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Symbol for social service - Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. In 2010 on the 100th anniversary of her birth, she was honored around the world, and her work praised by Indian President,Pratibha Patil. Mother Teresa inspired a variety of commemorations. She has been memorialized through museums, been named patroness of various churches, and had various structures and roads named after her. Various tributes have been published in Indian newspapers and magazines authored by her biographer, Navin Chawla. Indian Railways introduced a new train, 'Mother Express', named after Mother Teresa, on 26 August 2010 to mark her birth centenary.
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Symbol for social service - Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. In 2010 on the 100th anniversary of her birth, she was honored around the world, and her work praised by Indian President,Pratibha Patil. Mother Teresa inspired a variety of commemorations. She has been memorialized through museums, been named patroness of various churches, and had various structures and roads named after her. Various tributes have been published in Indian newspapers and magazines authored by her biographer, Navin Chawla. Indian Railways introduced a new train, 'Mother Express', named after Mother Teresa, on 26 August 2010 to mark her birth centenary.