the legislative a...
