A Catholic nun with Albanian roots, Mother Teresa (1910-97, born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu) founded one of the biggest female congregations in the world, with 4,500 sisters doing charity work in 133 countries. Supporting the sick and poor, she claimed that ‘by her calling’ she ‘belongs to the world’. For her charity work she was awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
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