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By Kathryn Spink | Goodreads.

Spink has created a serious biography of Mother Teresa, which covers her life fairly comprehensively from birth to death.

Here, now, is the complete story of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, a woman regarded by.

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Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography

During her lifetime, Mother Teresa resisted having her full biography written. Then, in , realizing that accounts of her life and work could inspire others, she gave Kathryn Spink, who had long been intimately involved with the work of Mother Teresa and her order and co-workers around the world, permission to proceed with a complete biography on the understanding that it would not be finished until after her death.

Here, now, is the complete story of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, a woman regarded by millions as a contemporary saint for her dedication to serving the poorest of the poor. From her childhood in Balkans as a member of a remarkably openhearted and religious family to her work in India, from attending the victims of war-torn Beirut to pleading with George Bush and Saddam Hussein to choose peace over war. Mother Teresa was driven by an absolute f

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Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography

April 16,

Mother Teresa was so extreme in her devotion to the poor that reading about her made me feel like two cents. I actually wasn't enjoying the book that much for awhile, it was basically: M.T. opens a church. M.T. chooses to sleep in a pile of dirt for two years. M.T. battles the Vatican to get her way. Repeat. But I felt like a beeyotch if I couldn't even READ a book about M.T. Like, she could sleep in a pile of dirt so the least I can do is read about it. In that sense, I suggest that NOBODY PICKS UP THIS BOOK. It is cursed in that way, the second you touch it you will feel guilt to finish it, no matter how torturous it may be. Or maybe that's just me. I wouldn't risk it. The funny thing is, Mother Teresa wasn't even all that religious. I mean, she said she was, and she said she did it all for God. But really this was a book about a woman who was fanatical in her drive to sacrifice everything for the poor. Everything. If she

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Mother Teresa

Albanian-Indian Catholic saint (–)

This article is about the Catholic nun and saint. For other uses, see Mother Teresa (disambiguation).

Saint Teresa of Calcutta MC
Mother Teresa in
Born	Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu ()26 August Üsküp, Kosovo vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	5 September () (aged&#;87) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Venerated&#;in	Catholic Church Anglican Communion
Beatified	19 October , Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	4 September , Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis
Major shrine	Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Feast	5 September^[1]
Attributes	Religious habit Rosary
Patronage
Title	Superior general
Nationality
Signature
Religion	Catholicism
Denomination	Catholic
Institute
Period in&#;office	–
Successor	Sr. Nirmala Joshi, MC

Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxh