Mother Teresa, a Catholic nun who devoted her life to helping India’s poor during her life has been declared a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.

Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity (a Roman Catholic religious congregation) in 1950. The Charity as at 2012 consisted of over 4,500 sisters and was active in 133 countries. The Charity cares for people dying of HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; dispensaries and mobile clinics; children’s and family counselling programmes; orphanages; and schools. Members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as a fourth vow, to give “wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor”.

Mother Teresa faced lot of criticism during her lifetime. Her most outspoken critics was an Atheist writer, Christopher Hitchens who made a documentary about her called “Hell’s Angel”.

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