He also joked that Mother Teresa might be the first award recipient to take the plaque and melt it down to get money for the poor. In addition to winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa was ...

This photo, taken in December 1980, shows Mother Teresa with a group of children who she looked after in Kolkata, India Forty years ago today, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize ...

The award-winning film 'Mother Teresa & Me' by Kamal Musale, inspired by the life of Mother Teresa, will have its US Premiere at the event. The event is held in association with UNITAR ...

During the years of rapid growth the world began to turn its eyes towards Mother Teresa and the work she had started. Numerous awards, beginning with the Indian Padmashri Award in 1962 and notably ...

Mother Teresa, who died in 1997 at age 87, was a beloved missionary whose work led to numerous awards and honors, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. MORE Read TIME’s 1975 cover story about ...

Mother Teresa was canonized into Saint Teresa at the Vatican on Sunday morning, joining Saint Nicholas, Joan of Arc and thousands of others the Church found to be performing miracles on Earth.