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1964
In agreement with these words, Saint Teresa of Calcutta turned into a raffle prize a convertible car that Pope Paul VI gave him during his visit to India in 1964 (a gift from the Catholic community) and used the funds collected to the creation of a leprosarium in Bengal; later he would convince Pope John Paul II to open a shelter for the homeless in the Vatican itself. -
birth of Teresa de Calcuta
Born in the bosom of an Albanian Catholic family, the deep religiousness of her mother awoke in Agnes the missionary vocation at the age of twelve. -
1947
In 1947, as the culmination of that long struggle led by Gandhi, India achieved independence. -
1986
In 1986 he received the visit of John Paul II in the Nirmal Hidray or House of the Pure Heart, founded by her and more known in Calcutta as the House of the Dying -
2003
Thousands of people from all over the world gathered in India to bid farewell to the Holy of the Sewers. Six years after his death, in October 2003, and coinciding with the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the pontificate of John Paul II, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was beatified at a mass attended by faithful from all over the world.