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Missionaries of Charity cancel Mother Teresa birthday celebrations due to COVID-19

The Missionaries of Charity canceled their customary birthday celebrations for their founder, Mother Teresa, this year after nine religious sisters... Read more

After 15 months, Missionary of Charity accused of child trafficking granted bail

A religious sister with the Missionaries of Charity has been released on bail 25 months after her arrest. She is... Read more

Missionaries of Charity remember Mother Teresa’s birthday

Hundreds of Missionaries of Charity gathered at their headquarters on Monday to commemorate the birthday of the order’s founder, Mother... Read more

Missionaries of Charity sister arrested in baby-selling investigation

Two women affiliated with the Missionaries of Charity, one a religious sister and the other an employee, have been arrested... Read more

This journalist first told the world about Mother Teresa

The American reporter who first brought news of Mother Teresa’s work to an international audience still remembers the day in... Read more

Only sister to survive Yemen attack: despite danger, 'we chose to stay'

A year before a March 4 attack killed four sisters, the Missionaries of Charity opted not to leave, but to... Read more

Eucharist desecrated, Missionaries of Charity assaulted in Argentina

The community of the Missionaries of Charity in Mar del Plata, Argentina, became the target of criminals late last week,... Read more

There's no question – the Missionaries of Charity in Yemen 'died as martyrs'

After a recent attack at a Missionaries of Charity convent in Yemen claimed the lives of four of the sisters... Read more

Pope: murdered Missionaries of Charity are martyrs of indifference

On Sunday Pope Francis lamented the world’s indifference to the recent killing of four Missionaries of Charity, calling them the... Read more

Mother Teresa, and the Denver priest who was her kindred spirit

Mother Teresa visited Denver, Colo. twice in the 1980s. Both times, one of her biggest fans was tasked with picking... Read more

Pope praises Missionaries of Charity's 'beautiful' Vatican ministry

Pope Francis thanked the Missionaries of Charity for their work and described one of their houses for homeless women located... Read more