Mother Teresa, who died in 1997, was cannonized by Pope Francis in September, 2016. Daily MailOnce a month the patients are moved and the furniture aired so that the ward, can be scrubbed down floor to ceiling. Here the women wait for the nuns to finish the all day task and replace them in their beds. maryellenmarkMother Teresa Missionaries of Charity. flamanTeresa with a patient in Kolkata. GentiunoMother Teresa, head of the Sisters of Charity, works with some lepers in Calcutta, December, 1971. CNNMother Teresa in her hospital around the time she was awarded the Templeton Prize for Progress in 1973. CNNMother Teresa at her institute for the destitute and dying in Calcutta. PinterestMother Teresa. DallyOMissionaries of Charity. tripadvisorOn 7 October 1950, Teresa gained permission from the Vatican to start the new diocesan congregation that would later be named as Missionaries of Charity. successstoryIn 1983, while in Rome visiting Pope John Paul II, Mother Teresa had a heart attack. She had a second one in 1989 and was given a pacemaker. successstoryIn 1928, Ajeze Bojaxhiu, joins the Sisters of Lorety at the Lorety Abbey in Rathfarnham, Ireland. She grows up to be Mother Teresa successstory