Mother Teresa
Surviving nun recalls Yemen massacre
By Rosie Scammell — March 18, 2016
ROME (RNS) The handwritten notes tell how gunmen hunted down the nuns, four of the 16 victims, and then destroyed the Christian symbols in the Catholic nursing home.
Mother Teresa to be canonized Sept. 4
By Rosie Scammell — March 15, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Albanian nun’s canonization will come almost exactly 19 years after her death on Sept. 5, 1997.
Mother Teresa miracle approved, sainthood set for September
By David Gibson — December 17, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis confirms what everyone already knew. But here's why the nun famous as the "saint of the gutters" may also become the "saint of the doubters."
Mother Teresa’s successor at India charity has died
By Reuters — June 23, 2015
Sister Nirmala Joshi, age 80 at her death on Sunday, expanded the Missionaries of Charity around the world from it's Kolkata base.
Who are ‘the least of these’? Scholars say they may not be the poor
By Jonathan Merritt — May 26, 2015
(RNS) According to a growing chorus of prominent Bible scholars, Jesus was speaking about persecuted Christians rather than the poor.
Mother Teresa’s legacy disrupts Indian parliament
By Reuters — February 26, 2015
NEW DELHI (Reuters) Religious conversion has become a highly emotive issue in India recently, with debate whipped up by some supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who see multi-faith Indian as a Hindu-first nation.
Czech priest, philosopher Tomas Halik wins 2014 Templeton Prize
By Chris Herlinger — March 13, 2014
(RNS) Saying he dislikes dogmatic figures on either end of the religious spectrum, Tomas Halik said his work is aimed at “seekers,” the segment of those asking questions about religious and spiritual issues but unaffiliated with religion or atheism.
Former aide confirms John Paul II on verge of sainthood
By Alessandro Speciale — July 3, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) If Pope John Paul II is declared a saint later this year, as expected, he would become a saint only eight years after his death, easily beating the record of 27 years set by Opus Dei founder Josemaria Escriva, who was declared a saint in 2002.
Mother Teresa as a psalm
By David Van Biema — September 7, 2012
(RNS) On September 5, 1997, the world mourned when Mother Teresa, whose work with the poorest of the poor made her a global icon, died of a heart ailment at age 87. Five years later, the world did a double take, when a volume of Teresa's private letters revealed that the tireless, smiling nun spent the last 39 years of her life in internal agony. By David Van Biema.
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