Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and is a Catholic saint. Born in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, she was raised in a devoutly Catholic family.

• Missionaries of Charity: In 1950, she founded this order to provide care for the poor, sick, and dying who were often neglected by society. 

• She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work in serving humanity in need, according to NobelPrize.org. 

• Despite her public image, Mother Teresa endured long periods of spiritual darkness and doubt regarding her faith, notes Biography. 

• After her death, she was beatified two years later and subsequently canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta in 2016, making her a recognized saint in the Catholic Church. 

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