Saint of the gutters

Considered by many to be a living saint, Mother Teresa’s dedication to the poor and dying of Calcutta won her the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. The tiny, Albanian-born nun founded her own order, the Missionaries of Charity, to run hospitals, schools, orphanages, youth centres and shelters. Today more than 3,000 sisters in 517 missions worldwide care for the destitute in her name