Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Catholic nun and Nobel laureate

Alberta MacLodra Murnion was born on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, to an Albanian father and Irish mother. She joined the Sisters of Loreto at the age of 12 and took her religious name, Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. She is considered a saint by the Catholic Church and is revered for her selfless service to the poor and the marginali...