Mother Teresa's legacy lives on in Kolkata

Destitute and diseased people still gather outside Mother Teresa’s clinics in the sprawling Indian city of Kolkata where she dedicated her life to helping the poorest of the poor.

Mother Teresa's legacy lives on in Kolkata

Destitute and diseased people still gather outside Mother Teresa’s clinics in the sprawling Indian city of Kolkata where she dedicated her life to helping the poorest of the poor.

Mother Teresa died 10 years ago tomorrow, and many of those who rely on her Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) order, the Missionaries of Charity, never met the tiny, frail woman who became a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a global icon of selflessness and devotion.

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