7 minutes ago42 years from honoring St. Teresa at India's highest prize
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)St. Teresa is honoured with India's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, on January 25th 1980. Her life, this Albanian humanist, had dedicated her to the poorest, and the award was gratitude for her charity. Mother Teresa was the inventor of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity to help the poor. In the year [...]
Her life, this Albanian humanist, had dedicated her to the poorest, and the award was gratitude for her charity.
Mother Teresa was the inventor of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity to help the poor.
In 1962 the government of India honored Mother Teresa with the Padma Shri Award for her help to the bodies of India. It was awarded the Yawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 1969.
In 1979 she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize and was sanctified on October 19, 2003 by Pope John Paul II and was sanctified on September 4, 2016 by Pope Francis.
