In pictures: Mother Teresa's 110th birth anniversary

Nuns from the Missionaries of Charity distribute food among the needy people after the prayer meeting on the occasion of Mother Teresa's 110th birth anniversary, in Kolkata

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Born in a family of ethnic Albanians in Skopje in 1910, Teresa left her home at the age of 18 and later joined the 'Sisters of Loreto' located in Irelands's Rathfarnham

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Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, but she refused to accept it and urged the jury to contribute the prize money of USD 192,000 for helping the poor people of India

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In September 2017, Mother Teresa was declared Patron Saint of the Archdiocese of Calcutta by the Vatican Pope for her selfless service towards helping the underprivileged and poor in Kolkata.