Mother Teresa
Catholics rally around Annunciation House after lawsuit
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — February 23, 2024
RNS — 'Our church, our city and our country owe Annunciation House a deep debt of gratitude,' El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz wrote in a statement.
Making monkeypox the new leprosy repeats our past public health mistakes
By Mark Lambert — October 7, 2022
(RNS) — Leprosy has a long history of being used to disenfranchise already socially marginalized populations.
Mother Teresa: The first great saint of the television era
By Jon M. Sweeney — September 7, 2022
(RNS) — Her story is so well known that we don’t really know her.
A saint for our time: New documentary on Mother Teresa premieres at the Vatican
By Claire Giangravé — September 1, 2022
(RNS) — A new documentary showcases the life of the saint, flawed and relentless, ahead of the 25th anniversary of her death.
Amid a boom of plus-sized churches, one Catholic church wants to keep it small
By Yonat Shimron — August 26, 2021
CARY, N.C. (RNS) — The explosive growth of Catholicism in the Diocese of Raleigh has led to building massive churches. One church has been fighting to keep things small.
Faith and the COVID-19 vaccine: ‘The scientific community has a storytelling problem’
By Julie Schonfeld — February 2, 2021
(RNS) — The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi, a Buddhist monk ordained by the Dalai Lama, on the impact and challenges of the pandemic.
First cathedral for Mother Teresa is consecrated in Kosovo
By Lauren Markoe — September 5, 2017
PRISTINA, Kosovo (RNS) — The consecration Tuesday (Sept. 5), which falls on the one-year anniversary of her canonization in Rome, was long-awaited by the small but active Catholic community in Kosovo.
Saint Diana: 20 years of grief
By Jana Riess — August 31, 2017
I felt deep admiration for Mother Teresa’s faith and work, but when she died I did not mourn. I was too busy weeping buckets for Princess Di.
Who becomes a saint in the Catholic Church, and is that changing?
By Mathew Schmalz — July 31, 2017
(The Conversation) The pope’s decision to create a new category for beatification raises the question: Is the Catholic understanding of sainthood changing?
#ShePersisted – and so did these biblical women
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 8, 2017
Elizabeth Warren is our heroine. Miriam and Deborah would be proud of her.
Mother Teresa now officially ‘St. Teresa’
By Josephine McKenna — September 4, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The pontiff said the tiny nun 'made her voice heard before the powers of this world so that they might recognize their guilt for the crime of poverty they created.'
Mother Teresa’s keys to sainthood: sharing poverty and showing mercy
By Josephine McKenna — September 2, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The priest who championed her canonization -- set for Sunday -- also said the late nun was in such demand that she could wind up as the patron saint of frequent flyers.
Mother Teresa is ‘Saint of the Doubters,’ says Jesuit author
By David Gibson — August 31, 2016
(RNS) The Rev. James Martin, author of the best-selling memoir 'My Life With the Saints,' talks about the canonization of Mother Teresa and how to look at sainthood in the modern era.
Pilgrims crowd church where Mother Teresa once prayed
By Yonat Shimron — August 17, 2016
LETNICA, Kosovo (RNS) A young Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu made the decision to become a nun in a church in this small village.
Escaping this toxic political season to reread the words of my heroes
By Yonat Shimron — July 26, 2016
(RNS) To escape the flood of poisonous rhetoric, I turned off my TV and shut down my computer, and sought relief by rereading my favorite thinkers: Mark Twain, Mother Teresa, Mohandas Gandhi and Elie Wiesel.
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