Mother Teresa: An Authorized Biography

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Mother Teresa of Calcutta was the founder of the Missionaries ofCharity and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, but her story is so much moreremarkable. From her childhood in the Balkans to her work in India, from attendingthe victims of war-torn Beirut to pleading with George Bush and Saddam Husseinto choose peace over war, Mother Teresa was driven by a mighty faith. Newly revised and updated, this edition includes a personal insight into thebeatification and continuing process of canonization for Mother Teresa, theongoing work of the Missionaries of Charity, and her "dark night of the soul." Mother Teresa consistently claimed that she was simply responding to Christ'sboundless love for her and for all of humanity, bringing to the world a great lessonin joyful and selfless love. This book is a glimpse into her extraordinary faith,work, and life.

Kathryn Spink is the author of several notable books, including Jean Vanier and L'Arche: 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.

"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