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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missioneres_de_la_Caritat" title="Missioneres de la Caritat – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Missioneres de la Caritat" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionarinnen_der_N%C3%A4chstenliebe" title="Missionarinnen der Nächstenliebe – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Missionarinnen der Nächstenliebe" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misioneras_de_la_Caridad" title="Misioneras de la Caridad – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Misioneras de la Caridad" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misiistinoj_de_Karitato" title="Misiistinoj de Karitato – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Misiistinoj de Karitato" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AE%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%87" title="جمعیت مبلغان خیریه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جمعیت مبلغان خیریه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionnaires_de_la_Charit%C3%A9" title="Missionnaires de la Charité – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Missionnaires de la Charité" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misin%C3%A9ir%C3%AD_na_Carthanachta" title="Misinéirí na Carthanachta – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Misinéirí na Carthanachta" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC_%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%AB_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC" title="मिशनरीज़ ऑफ चैरिटीज़ – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मिशनरीज़ ऑफ चैरिटीज़" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misionarke_Ljubavi" title="Misionarke Ljubavi – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Misionarke Ljubavi" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misionaris_Charitas" title="Misionaris Charitas – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Misionaris Charitas" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A6rleiksbo%C3%B0berarnir" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregatio_Missionariarum_a_Caritate" title="Congregatio Missionariarum a Caritate – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Congregatio Missionariarum a Caritate" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szeretet_Misszion%C3%A1riusai" title="Szeretet Misszionáriusai – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Szeretet Misszionáriusai" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AB_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80" title="मिसनरिज अफ च्यारिटी – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="मिसनरिज अफ च्यारिटी" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%93%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF" title="മിഷനറീസ് ഓഫ് ചാരിറ്റി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മിഷനറീസ് ഓഫ് ചാരിറ്റി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionarissen_van_Naastenliefde" title="Missionarissen van Naastenliefde – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Missionarissen van Naastenliefde" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A5%9E%E3%81%AE%E6%84%9B%E3%81%AE%E5%AE%A3%E6%95%99%E8%80%85%E4%BC%9A" title="神の愛の宣教者会 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="神の愛の宣教者会" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionaries_of_Charity" title="Missionaries of Charity – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Missionaries of Charity" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misjonarki_Mi%C5%82o%C5%9Bci" title="Misjonarki Miłości – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Misjonarki Miłości" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission%C3%A1rias_da_Caridade" title="Missionárias da Caridade – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Missionárias da Caridade" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%91%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8B_%E2%80%94_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Сёстры — миссионерки любви – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сёстры — миссионерки любви" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misionar%C3%ABt_e_Bamir%C3%ABsis%C3%AB" title="Misionarët e Bamirësisë – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Misionarët e Bamirësisë" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionaries_of_Charity" title="Missionaries of Charity – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Missionaries of Charity" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakkauden_l%C3%A4hettil%C3%A4%C3%A4t" title="Rakkauden lähettiläät – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Rakkauden lähettiläät" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionaries_of_Charity" title="Missionaries of Charity – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Missionaries of Charity" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%88" title="பிறரன்பின் பணியாளர்கள் சபை – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பிறரன்பின் பணியாளர்கள் சபை" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" 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class="nickname" lang="la">Congregatio Missionariarum a Caritate</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">M.C.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data note">October 7, 1950<span class="noprint">; 74 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">October 7, 1950</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Mother Teresa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Religious_institute" title="Religious institute">Religious institute</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Religious_congregation" title="Religious congregation">Religious congregation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">54/a Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata, India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Membership </div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,750 members as of 2023</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Superior general</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Sr. Mary Joseph Michael, <span style="font-size:85%;">MC</span><sup id="cite_ref-superior_general_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-superior_general-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span 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href="/wiki/Catholic_ecumenical_councils" title="Catholic ecumenical councils">Ecumenical councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_polity" title="Episcopal polity">Episcopal polity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canon_law_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Canon law of the Catholic Church">Canon law</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_theology" title="Catholic theology">Theologies</a></li><li>Doctrine</li></ul></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding-bottom:0;"> <p><a href="/wiki/God_in_Christianity" title="God in Christianity">God</a> </p> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/God_the_Father" title="God the Father">Father</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_the_Son" title="God the Son">Son</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit_in_Christianity" title="Holy Spirit in Christianity">Holy Ghost</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consubstantiality" title="Consubstantiality">Consubstantialitas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filioque" title="Filioque">Filioque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divinum_illud_munus" title="Divinum illud munus">Divinum illud munus</a></li></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding-bottom:0;"> <a href="/wiki/Divine_law" title="Divine law">Divine law</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ten_Commandments_in_Catholic_theology" title="Ten Commandments in Catholic theology">Decalogus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Papal_infallibility" title="Papal infallibility">Ex Cathedra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Divinization_(Christian)" title="Divinization (Christian)">Deificatio</a></i></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding-bottom:0;"> <a href="/wiki/Churches_Militant,_Penitent,_and_Triumphant" title="Churches Militant, Penitent, and Triumphant">Realms beyond the States of the Church</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heaven_in_Christianity" title="Heaven in Christianity">Heaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purgatory" title="Purgatory">Purgatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limbo" title="Limbo">Limbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hell_in_Christianity#Roman_Catholicism" title="Hell in Christianity">Hell</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding-bottom:0;"> <a href="/wiki/Paschal_mystery" title="Paschal