Mother Teresa: An Authorized Biography

(Paperback, (Revised Edition))

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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 ofCalcuttas 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 Spinks 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."

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"Simply the best biography of Mother Teresa around. Thoroughly researched, sensitively written and unfailingly inspiring, Kathryn Spink's book should be, after Mother Teresa's own writings, your first resource for understanding one of the greatest saints in Christian history." -- James Martin, SJ, author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and My Life with the Saints

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Kathryn Spink is the author of several notable books, including Jean Vanier and LArche: A Communion of Love, Universal Heart: The Life and Vision of Brother Roger of Taize, In the Silence of the Heart: Meditations by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Black Sash: The Beginning of a Bridge in South Africa, A Sense of the Sacred: A Biography of Bede Griffiths. She lives in Dorking, Surrey.