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She was the youngest child of Nikollë and Dranafile Bojaxhiu (Bernai). [15] . Her father, who was involved in Albanian-community politics in Ottoman North Macedonia, died in 1919 when she was eight years old. [13] [c] He was born in Prizren (today in Kosovo ), however, his family was from Mirdita (present-day Albania ).
Browse 623 photos of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Roman Catholic nun who won the Nobel Peace Prize, with young children in India and other countries. See her smiling, hugging, and embracing the poor and the royalty.
Sep 5, 1997 · Learn about the life and work of Mother Teresa, the Albanian-born nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She devoted herself to helping the poorest of the poor in India and around the world.
Apr 2, 2014 · Mother Teresa’s Family and Young Life. Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, the current capital of the Republic of Macedonia.
Jun 24, 2024 · Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic saint and Nobel laureate known for her missionary work with the poor in India. She founded the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to the poor, and was canonized as a saint in 2016.
Jul 12, 2017 · See how the future saint looked as a young girl, a nun, and a humanitarian worker in India. Learn about her life story, from her birth in Macedonia to her Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
At the center, behind the black-clad priest stands the young Gonxha Agnes. At the age of 12, she felt her first call to help the poor. (Corbis via Getty Images)
