A nun of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity feeds a dying patient at Nirmal Hriday, a home for dying and destitute people founded by Mother Teresa in Calcutta, India, Monday, Aug. 20, 2007. The destitute and the diseased still gather outside Mother Teresa's clinics in this sprawling city, where she dedicated her life to helping the poorest of the poor. Mother Teresa died ten years ago Sept. 5, 1997, and many of those who rely on her order, the Missionaries of Charity, never met the tiny, frail woman who became a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a global icon of selflessness and devotion. AP Photo logo AP Photo 26 months ago

A nun of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity feeds a dying patient at Nirmal Hriday, a home for dying and destitute people founded by Mother Teresa in Calcutta, India, Monday, Aug. 20, 2007. The destitute and the diseased still gather outside Mother Teresa's clinics in this sprawling city, where she dedicated her life to helping the poorest of the poor. Mother Teresa died ten years ago Sept. 5, 1997, and many of those who rely on her order, the Missionaries of Charity, never met the tiny, frail woman who became a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a global icon of selflessness and devotion.

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  1. Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity gather in front of a portrait of the late Mother Teresa during the commemoration of her 12th death anniversary in Kolkata on September 5, 2009. Mother Teresa, dedicated to working among the sick and destitute of this sprawling city, died days after celebrating her 87th birthday in 1997. Since then her order, which also runs homes for abandoned children and those suffering from leprosy and AIDS, has opened branches in 14 new countries.
  2. Indian nuns and orphans offer prayers in front of a portrait of the late Mother Teresa during the commemoration of her 12th death anniversary at Nirmala Sishu Bhavan in Ahmedabad on September 5, 2009. The members of Missionaries of Charity paid homage to the late Mother Teresa by feeding some 1500 poor people of Ahmedabad. Mother Teresa, dedicated to working among the sick and destitute of this sprawling city, died days after celebrating her 87th birthday in 1997. Since then her order, which also runs homes for abandoned children and those suffering from leprosy and AIDS, has opened branches in 14 new countries.
  3. An Indian nun presents a flower arrangement in front of a portrait of the late Mother Teresa during the commemoration of her 12th death anniversary at Nirmala Sishu Bhavan in Ahmedabad on September 5, 2009. The members of Missionaries of Charity paid homage to the late Mother Teresa by feeding some 1500 poor people of Ahmedabad. Mother Teresa, dedicated to working among the sick and destitute of this sprawling city, died days after celebrating her 87th birthday in 1997. Since then her order, which also runs homes for abandoned children and those suffering from leprosy and AIDS, has opened branches in 14 new countries.
  4. Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity gather in front of a portrait of the late Mother Teresa during the commemoration of her 12th death anniversary in Kolkata on September 5, 2009. Mother Teresa, dedicated to working among the sick and destitute of this sprawling city, died days after celebrating her 87th birthday in 1997. Since then her order, which also runs homes for abandoned children and those suffering from leprosy and AIDS, has opened branches in 14 new countries.
  5. Albanians light candles on October 19, 2009 in front of a bronze statue of of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa in Tirana to commemorate the day of her beatification. India on October 13 flatly rejected a demand by the Albanian government for the return of her remains, buried in the eastern city of Kolkata.
  6. Albanians light candles on October 19, 2009 in front of a bronze statue of of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa in Tirana to commemorate the day of her beatification. India on October 13 flatly rejected a demand by the Albanian government for the return of her remains, buried in the eastern city of Kolkata.
  7. Albanians light candleson October 19, 2009 in front of a bronze statue of of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa in Tirana to commemorate the day of her beatification. India on October 13 flatly rejected a demand by the Albanian government for the return of her remains, buried in the eastern city of Kolkata.
  8. Street dwellers eat food at a distribution center of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, in Calcutta, India, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Albania wants the remains of Nobel Peace laureate Mother Teresa to be returned to the country, the prime minister said last week.
  9. Slum and street dwellers eat food at a distribution center of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, in Calcutta, India, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Albania wants the remains of Nobel Peace laureate Mother Teresa to be returned to the country, the prime minister said last week.
  10. Slum and street dwellers wait for food at a distribution center of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, in Calcutta, India, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Albania wants the remains of Nobel Peace laureate Mother Teresa to be returned to the country, the prime minister said last week.
  11. Street dwellers eat food at a distribution center of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, in Calcutta, India, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Albania wants the remains of Nobel Peace laureate Mother Teresa to be returned to the country, the prime minister said last week.
  12. Nuns of Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, portrait seen, watch a function in Calcutta, India, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. . Albania wants the remains of Nobel Peace laureate Mother Teresa to be returned to the country, the prime minister said last week.
  13. Slum and street dwellers wait for food at a distribution center of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, in Calcutta, India, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Albania wants the remains of Nobel Peace laureate Mother Teresa to be returned to the country, the prime minister said last week.
  14. Slum and street dwellers wait for food at a distribution center of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, in Calcutta, India, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Albania wants the remains of Nobel Peace laureate Mother Teresa to be returned to the country, the prime minister said last week.
  15. U. S. Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer, right, and Sister Mary Prema, Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity, greet each other in Calcutta, India, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Missionaries of Charity is the order founded by Mother Teresa. Albania wants the remains of Nobel Peace laureate Mother Teresa to be returned to the country, the prime minister said last week.
  16. Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, gather for a mass in Calcutta, India, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Albania wants the remains of Nobel Peace laureate Mother Teresa to be returned to the country, the prime minister said last week.

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