Mother Teresa: achievements, criticism, and sources

In 1952, Mother Teresa established Nirmal Hriday, a hospice in Calcutta providing terminally ill and destitute people a place to receive care and die with dignity.

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After receiving pontifical recognition in 1965, the Missionaries of Charity expanded internationally, extending their services to disaster relief, refugee assistance, and care for marginalized people across multiple continents.

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The Missionaries of Charity’s lay Co-Workers became an official international association in 1969 and numbered more than one million volunteers across over 40 countries by the 1990s.

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India honored Mother Teresa with the Bharat Ratna, its highest civilian award, in 1980 in recognition of her humanitarian service.

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At the time of Mother Teresa’s death in 1997, the Missionaries of Charity had nearly 4,000 sisters operating hundreds of homes across more than 120 countries, serving marginalized people globally.

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