Mother Mary Theresa

Catholic Nun and Nobel laureate

Mary Teresa Bojaxiulus (26 August 1910 - 5 September 1997) was a Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity, a congregation of nuns that provides poor people with food, shelter, clothing, and medical care. Born in Skopje, Macedonia, she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work among the poor. She spent most of her life serving the poor, the sick, and prisoners, and advocating for social justice a...