Mother Teresa Biography (1910–1997) UPDATED: FEB 24, 2020 ORIGINAL: APR 27, 2017 Mother Teresa was the founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to helping the poor. Considered one of the 20th Century's greatest humanitarians, she was canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta in 2016. Who Was Mother Teresa? Nun and missionary Mother Teresa, known in the Catholic church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, devoted her life to caring for the sick and poor. Born in Macedonia to parents of Albanian-descent and having taught in India for 17 years, Mother Teresa experienced her "call within a call" in 1946. Her order established a hospice; centers for the blind, aged and disabled; and a leper colony. In 1979, Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work. She died in September 1997 and was beatified( 列入天主教福名单 ) in October 2003. In December 2015, Pope Francis recognized a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa, clearing the way for her to be canonized( 追封为圣人 ) on September 4, 2016. Mother Teresa at a hospice for the destitute and dying in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, 1969. Photo: Terry Fincher/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Which of the following is true?