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Mother Teresa of Calcutta was born on August 26, 1910 in Uskup, present-day Skopje.
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was the birth name of Teresa of Calcutta. She attended primary school at the state school. During those years, she actively participated in the religious community. she was a soloist in the choir of his parish and belonged to the Sodalicio de Nuestra Señora congregation. -
At only 18 years old, on January 6, 1929, he arrived in Calcutta, where he remained for the rest of his life. In the Bengali city he made his vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
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She became a nun on May 24, 1931. It was during this period that she abandoned her birth name for Teresa
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In 1946, the famine in much of the country was aggravated by the conflict between the Muslim Indians and the Hindus. Therefore, Teresa of Calcutta asked Pope Pius XII to abandon his order to dedicate himself body and soul to those most in need. This was what he later described as "the call within the call."
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The last years of Mother Teresa of Calcutta have been marked by trips to conflict zones to promote peace. Only in the 1980s did he travel to Armenia, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Albania, Ukraine With her health visibly impaired by continuing problems, Teresa of Calcutta resigned from her post as head of the Missionaries of Charity in March 1997.
After a lifetime dedicated by and for others, although not without criticism, Mother Teresa of Calcutta died on September 5, 1997 in Calcutta, at the age of 87
