Mother Teresa exhibit marks beatification

AN exhibit on the life of Mother Teresa opens a week before her beatification, featuring a pair of her worn sandals and the Nobel Peace Prize medal she won for her work caring for the poor and sick of Calcutta.

'Mother Teresa: Life, Spirit and Message', on show in the crypt of Rome's Antonianum church, is one of several events taking place on the sidelines of the celebrations surrounding her October 19 beatification a major step toward possible sainthood.

Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity organised the exhibit, which features photographs and documents charting her life, including her youth in Skopje, Macedonia, her early years as a nun with the Loreto order in Ireland, her work in the slums of Calcutta and her state funeral in India in 1997.