Madre Teresa De Calcuta

Teresa was born on August 26, 1910 in Uskub, but often viewed as his date of birth as August 27 baptized that day born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was a Catholic nun of Albanian origin naturalized Indian, who founded the congregation of the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta in 1950. Teresa of Calcutta found his calling at an early age, and by 1928 had already decided that she was destined to religious life. It was then decided to change its name to "Teresa" in reference to the patron saint of missionaries While devoted the next 20 years teaching in the Loreto convent Irish, began to worry about the sick and the poor of the city of Calcutta. This led her to found a congregation with the aim of helping the marginalized in society, mainly the sick, poor and people who were homeless.

Why is famous?

In the 1970s it was known internationally and had acquired reputation of a humanitarian and advocate for the poor and powerless for more than 45 years attended poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the expansion of its congregation in a first in India and then in other countries.

He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and the highest civilian award of India, the Bharat Ratna, in 1980 for her humanitarian work. They were joined by a dozen awards first level, both nationally and internationally.

death

The health of Mother Teresa began to deteriorate more and more in 1983, suffered a heart attack in Rome, while visiting Pope John Paul II. After a second attack in 1989, she received an artificial pacemaker. In 1991, he overcame pneumonia while in Mexico for which he was treated at a California hospital, and suffered from heart problems again. In 1993, pulmonary congestion. That same year developed malaria and Rome, broke three ribs.

The March 13, 1997 resigned as head of the Missionaries of Charity because of their illness and disease. Mother Teresa died on September 5, 1997 at age 87 due to cardiac arrest after dawn with severe back pain and breathing problems. After his death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II, giving the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

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