Mother Teresa's Centenary ; Life and Work to Be Celebrated Around World
The Washington Times › August 27, 2010
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The site is on a chaotic south Calcutta lane filled with kiosks of cheap merchandise, haggling prostitutes and the Hindu visitors to a famous temple of the demon-slaying goddess Kali.
But devoted volunteers from around the world head for this lane, the home of Nirmal Hriday (Pure Heart), the home for the dying set up 58 years ago by Mother Teresa, the late Nobel Peace Prize- winning nun who was born 100 years ago Thursday.See the full content of this document
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Mother Teresa's Centenary ; Life and Work to Be Celebrated Around World
In this home, the austere sari-clad sisters of the Missionaries of Charity tend to the sick, infirm and abandoned people huddled around beds built in rows, showing what Mother Teresa meant when she said she was helping the poor die with dignity.
The faceless inmates inside the hall have nowhere t...See the full content of this document
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