Mother Teresa : an authorized biography / Kathryn Spink.
TITLE:
Mother Teresa : an authorized biography / Kathryn Spink.
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Publication Date:
2011
Publication Information:
New York : HarperCollins,
Edition:
Rev. and updated ed.
Physical Description:
xvi, 336 p. : ill.
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Summary:
Many have called her a saint. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and India'shighest civilian honor, the Jewel of India, in 1980. Pope John Paul II declaredher “Blessed,” beatifying her in 2003. For nearly fifty years at the head ofCalcutta’s Missionaries of Charity, the Albanian-born Agnes GonxhaBojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa, advocatedfor the poor and homeless, ministered to the sick, provided hospice for theafflicted, and embodied the very essence of humanitarianism.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780062026149
General Note:
"HarperOne."
Includes index.
