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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa stories: 5 news summaries

White House-Fox Spat Now Involves ... Mao

In old video, communications director Anita Dunn calls Chinese leader a favorite

Oct 16, 09 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - That was quick. The White House sent communications director Anita Dunn after Fox over the weekend, and now an old video has surfaced—much to the delight of Glenn Beck and others—in which she calls Mao one of her "favorite political philosophers." In a speech to high... More »

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White House • Fox News • Michelle Malkin • Mother Teresa • Glenn Beck • Mao Zedong • Obama administration • conservative media • Van Jones • Anita Dunn

India Won't Hand Over
Mother Teresa's Remains

Nuns from her charity call Albanian request 'absurd'

Oct 14, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mother Teresa isn’t going anywhere, say Indian authorities. Teresa’s parents were from Albania, and the country had requested her remains. Macedonia, where Teresa grew up, may also want the body ahead of the 100th anniversary of her birth next year. “Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen and... More »

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India • Albania • Macedonia • body • Mother Teresa • Calcutta

Will Kidney Stone Make Teresa a Saint?

Priest reports miracle
on 10th anniversary
of her death

Oct 7, 07 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The disappearance of a half-inch-long kidney stone in the uterer of an Indian priest may be the second miracle required for Mother Teresa to become a saint. On the 10th anniversary of her death last month, the priest, who was scheduled for surgery to remove the stone the next day,... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • India • Mother Teresa • Catholic • Missionaries of Charity • miracle

Thousands Honor
Mother Teresa

Devotees flock to observe anniversary of beloved nun's death

Sep 5, 07 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands visited Kolkata (Calcutta), India, today to remember Mother Teresa 10 years after her death. At the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity, where the nun lived and died, the local archbishop led a Mass where rich and poor joined to pray for her, Reuters reports. "I hope she... More »

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India • religion • Mother Teresa • prayer • Calcutta

Mother Teresa Tormented by Long, Dark Night of The Soul

Nun suffered shocking 50-year spiritual crisis

Aug 24, 07 6:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even as she was selflessly ministering to the poor, Mother Teresa felt nothing of God’s presence, according to stunning personal letters published in a new book and this week’s TIME magazine. The nun wrote of a great “silence and emptiness” and the “pain and darkness” in... More »

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Catholic Church • religion • God • spirituality • Mother Teresa

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