mystery">Paschal mystery</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Passion_of_Jesus" title="Passion of Jesus">Passion of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrowing_of_Hell" title="Harrowing of Hell">Harrowing of Hell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">Resurrection of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus" title="Ascension of Jesus">Ascension of Jesus</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding-bottom:0;"> <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Blessed Virgin Mary</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Mariology" title="Catholic Mariology">Mariology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veneration_of_Mary_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church">Veneration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">Mater Dei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_virginity_of_Mary" title="Perpetual virginity of Mary">Perpetual virginity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God" title="Dormition of the Mother of God">Dormition</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titles_of_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Titles of Mary">Titles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen_of_Heaven" title="Queen of Heaven">Queen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_apparition" title="Marian apparition">Apparition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediatrix" title="Mediatrix">Mediatrix</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding-bottom:0;"> <a href="/wiki/Salvation_in_Christianity" title="Salvation in Christianity">Salvation</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baptism_of_desire" title="Baptism of desire">Baptism of desire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baptism_of_blood" title="Baptism of blood">Baptism of blood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_in_Christianity" title="Grace in Christianity">Divine grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extra_Ecclesiam_nulla_salus" title="Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus">Outside the Church there is no salvation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infused_righteousness" title="Infused righteousness">Infused righteousness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invincible_ignorance_(Catholic_theology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Invincible ignorance (Catholic theology)">Invincible ignorance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justification_(theology)" title="Justification (theology)">Justification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Means_of_grace" title="Means of grace">Means of grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merit_(Christianity)" title="Merit (Christianity)">Merit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortal_sin" title="Mortal sin">Mortal sin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satisfaction_theory_of_atonement" title="Satisfaction theory of atonement">Satisfaction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moral_influence_theory_of_atonement" title="Moral influence theory of atonement">Moral influence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanctification_in_Christianity" title="Sanctification in Christianity">Sanctification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synergism" title="Synergism">Synergism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venial_sin" title="Venial sin">Venial sin</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding-bottom:0;"> <a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecclesiology" title="Catholic ecclesiology">Ecclesiology</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Bishops" title="College of Bishops">College of Bishops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deposit_of_faith" title="Deposit of faith">Deposit of faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infallibility_of_the_Church" title="Infallibility of the Church">Infallibility of the Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystici_corporis_Christi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mystici corporis Christi">Mystical Body of Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papal_primacy" title="Papal primacy">Papal primacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People_of_God" title="People of God">People of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communitas_perfecta" title="Communitas perfecta">Perfect community</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Subsistit_in" title="Subsistit in">Subsistit in</a></i></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding-bottom:0;"> <a href="/wiki/Catechism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Catechism of the Catholic Church">Other teachings</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Josephology" title="Josephology">Josephology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_moral_theology" title="Catholic moral theology">Morality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_theology_of_the_body" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic theology of the body">Body</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Theology_of_the_Body" title="Theology of the Body">Lectures</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_theology_of_sexuality" title="Catholic theology of sexuality">Sexuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_apologetics" title="Christian apologetics">Apologetics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amillennialism" title="Amillennialism">Amillennialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Original_sin" title="Original sin">Original sin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypostatic_union" title="Hypostatic union">Hypostatic union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Predestination#Catholicism" title="Predestination">Predestination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins" title="Seven deadly sins">Seven deadly sins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beatific_vision" title="Beatific vision">Beatific vision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">Saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dogma_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Dogma in the Catholic Church">Dogma</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Religious_text" title="Religious text">Texts</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a></li></ul> <ul><li><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Official Bible</li></ul> <ul><li><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vulgate" title="Vulgate">Vulgate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sixtine_Vulgate" title="Sixtine Vulgate">Sixtine Vulgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixto-Clementine_Vulgate" title="Sixto-Clementine Vulgate">Sixto-Clementine Vulgate</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nova_Vulgata" title="Nova Vulgata">Nova Vulgata</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peshitta" title="Peshitta">Peshitta</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apostles%27_Creed" title="Apostles' Creed">Apostles' Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athanasian_Creed" title="Athanasian Creed">Athanasian Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catechism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Catechism of the Catholic Church">Catechism of the Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papal_bull" title="Papal bull">Papal bull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_exhortation" title="Apostolic exhortation">Apostolic exhortation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Encyclical" title="Encyclical">Epistula Encyclica</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Philosophy</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Virtues" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal Virtues">Cardinal Virtues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Just_war_theory#Catholic_doctrine" title="Just war theory">Just war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_law" title="Natural law">Natural law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_moral_theology" title="Catholic moral theology">Catholic ethics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personalism#Catholic_personalism" title="Personalism">Personalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_probabilism" title="Catholic probabilism">Probabilism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_social_teaching" title="Catholic social teaching">Social teaching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_theology,_and_fundamental_theory_of_Catholic_canon_law" title="Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law">Philosophy of canon law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_philosophers_and_theologians" title="List of Catholic