Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa’s name immediately conjures up a vision of a small, frail woman in a white sari, offering love and compassion to the poorest of the poor who live in the slums of Calcutta, in cardboard boxes in London, in the ghettos of New York, and in the shadow of the Vatican itself.

An authorized biography describes Mother Teresa’s mission of faith and the principles that guide her, along with anecdotes about her effect on the world, from peace-making efforts with heads of state to her prayers for a dying child.