Pope Francis on Tuesday approved sainthood for Mother Teresa, the missionary nun who became a global if controversial symbol of compassion for her care of the sick and destitute. The pontiff set ...

Mother Teresa will be cleared to become a saint on Tuesday after a Vatican panel recognises a second miracle attributed to the late nun famed for her work with the poor of Kolkata. The committee of ...

Swiss actress Jacqueline Fritschi-Cornaz thought that her first visit to India would mainly involve meeting Bollywood studio executives and making connections in a different segment of the ...

VATICAN CITY — Elevating the “saint of the gutters” to one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors, Pope Francis on Sunday praised Mother Teresa for her radical dedication to society’s outcasts and ...

The Sept. 5 feast of St. Teresa of Kolkata — better known as Mother Teresa — was celebrated in a simple and somber manner at the Missionaries of Charity motherhouse in Kolkata, India, with hundreds of ...

CALCUTTA, India — Recent revelations about the crisis of faith suffered by Mother Teresa will not hamper her path to sainthood, her successor said Sunday at a ceremony to commemorate the 97th ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Teona Strugar Mitevska takes on Mother Teresa in Venice premiere “Mother.” She aims to “demystify the perfect saint,” with the ...

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope and a global symbol of humility and compassion, died on Monday at the age of 88 following age-related health complications. His passing marks the end of a papacy ...

Mother Teresa spent most of her life trying to serve the sick and poor from her base in Calcutta. Following her death on September 5, 1997, many of her admirers and followers clamored for the nun to ...

An archbishop in India has said the life of Saint Mother Teresa is still relevant as Catholics celebrated the Albania-born nun’s 114th birthday on Aug. 26. “Mother Teresa was an embodiment of God’s ...

VATICAN CITY -- Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun who spent much of her life caring for the poor of Calcutta's slums, moved a step closer to sainthood yesterday when Pope John Paul II approved a ...