philosophers and theologians">Philosophers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtue_ethics" title="Virtue ethics">Virtue ethics</a></li></ul> <p><br /> Schools </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Augustinianism" title="Augustinianism">Augustinianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scholasticism" title="Scholasticism">Scholasticism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomism" title="Thomism">Thomism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotism" title="Scotism">Scotism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occamism" title="Occamism">Occamism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_humanism" title="Christian humanism">Christian humanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molinism" title="Molinism">Molinism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neo-scholasticism" title="Neo-scholasticism">Neo-scholasticism</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Worship</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_liturgy" title="Catholic liturgy">Liturgy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_liturgy" title="Eastern Catholic liturgy">Eastern Catholic liturgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Mass in the Catholic Church">Mass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Liturgy" title="Divine Liturgy">Divine Liturgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Qurbana" title="Holy Qurbana">Holy Qurbana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Qurbono" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Qurbono">Holy Qurbono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liturgy_of_the_Hours" title="Liturgy of the Hours">Liturgy of the Hours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liturgical_year" title="Liturgical year">Liturgical year</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sacraments_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Sacraments of the Catholic Church">Sacraments</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">Baptism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacrament_of_Penance" title="Sacrament of Penance">Penance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eucharist_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Eucharist in the Catholic Church">Eucharist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confirmation_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Confirmation in the Catholic Church">Confirmation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_the_Sick_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Anointing of the Sick in the Catholic Church">Anointing of the Sick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Marriage in the Catholic Church">Matrimony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_orders_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Holy orders in the Catholic Church">Holy orders</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prayer_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Prayer in the Catholic Church">Prayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_devotions" title="Catholic devotions">Devotions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Bible" title="Catholic Bible">Bible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biblical_canon" title="Biblical canon">Biblical canon</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_particular_churches_and_liturgical_rites" title="Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites">Rites</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latin_liturgical_rites" title="Latin liturgical rites">Latin liturgy</a>:</li></ul> </div><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mass_of_Paul_VI" title="Mass of Paul VI">Post-Vatican II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tridentine_Mass" title="Tridentine Mass">Tridentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Use_of_Sarum" title="Use of Sarum">Use of Sarum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Use" title="Anglican Use">Anglican Use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaire_Use" title="Zaire Use">Zaire Use</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gallican_Rite" title="Gallican Rite">Gallican</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambrosian_Rite" title="Ambrosian Rite">Ambrosian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rite_of_Braga" title="Rite of Braga">Braga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozarabic_Rite" title="Mozarabic Rite">Mozarabic</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><br /><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_liturgy" title="Eastern Catholic liturgy">Eastern Catholic liturgy</a>:</li></ul> </div><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandrian_Rite" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexandrian Rite">Alexandrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochene_Rite" title="Antiochene Rite">Antiochene</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Syriac_Rite" title="West Syriac Rite">West Syriac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malankara_Rite" title="Malankara Rite">Malankara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Syriac_Rite" title="East Syriac Rite">East Syriac</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Rite" title="Armenian Rite">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Miscellaneous</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antipope" title="Antipope">Antipopes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Catholicism" title="Anti-Catholicism">Anti-Catholicism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Criticism of the Catholic Church">Criticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_Deism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Church and Deism">Deism</a>/<a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_Pandeism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Church and Pandeism">Pandeism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_ecumenism" title="Catholic Church and ecumenism">Ecumenism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_order_(Catholic)" title="Religious order (Catholic)">Monasticism</a></li></ul> <p>Relations with: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_Islam" title="Catholic Church and Islam">Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_Judaism" title="Catholic Church and Judaism">Judaism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic%E2%80%93Eastern_Orthodox_relations" 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Charity</b> (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Congregatio Missionariarum a Caritate</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> centralised <a href="/wiki/Religious_institute" title="Religious institute">religious institute</a> of consecrated life of <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Right" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifical Right">Pontifical Right</a> for women<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> established in 1950 by <a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Mother Teresa</a>, now known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Missionaries_of_Charity&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, it consisted of 5,750 members of <a href="/wiki/Religious_sister" title="Religious sister">religious sisters</a>. Members of the order designate their affiliation using the order's initials, "M.C.". A member of the congregation must adhere to the <a href="/wiki/Religious_vows" title="Religious vows">vows</a> of <a href="/wiki/Chastity,_poverty,_obedience" class="mw-redirect" title="Chastity, poverty, obedience">chastity, poverty, obedience</a>, and the fourth vow, to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, the order consists of both contemplative and active branches in several countries. </p><p>Missionaries care for those who include <a href="/wiki/Refugee" title="Refugee">refugees</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Prostitution" title="Prostitution">prostitutes</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mentally_ill" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentally ill">mentally ill</a>, sick children, <a href="/wiki/Abandoned_children" class="mw-redirect" title="Abandoned children">abandoned children</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leper" class="mw-redirect" title="Leper">lepers</a>, people with AIDS, the <a href="/wiki/Aged" class="mw-redirect" title="Aged">aged</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Convalescent" class="mw-redirect" title="Convalescent">convalescent</a>. They have schools that are run by volunteers to teach abandoned <a href="/wiki/Street_children" title="Street children">street children</a> and run <a href="/wiki/Soup_kitchens" class="mw-redirect" title="Soup kitchens">soup kitchens</a> as well as other services according to the community needs. These services are provided, without charge, to people regardless of their religion or social status. