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When ‘Punishment’ Turns a ‘Blessing’
It was on September 4, 2016 - 10 years ago - that Pope Francis canonised Mother Teresa at The Vatican, formally declaring a saint the frail, tiny nun whose life of compassion had transcended religion, nationality and borders. Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, later Mother Teresa, was born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, North Macedonia in Europe and became eternal on September 5, 1997 (aged 87) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. As a teen, Anjeze joined the Sisters of Loreto in Ireland
Quaid Najmi
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Missionary Masks
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s maiden visit to India with a symbolic pilgrimage to Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata has sent out a message whose meaning is impossible to miss. The painfully familiar script is that India is a land of eternally suffering souls awaiting Western salvation. Rubio’s visit to the order founded by Mother Teresa comes amid sustained American pressure over the Indian government’s refusal to renew the organisation’s FCRA licence since 2021. The
Correspondent
May 242 min read
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