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March 4, 2016

Four Missionaries of Charity among 16 slain in Yemen by gunmen

Members of the Missionaries of Charity appear in this picture from 2010. Four Missionaries of Charity nuns were among the 16 slain by gunmen who attacked a Church-run retirement home in Yemen.

ROME - Four nuns from the order founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta are reportedly among 16 killed by gunmen who attacked a Church-run retirement home in Yemen, the latest attack on Christians in the increasingly lawless country.

Published in International
October 22, 2015

Sign of the times

A woman smiles as she is greeted by Sister Marica of the Missionaries of Charity at a home for the elderly in the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, July 4.

For several decades a cornerstone of the work undertaken by the religious order founded in India by Mother Teresa was finding safe homes for orphaned children. Thousands of destitute and abandoned children have met loving parents through adoptions arranged by the Missionaries of Charity.

Published in Editorial
October 13, 2015

Citing new rules, India's Missionaries of Charity to end adoption work

A member of the Missionaries of Charity holds orphan children in 2007 at a center in Kolkata, India. The Missionaries of Charity will close their adoption centers in India, citing new regulations that would allow nontraditional families to adopt children, reported ucanews.com.
CALCUTTA, India - The Missionaries of Charity will close their adoption centres in India, citing new regulations that would allow non-traditional families to adopt children, reported ucanews.com.
Published in International
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