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missionaries_of_Charity&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Missionaries_of_Charity_Mother_House.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Missionaries_of_Charity_Mother_House.jpg/170px-Missionaries_of_Charity_Mother_House.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Missionaries_of_Charity_Mother_House.jpg/255px-Missionaries_of_Charity_Mother_House.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Missionaries_of_Charity_Mother_House.jpg/340px-Missionaries_of_Charity_Mother_House.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Missionaries of Charity's Mother House (Headquarters) in <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On October 7, 1950,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Mother Teresa</a> and the small community formed by her former pupils was labelled as the <i>Diocesan Congregation of the Calcutta Diocese</i>, and thus received the permission from the Diocese of Calcutta to identify as a Catholic organization. Their mission was to care for (in Mother Teresa's words) "the hungry, the naked, the <a href="/wiki/Homeless" class="mw-redirect" title="Homeless">homeless</a>, the crippled, the blind, the <a href="/wiki/Leprosy" title="Leprosy">lepers</a>, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone." It began as a small community with 12 members in Calcutta (now Kolkata), and in 2023 had 5,750 members serving in 139 countries in 760 homes, with 244 of these homes in India.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sisters run orphanages, homes for those dying of AIDS, charity centres worldwide, and care for refugees, the blind, disabled, aged, alcoholics, the poor and homeless and victims of floods, epidemics and famine in <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>, <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. They have 19 homes in <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a> (Calcutta) alone which include homes for women, orphaned children and homes for the dying; a school for street children, and a <a href="/wiki/Leper_colony" title="Leper colony">leper colony</a>. </p><p>In 1963, Brother Andrew (formerly Ian Travers-Ballan) founded the Missionary Brothers of Charity in Australia along with Mother Teresa.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1965, by granting a Decree of Praise, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a> granted Mother Teresa's request to expand her congregation to other countries. The Congregation started to grow rapidly, with new homes opening all over the globe. The congregation's first house outside India was in <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, others followed in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a> and worldwide. </p><p>In 1979 the contemplative branch of the Brothers was added and in 1984 a priest branch, the Missionaries of Charity Fathers,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was founded by Mother Teresa with <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Langford" title="Joseph Langford">Fr. Joseph Langford</a>, combining the vocation of the Missionaries of Charity with the <a href="/wiki/Presbyterate" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterate">Ministerial Priesthood</a>. As with the Sisters, the Fathers live a very simple lifestyle without television, radios or items of convenience. They neither smoke nor drink alcohol and beg for their food. They make a visit to their families every five years but do not take annual holidays.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Laity" title="Laity">Lay Catholics</a> and non-Catholics constitute the Co-Workers of Mother Teresa, the Sick and Suffering Co-Workers, and the Lay Missionaries of Charity. </p><p>The first home of the Missionaries of Charity in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> was established in the <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">South Bronx</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, where in 2019 they had convents for both their active and contemplative branches,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and had placed 108 sisters in their province that stretches from Quebec to Washington, DC.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their first rural mission in the United States, in 1982, was in one of the poorest, former coal mining areas of <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>, where they still serve.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the US, the Missionaries of Charity are affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Major_Superiors_of_Women_Religious" title="Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious">Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious</a>, a body of female religious, representing 20% of American religious sisters. They are identified by the wearing of religious habits, and loyalty to church teaching. By 1996, the organisation was operating 517 missions in more than 100 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1990, Mother Teresa asked to resign as head of the Missionaries but was soon voted back in as <a href="/wiki/Superior_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Superior General">Superior General</a>. On March 13, 1997, six months before Mother Teresa's death, <a href="/wiki/Sister_Nirmala" class="mw-redirect" title="Sister Nirmala">Sister Mary Nirmala Joshi</a> was elected the new Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity. In April 2009, Sister <a href="/wiki/Mary_Prema" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Prema">Mary Prema</a> was elected to succeed Sister Nirmala, during a <a href="/wiki/General_chapter" class="mw-redirect" title="General chapter">general chapter</a> held in Kolkata.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The quality of care offered to terminally ill patients in the Home for the Dying in Calcutta was the subject of discussion in the mid-1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_Goldberg_2021-05-21_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt_Goldberg_2021-05-21-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some British observers, on the basis of short visits, drew unfavourable comparisons with the standard of care available in <a href="/wiki/Hospice" title="Hospice">hospices</a> in the United Kingdom. Remarks made by Dr. Robin Fox relative to the lack of full-time medically trained personnel and the absence of strong <a href="/wiki/Analgesic" title="Analgesic">analgesics</a> were published in a brief memoir in an issue of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lancet" title="The Lancet">The Lancet</a></i> in 1994. These remarks were criticised in a later issue of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lancet" title="The Lancet">The Lancet</a></i> on the ground that they failed to take account of Indian conditions, specifically the fact that government regulations effectively precluded the use of morphine outside large hospitals.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix, Arizona</a>, the sisters' accommodation for 40 homeless men is funded by a clothier, featured in <a href="/wiki/British_Vogue" title="British Vogue">Vogue</a>, who grew up within a few blocks of Mother Teresa's original home for the dying destitute in <a href="/wiki/Kalighat" title="Kalighat">Kalighat</a>, Calcutta.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales" title="Diana, Princess of Wales">Princess Diana</a>, who was very close to Mother Teresa, wrote that she found in her "the direction I've been searching for all these years".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Missionaries of Charity sisters were particularly hard hit by the 2020 outbreak of COVID-19, as in places they continued to distribute food and minister to the poor who had been affected.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2022, Sister Mary Joseph was elected to succeed Sister Mary Prema as superior general of the order, with Sister Mary Christie elected as assistant superior general.