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Mother Teresa.

This journalist first told the world about Mother Teresa

Sep 4, 2017

By Kevin J. Jones

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

Sister Sally speaks at the Jubilee for Workers of Mercy and Volunteers.

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

Sep 3, 2016

By Hannah Brockhaus

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

Missionaries of Charity.

Eucharist desecrated, Missionaries of Charity assaulted in Argentina

Aug 30, 2016

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

Missionaries of Charity at a prayer vigil in St. Peter's Square, June 19, 2015.

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

Mar 6, 2016

By Elise Harris, Alan Holdren

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

Pope Francis prays with journalists on the papal flight en route to South Korea on Aug. 14, 2014.

Pope: murdered Missionaries of Charity are martyrs of indifference

Mar 6, 2016

By Elise Harris

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

Father Woody and Bl. Teresa of Calcutta. Courtesy of Regis University.

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

Sep 5, 2015

By Mary Farrow

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

Pope Francis visits the Dono di Maria House on May 21, 2013.

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

May 22, 2013

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