Manyhave called her a saint. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and
India'shighest civilian honor, the Jewel of India, in 1980. Pope John
Paul II declaredher "Blessed," beatifying her in 2003. For nearly fifty
years at the head ofCalcutta's Missionaries of Charity, the
Albanian-born Agnes GonxhaBojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa,
advocatedfor the poor and homeless, ministered to the sick, provided
hospice for theafflicted, and embodied the very essence of
humanitarianism. Now, revised andupdated, Kathryn Spink's definitive,
authorized biography is "simply the best . . . around," according to
James Martin, SJ, author of The Jesuit Guide to(Almost) Everything.
"Thoroughly researched, sensitively written andunfailingly inspiring,
Kathryn Spink's book should be, after Mother Teresa'sown writings, your
first resource for understanding one of the greatest saintsin Christian
history."