<sup id="cite_ref-superior_general_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-superior_general-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Violence_against_missionaries">Violence against missionaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missionaries_of_Charity&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Violence against missionaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 1998 in <a href="/wiki/Al_Hudaydah" title="Al Hudaydah">Al Hudaydah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>, three Missionaries of Charity, two <a href="/wiki/Indian_people" title="Indian people">Indians</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Filipinos" title="Filipinos">Filipina</a>, were shot and killed as they left a hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2016 in <a href="/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>, sixteen people were shot and killed in a home for the elderly operated by the Missionaries of Charity. Among the dead were four missionary sisters: Sisters Marguerite and Reginette from <a href="/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a>, Sister Anselm from <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and Sister Judit from <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>. According to Bishop <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hinder" title="Paul Hinder">Paul Hinder</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Vicariate_Apostolic_of_Southern_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Arabia">Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia</a>, their superior escaped harm by hiding. Bishop Hinder described the attack as "religiously-motivated". A <a href="/wiki/Salesians_of_Don_Bosco" title="Salesians of Don Bosco">Salesian</a> <a href="/wiki/Syro-Malabar" class="mw-redirect" title="Syro-Malabar">Syro-Malabar</a> priest who was living at the facility, Fr. <a href="/wiki/Tom_Uzhunnalil" title="Tom Uzhunnalil">Tom Uzhunnalil</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, was taken prisoner by the attackers.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good Friday">Good Friday</a>, March 25, 2016, several media outlets reported that Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil had been <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion" title="Crucifixion">crucified</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant</a>. However, Bishop Hinder indicated he had strong indications that the priest was alive and still being held by his captors.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early September 2017 Fr. Uzhunnalil was rescued after 18 months in captivity, and first sent to the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Becoming_a_Missionary_of_Charity">Becoming a Missionary of Charity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missionaries_of_Charity&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Becoming a Missionary of Charity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Missionaries_of_Charity" title="Special:EditPage/Missionaries of Charity">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2019</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>It takes nine years to become a full-fledged Missionary of Charity. An initial short-term "come-and-see" period is available. Those considered possible candidates by the Congregation may enter Aspirancy, focused on learning English (which is the community language) for those who are not from <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English-speaking</a> countries and religious studies. It is followed by <a href="/wiki/Postulancy" class="mw-redirect" title="Postulancy">Postulancy</a> (introduction into the study of <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Scripture</a>, the Constitutions of the Society, <a href="/wiki/History_of_Christianity" title="History of Christianity">Church history</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theology</a>). If found suitable, they enter the Novitiate, the beginning of the religious life. <a href="/wiki/Novice" title="Novice">Novices</a> wear white cotton habits with a girdle, and white saris without the three blue stripes. In the first year (called canonical), they undertake more religious study and learn about life as a Missionary of Charity, the second year is more focused on practical training for the mission life. After two years, they take temporary vows for one year, which are renewed annually, for five years in total. They also receive a metal crucifix and a <a href="/wiki/Sari" title="Sari">sari</a> whose three blue stripes stand for their vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the sixth year, they travel to <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>, Kolkata or Washington D.C. for "Tertianship", further religious study, at the end of which they make their final profession. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Material_goods">Material goods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missionaries_of_Charity&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Material goods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A sister's few possessions include: three saris (one to wear, one to wash, one to mend),<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> two or three cotton habits, a girdle, a pair of sandals, a crucifix, and a rosary. They also have a plate, a set of cutlery, a cloth napkin, a canvas bag, and a prayer book. In cold countries, sisters may own a cardigan and other articles suited to the local climate such as a coat, scarf, and closed shoes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missionaries_of_Charity&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Undue_weight_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/45px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/68px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/90px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="354" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section may <b>lend <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view#Due_and_undue_weight" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">undue weight</a> to certain ideas, incidents, or controversies</b>. 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A sister (Konsaila Balsa) and a social worker (Anima Indwar) employed there were arrested. They were accused of having already sold three babies from the home, which provides shelter for pregnant, unmarried women, and of trying to sell a baby boy for roughly £1,325.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Missionaries of Charity had discontinued its participation in adoption services in India three years earlier over religious objections to the country's new adoption rules.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2021, India's <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Home Affairs (India)">Ministry of Home Affairs</a> headed by former <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> national president <a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a> refused to renew the registration under <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Contribution_(Regulation)_Act,_2010" title="Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010">Foreign Contribution Regulation Act</a> of Missionaries of Charity along with 6000 other charity organizations, which is mandatory for charities, NGOs and any non-profit organizations receiving foreign funding in India registration over allegations of the organization aiding in conversion of Hindus to Catholicism (an <a href="/wiki/Public_image_of_Mother_Teresa" class="mw-redirect" title="Public image of Mother Teresa">allegation which has also been levelled against Teresa</a> too).<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However the decision was subsequently reverted in the first week of January 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Image_gallery">Image gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missionaries_of_Charity&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Image gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 270px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 265px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Missionaries_of_Charity_in_Tirana.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Missionaries of Charity in Tirana, Albania."><img alt="Missionaries of Charity in Tirana, Albania." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Missionaries_of_Charity_in_Tirana.jpg/231px-Missionaries_of_Charity_in_Tirana.jpg" decoding="async" width="231" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Missionaries_of_Charity_in_Tirana.jpg/347px-Missionaries_of_Charity_in_Tirana.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Missionaries_of_Charity_in_Tirana.jpg/462px-Missionaries_of_Charity_in_Tirana.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3590" data-file-height="2486" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Missionaries of Charity in Tirana, Albania.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 270px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 265px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Missionaries_of_Charity_in_Haiti.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Missionaries of Charity weaing the traditional Sari during a religious procession in the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on the occasion of the feast of Saint Perpetua."><img alt="Missionaries of Charity weaing the traditional Sari during a religious procession in the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on the occasion of the feast of Saint Perpetua." