e dying, and Shanti Nagar (Town of Peace), a leper colonyand later her first orphanage.Mother Teresa and the sisters continued opening houses all over Indiacaring for the poor, washing their wounds, soothing their sores, makingthem feel wanted. But her order's work spread across the world after1965, when Pope Paul VI granted Mother Teresa's request to globallyexpand her order.Whether it was in Ethiopia feeding the hungry, the ghettos of SouthAfrica or it was her native country Albania when the communist regimecollapsed, Calcutta's Mother Teresa "the living saint" was there.In 1982, at the height of the siege in Beirut she convinced the partiesto stop the war so she could rescue 37 sick children trapped inside.Mother Teresa became a symbol of untiring commitment to he poor andsuffering. She was probably the most admired women of all time,receiving so many rewards and prices for her outstanding work and sheused her reputation traveling all over the world raising money andsupport for her causes.In 1962, she received the Pandma Shri prize for "extraordinaryservices." In 1971, Pope Paul VI honors Mother Teresa by awarding herthe first Pope John XXXIII Peace Prize. In 1972, the Government ofIndia presents her with the Jawaharlel Nehru Award for InternationalUnderstanding. In 1979, She wins the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1985,President Reagan presents her the Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S.civilian award. In 1996, she becomes only the fourth person in theworld to receive an honorary U.S. citizenship.When she received the Nobel Prize she wore the same trademark, her $1sari and convinced the committee to cancel a dinner in her honor, usingthe money instead to "feed 400 poor children for a year in India."Today Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity now has 570 missions allover the world, comprising of 4,000 nuns, a brotherhood of 300 membersand over 100,000 volunteers operating homes for AIDS, leprosy andtuberculosis patients; soup kitchens, chi...
