Travellers to West Bengal can now soak in the Yuletide spirit with a special tour package covering Mother House and important Christian centres including the 417-year-old Bandel Church on the banks of the Hooghly river, it was announced on Friday. The West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation (WBTDC) has announced the start of a special chartered …
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December 23, 2016Actor Emraan Hashmi who will be seen in the forthcoming film Raaz Reboot paid tribute to Saint Teresa at the Mother House here on Saturday. Hashmi posted a picture of his visit to the Mother House, the headquarters of her Missionaries of Charity, on social media. Mother Teresa was officially declared "Saint Teresa" by Pope Francis …
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September 10, 2016Thousands of faithfuls and nuns from Missionaries of Charity from across the city gathered at the Mother House, where Saint Teresa lived, to pay tribute to the late Roman Catholic nun on her 19th death anniversary on Monday. Coming just a day after she was canonised by Pope Francis in the Vatican City, the death …
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September 5, 2016On the eve of her canonisation in Vatican City where Pope Francis will confer sainthood on Mother Teresa, people on Saturday braved the rain to visit the city’s "Mother House" — the Nobel Laureate’s final resting place. The old building where the globe’s most famous nun once lived, has been a pilgrimage for Christians. With just some …
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September 3, 2016