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Missionaries_of_Charity_in_Haiti.jpg/213px-Missionaries_of_Charity_in_Haiti.jpg" decoding="async" width="213" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Missionaries_of_Charity_in_Haiti.jpg/320px-Missionaries_of_Charity_in_Haiti.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Missionaries_of_Charity_in_Haiti.jpg/427px-Missionaries_of_Charity_in_Haiti.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Missionaries of Charity weaing the traditional Sari during a religious procession in the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on the occasion of the feast of Saint Perpetua.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 270px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 265px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_President,_Dr._A.P.J._Abdul_Kalam_meeting_with_the_Sisters_from_the_Mother_Teresa_Mission_of_Charity_at_Athens_on_April_27,_2007._These_sisters_are_engaged_in_running_number_of_old_age_home_in_Greece.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam meeting with the Sisters from the Mother Teresa Mission of Charity at Athens on April 27, 2007. These sisters are engaged in running number of old age home in Greece."><img alt="The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam meeting with the Sisters from the Mother Teresa Mission of Charity at Athens on April 27, 2007. These sisters are engaged in running number of old age home in Greece." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/The_President%2C_Dr._A.P.J._Abdul_Kalam_meeting_with_the_Sisters_from_the_Mother_Teresa_Mission_of_Charity_at_Athens_on_April_27%2C_2007._These_sisters_are_engaged_in_running_number_of_old_age_home_in_Greece.jpg/235px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="235" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/The_President%2C_Dr._A.P.J._Abdul_Kalam_meeting_with_the_Sisters_from_the_Mother_Teresa_Mission_of_Charity_at_Athens_on_April_27%2C_2007._These_sisters_are_engaged_in_running_number_of_old_age_home_in_Greece.jpg/353px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/The_President%2C_Dr._A.P.J._Abdul_Kalam_meeting_with_the_Sisters_from_the_Mother_Teresa_Mission_of_Charity_at_Athens_on_April_27%2C_2007._These_sisters_are_engaged_in_running_number_of_old_age_home_in_Greece.jpg/470px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The President, Dr. <a href="/wiki/A.P.J._Abdul_Kalam" class="mw-redirect" title="A.P.J. Abdul Kalam">A.P.J. Abdul Kalam</a> meeting with the Sisters from the Mother Teresa Mission of Charity at Athens on April 27, 2007. These sisters are engaged in running number of old age home in <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 270px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 265px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chen_Chien-jen%27s_trip_in_Vatican_in_2016_-_14.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chinese Vice President Chen Chien-jen and Mrs. Chen are greeted by Sr. Mary Prema Pierick, superior general of the Missionaries of Charity. (2016/09/05)"><img alt="Chinese Vice President Chen Chien-jen and Mrs. Chen are greeted by Sr. Mary Prema Pierick, superior general of the Missionaries of Charity. (2016/09/05)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Chen_Chien-jen%27s_trip_in_Vatican_in_2016_-_14.jpg/235px-Chen_Chien-jen%27s_trip_in_Vatican_in_2016_-_14.jpg" decoding="async" width="235" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Chen_Chien-jen%27s_trip_in_Vatican_in_2016_-_14.jpg/353px-Chen_Chien-jen%27s_trip_in_Vatican_in_2016_-_14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Chen_Chien-jen%27s_trip_in_Vatican_in_2016_-_14.jpg/470px-Chen_Chien-jen%27s_trip_in_Vatican_in_2016_-_14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1728" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Chinese Vice President <a href="/wiki/Chen_Chien-jen" title="Chen Chien-jen">Chen Chien-jen</a> and Mrs. Chen are greeted by Sr. <a href="/wiki/Mary_Prema_Pierick" title="Mary Prema Pierick">Mary Prema Pierick</a>, superior general of the Missionaries of Charity. (2016/09/05)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 270px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 265px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_President,_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_distributed_sweets_and_blankets_to_the_old_and_needy_persons_of_the_Nirmal_Hriday_Home_for_the_Destitutes_in_Delhi_on_December_19,_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil distributed sweets and blankets to the old and needy persons of the Nirmal Hriday Home for the Destitutes in Delhi on December 19, 2007."><img alt="The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil distributed sweets and blankets to the old and needy persons of the Nirmal Hriday Home for the Destitutes in Delhi on December 19, 2007." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/The_President%2C_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_distributed_sweets_and_blankets_to_the_old_and_needy_persons_of_the_Nirmal_Hriday_Home_for_the_Destitutes_in_Delhi_on_December_19%2C_2007.jpg/224px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="224" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/The_President%2C_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_distributed_sweets_and_blankets_to_the_old_and_needy_persons_of_the_Nirmal_Hriday_Home_for_the_Destitutes_in_Delhi_on_December_19%2C_2007.jpg/336px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/The_President%2C_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_distributed_sweets_and_blankets_to_the_old_and_needy_persons_of_the_Nirmal_Hriday_Home_for_the_Destitutes_in_Delhi_on_December_19%2C_2007.jpg/448px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The President, Smt. <a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil">Pratibha Devisingh Patil</a> distributed sweets and blankets to the old and needy persons of the Nirmal Hriday Home for the Destitutes in Delhi on December 19, 2007.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 270px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 265px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_First_lady_of_USA,_Ms._Laura_Bush_interacting_with_a_child_on_her_visit_to_Mother_Teresa_Light_of_Life_Home_(Jeevan_Jyothi)_for_disabled_children,_in_New_Delhi_on_March_2,_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The First lady of USA, Ms. Laura Bush interacting with a child on her visit to Mother Teresa Light of Life Home (Jeevan Jyothi) for disabled children, in New Delhi on March 2, 2006."><img alt="The First lady of USA, Ms. Laura Bush interacting with a child on her visit to Mother Teresa Light of Life Home (Jeevan Jyothi) for disabled children, in New Delhi on March 2, 2006." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/The_First_lady_of_USA%2C_Ms._Laura_Bush_interacting_with_a_child_on_her_visit_to_Mother_Teresa_Light_of_Life_Home_%28Jeevan_Jyothi%29_for_disabled_children%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_2%2C_2006.jpg/235px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="235" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/The_First_lady_of_USA%2C_Ms._Laura_Bush_interacting_with_a_child_on_her_visit_to_Mother_Teresa_Light_of_Life_Home_%28Jeevan_Jyothi%29_for_disabled_children%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_2%2C_2006.jpg/353px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/The_First_lady_of_USA%2C_Ms._Laura_Bush_interacting_with_a_child_on_her_visit_to_Mother_Teresa_Light_of_Life_Home_%28Jeevan_Jyothi%29_for_disabled_children%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_2%2C_2006.jpg/470px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1900" data-file-height="1263" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The First lady of USA, Ms. <a href="/wiki/Laura_Bush" title="Laura Bush">Laura Bush</a> interacting with a child on her visit to Mother Teresa Light of Life Home (Jeevan Jyothi) for disabled children, in New Delhi on March 2, 2006.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 270px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 265px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manmohan_Singh_meeting_the_nuns_from_missionaries_of_charity_at_a_reception_for_Indian_community_hosted_by_the_Indian_High_Commissioner,_in_Dar_es_Salaam,_Tanzania._Smt._Gursharan_Kaur.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the nuns from missionaries of charity at a reception for Indian community hosted by the Indian High Commissioner, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on May 26, 2011. Smt. Gursharan Kaur, the Union Minister for External Affairs, Shri S.M. Krishna and the Indian High Commissioner, Shri K.V. Bhagirath is also seen."><img alt="The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the nuns from missionaries of charity at a reception for Indian community hosted by the Indian High Commissioner, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on May 26, 2011. Smt. Gursharan Kaur, the Union Minister for External Affairs, Shri S.M. Krishna and the Indian High Commissioner, Shri K.V. Bhagirath is also seen." