Mother Teresa, also known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. She was born on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, part of the Ottoman Empire (now the capital of North Macedonia). Her birth name was Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu.
At the age of 18, she moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived most of her life.
Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in India in 1950, an organization dedicated to serving the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying.
The Saint and her fellow sisters provided care and support to those in need, without judgment.
Mother Teresa was canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta on September 4, 2016, by Pope Francis I
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She was recognized for her extraordinary charity and devotion to helping the poorest of the poor.
Mother Teresa's work had a significant impact on the lives of countless individuals.
She dedicated her life to serving those in need, providing them with care, support, and hope.
Her selfless acts of compassion and love inspired many around the world.
She continues to inspire people around the world to make a difference in the lives of others.
Mother Teresa was given the nickname, The Saint of the Gutters due to her work picking up sick and dying people from the streets of Calcutta.
"If you judge people, you have no time to love them." - quote by Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was all about finding beauty in people, places and loving everyone equally. Her devotion to her calling has inculcated in many the compassion to feel for the needy and hungry. They too have a place in our hearts.
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NEWS ON CLIMATE CHANGE - The sad tale of the Venice Canals & Gondolas
Venice's smaller canals have practically dried up due to a prolonged spell of low tides linked to a lingering high-pressure weather system over much of Italy.
This phenomenon has added to the challenges of everyday life in the lagoon city since the canals essentially serve as streets in car-less Venice.
Ambulance boats have had to tie up farther from their destination, forcing medical crews to sometimes hand-carry stretchers over long distances to canals reduced to a trickle of water and mud.
The gondoliers have had to limit their movements after water levels in some of the Italian city's smaller canals dropped because of unusually low tides.
The lingering high-pressure weather system over much of Italy has caused small canals in Venice to dry up, leaving gondolas stranded and adding to the challenges of everyday life in the lagoon city.