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Manmohan_Singh_meeting_the_nuns_from_missionaries_of_charity_at_a_reception_for_Indian_community_hosted_by_the_Indian_High_Commissioner%2C_in_Dar_es_Salaam%2C_Tanzania._Smt._Gursharan_Kaur.jpg/229px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="229" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Manmohan_Singh_meeting_the_nuns_from_missionaries_of_charity_at_a_reception_for_Indian_community_hosted_by_the_Indian_High_Commissioner%2C_in_Dar_es_Salaam%2C_Tanzania._Smt._Gursharan_Kaur.jpg/344px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Manmohan_Singh_meeting_the_nuns_from_missionaries_of_charity_at_a_reception_for_Indian_community_hosted_by_the_Indian_High_Commissioner%2C_in_Dar_es_Salaam%2C_Tanzania._Smt._Gursharan_Kaur.jpg/458px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1538" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Prime Minister, Dr. <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> meeting the nuns from missionaries of charity at a reception for Indian community hosted by the Indian High Commissioner, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on May 26, 2011. Smt. <a href="/wiki/Gursharan_Kaur" title="Gursharan Kaur">Gursharan Kaur</a>, the Union Minister for External Affairs, Shri <a href="/wiki/S.M._Krishna" class="mw-redirect" title="S.M. Krishna">S.M. Krishna</a> and the Indian High Commissioner, Shri K.V. Bhagirath is also seen.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 270px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 265px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_President_of_India_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil,_meeting_the_representatives_of_Missionaries_for_Charities_from_India,_at_Damascus,_in_Syria_on_November_28,_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The President of India Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, meeting the representatives of Missionaries for Charities from India, at Damascus, in Syria on November 28, 2010."><img alt="The President of India Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, meeting the representatives of Missionaries for Charities from India, at Damascus, in Syria on November 28, 2010." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/The_President_of_India_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil%2C_meeting_the_representatives_of_Missionaries_for_Charities_from_India%2C_at_Damascus%2C_in_Syria_on_November_28%2C_2010.jpg/224px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="224" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/The_President_of_India_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil%2C_meeting_the_representatives_of_Missionaries_for_Charities_from_India%2C_at_Damascus%2C_in_Syria_on_November_28%2C_2010.jpg/336px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/The_President_of_India_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil%2C_meeting_the_representatives_of_Missionaries_for_Charities_from_India%2C_at_Damascus%2C_in_Syria_on_November_28%2C_2010.jpg/448px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The President of India Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, meeting the representatives of Missionaries for Charities from India, at Damascus, in Syria on November 28, 2010. </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 270px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 265px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_First_lady_of_USA,_Ms._Laura_Bush_interacting_with_the_disabled_children_on_her_visit_to_Mother_Teresa_Light_of_Life_Home_(Jeevan_Jyothi)_for_disabled_children,_in_New_Delhi_on_March_2,_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The First lady of USA, Ms. Laura Bush interacting with the disabled children on her visit to Mother Teresa Light of Life Home (Jeevan Jyothi) for disabled children, in New Delhi on March 2, 2006."><img alt="The First lady of USA, Ms. Laura Bush interacting with the disabled children on her visit to Mother Teresa Light of Life Home (Jeevan Jyothi) for disabled children, in New Delhi on March 2, 2006." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/The_First_lady_of_USA%2C_Ms._Laura_Bush_interacting_with_the_disabled_children_on_her_visit_to_Mother_Teresa_Light_of_Life_Home_%28Jeevan_Jyothi%29_for_disabled_children%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_2%2C_2006.jpg/235px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="235" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/The_First_lady_of_USA%2C_Ms._Laura_Bush_interacting_with_the_disabled_children_on_her_visit_to_Mother_Teresa_Light_of_Life_Home_%28Jeevan_Jyothi%29_for_disabled_children%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_2%2C_2006.jpg/353px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/The_First_lady_of_USA%2C_Ms._Laura_Bush_interacting_with_the_disabled_children_on_her_visit_to_Mother_Teresa_Light_of_Life_Home_%28Jeevan_Jyothi%29_for_disabled_children%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_2%2C_2006.jpg/470px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1900" data-file-height="1263" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The First lady of USA, Ms. Laura Bush interacting with the disabled children on her visit to Mother Teresa Light of Life Home (Jeevan Jyothi) for disabled children, in New Delhi on March 2, 2006. </div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missionaries_of_Charity&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Public_image_of_Mother_Teresa" class="mw-redirect" title="Public image of Mother Teresa">Public image of Mother Teresa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_missions" title="Catholic missions">Catholic missions</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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The superior survived by finding a hiding place, Bishop Hinder said, adding now she is in a safe place. ...The attackers also seized Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, an Indian Salesian missionary from Bangalore Province, who lived at the facility.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=en.radiovaticana.va&rft.atitle=Southern+Arabia+bishop%3A+MC+nuns+killed+for+religious+motives&rft.date=2016-03-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fen.radiovaticana.va%2Fnews%2F2016%2F03%2F05%2Fsouthern_arabia_bishop_mc_nuns_killed_for_religious_motives%2F1213360&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissionaries+of+Charity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRezac2016" class="citation web cs1">Rezac, Mary (28 March 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160329091252/http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/blog/fate-of-kidnapped-fr-tom-uzhannil-remains-unknown/">"There is no confirmation that Fr. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 January</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.telegraphindia.com&rft.atitle=Missionaries+of+Charity+gets+back+FCRA+nod&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraphindia.com%2Findia%2Fmothers-charity-gets-fcra-nod-back%2Fcid%2F1846774&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissionaries+of+Charity" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missionaries_of_Charity&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGonzález-Balado,_José_LuisTeresa1997" class="citation book cs1">González-Balado, José Luis; Teresa (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/inmyownwords00tere"><i>Mother Teresa: in my own words</i></a>. New York: Gramercy Book. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-517-20169-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-517-20169-0"><bdi>0-517-20169-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mother+Teresa%3A+in+my+own+words&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Gramercy+Book&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=0-517-20169-0&rft.au=Gonz%C3%A1lez-Balado%2C+Jos%C3%A9+Luis&rft.au=Teresa&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Finmyownwords00tere&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissionaries+of+Charity" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrian_KolodiejchukMother_Teresa2007" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Kolodiejchuk" title="Brian Kolodiejchuk">Brian Kolodiejchuk</a>; Mother Teresa (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/comebemylightpri00tere"><i>Mother Teresa: come be my light: the private writings of the "Saint of Calcutta"</i></a>. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-385-52037-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-385-52037-9"><bdi>978-0-385-52037-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mother+Teresa%3A+come+be+my+light%3A+the+private+writings+of+the+%22Saint+of+Calcutta%22&rft.place=Garden+City%2C+NY&rft.pub=Doubleday&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-385-52037-9&rft.au=Brian+Kolodiejchuk&rft.au=Mother+Teresa&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcomebemylightpri00tere&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissionaries+of+Charity" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Muggeridge" title="Malcolm Muggeridge">Muggeridge, Malcolm</a>. <i>Something Beautiful for God.</i> London: Collins, 1971. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-066043-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-06-066043-0">0-06-066043-0</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens" title="Christopher Hitchens">Christopher Hitchens</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Missionary_Position_(book)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Missionary Position (book)">The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice</a></i> (Verso, 1995) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85984-054-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-85984-054-X">1-85984-054-X</a>. Plus a debate in the <i>New York Review of Books</i>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1434">Defense of Mother Teresa</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1310">Hitchens' answer</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1298">Leys' reply</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMary_Johnson2011" class="citation book cs1">Mary Johnson (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/unquenchablethir00john"><i>An Unquenchable Thirst: Following Mother Teresa in Search of Love, Service, and an Authentic Life</i></a>. Spiegel & Grau. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0385527477" title="Special:BookSources/978-0385527477"><bdi>978-0385527477</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+Unquenchable+Thirst%3A+Following+Mother+Teresa+in+Search+of+Love%2C+Service%2C+and+an+Authentic+Life&rft.pub=Spiegel+%26+Grau&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0385527477&rft.au=Mary+Johnson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Funquenchablethir00john&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissionaries+of+Charity" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFErika_Lantz2023" class="citation podcast cs1">Erika Lantz (3 February 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-turning-room-of-mirrors/id1566966691">"The Turning: The Sisters Who Left"</a> (Podcast). iHeartRadioPodcasts and Rococo Punch<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 February</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Turning%3A+The+Sisters+Who+Left&rft.pub=iHeartRadioPodcasts+and+Rococo+Punch&rft.date=2023-02-03&rft.au=Erika+Lantz&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fthe-turning-room-of-mirrors%2Fid1566966691&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissionaries+of+Charity" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Jones, B. (2017). T. In Dictionary of World Biography (NED-New edition, 4, pp. 821–852). ANU Press. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1rfsrst.24">j.ctt1rfsrst.24</a></li> <li>Stevens, Laura M. “‘The Reservoir of National Charity’: The Role of the Missionary Society.” In The Poor Indians: British Missionaries, Native Americans, and Colonial Sensibility, 84–110. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt3fhmjw.6">j.ctt3fhmjw.6</a>.</li> <li>Kellogg SE. A visit with Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 1994; 11(5):5–11. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F104990919401100504">10.1177/104990919401100504</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBose,_R.Faust,_L.2011" class="citation book cs1">Bose, R.; Faust, L. (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=gXcD82aXpbYC"><i>Mother Teresa, CEO: Unexpected Principles for Practical Leadership</i></a>. Bk Business. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781605099538" title="Special:BookSources/9781605099538"><bdi>9781605099538</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mother+Teresa%2C+CEO%3A+Unexpected+Principles+for+Practical+Leadership&rft.series=Bk+Business&rft.pub=Berrett-Koehler+Publishers&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=9781605099538&rft.au=Bose%2C+R.&rft.au=Faust%2C+L.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DgXcD82aXpbYC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissionaries+of+Charity" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Burton, J. (1978). Book Review: We do it for Jesus: Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity. Theology, 81(683), 377–379. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0040571X7808100518">10.1177/0040571X7808100518</a></li> <li>Kusserow, Adrie. "Crossing Borders, and: Hunting Down the Monk, and: Orphanage, Missionaries of Charity, Kathmandu, Nepal, and: Bulimia Religiosa, and: Confession." The Missouri Review, vol. 22 no. 1, 1999, p. 135–145. Project MUSE, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1353%2Fmis.1999.0045">10.1353/mis.1999.0045</a>.</li> <li>Taneja V, Sriram S, Beri RS, Sreenivas V, Aggarwal R, Kaur R. Not by bread alone': impact of a structured 90-minute play session on development of children in an orphanage. Child Care Health Dev. 2002 Jan; 28(1):95–100. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2214.2002.00246.x">10.1046/j.1365-2214.2002.00246.x</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11856192">11856192</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYu,_YTEHo,_SYChen,_JY2015" class="citation journal cs1">Yu, YTE; Ho, SY; Chen, JY (2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hdl.handle.net/10722/233620">"Reaching out to the poorest of the poor – a 4-week outreach programme at the Missionaries of Charity : a pilot outreach service programme to enable professionalism development in medical students"</a>. <i>Frontiers in Medical & Health Sciences Education Conference</i>. <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10722%2F233620">10722/233620</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Frontiers+in+Medical+%26+Health+Sciences+Education+Conference&rft.atitle=Reaching+out+to+the+poorest+of+the+poor+%E2%80%93+a+4-week+outreach+programme+at+the+Missionaries+of+Charity+%3A+a+pilot+outreach+service+programme+to+enable+professionalism+development+in+medical+students&rft.date=2015&rft_id=info%3Ahdl%2F10722%2F233620&rft.au=Yu%2C+YTE&rft.au=Ho%2C+SY&rft.au=Chen%2C+JY&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhdl.handle.net%2F10722%2F233620&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissionaries+of+Charity" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohnson,_M.2011" class="citation book cs1">Johnson, M. (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=RnrnxGnAdrIC"><i>An Unquenchable Thirst: Following Mother Teresa in Search of an Authentic Life</i></a>. ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781459620117" title="Special:BookSources/9781459620117"><bdi>9781459620117</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+Unquenchable+Thirst%3A+Following+Mother+Teresa+in+Search+of+an+Authentic+Life&rft.pub=ReadHowYouWant.com%2C+Limited&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=9781459620117&rft.au=Johnson%2C+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DRnrnxGnAdrIC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissionaries+of+Charity" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPoplin,_M.2011" class="citation book cs1">Poplin, M. (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MRzDAgAAQBAJ"><i>Finding Calcutta: What Mother Teresa Taught Me About Meaningful Work and Service</i></a>. Veritas Books. InterVarsity Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780830868483" title="Special:BookSources/9780830868483"><bdi>9780830868483</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2008022649">2008022649</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Finding+Calcutta%3A+What+Mother+Teresa+Taught+Me+About+Meaningful+Work+and+Service&rft.series=Veritas+Books&rft.pub=InterVarsity+Press&rft.date=2011&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F2008022649&rft.isbn=9780830868483&rft.au=Poplin%2C+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DMRzDAgAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissionaries+of+Charity" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Ciulla, Joanne B., Dirty Money: Some Ethical Questions About Donating to Charity (July 24, 2020). Rutgers Business Review, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2020, pp. 159–165., Available at <a href="/wiki/SSRN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="SSRN (identifier)">SSRN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=3660181">3660181</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCollopy,_M.2016" class="citation book cs1">Collopy, M. (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KhrdDAAAQBAJ"><i>Works of Love Are Works of Peace: Mother Teresa of Calcutta and the Missionaries of Charity</i></a>. Ignatius Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781621641292" title="Special:BookSources/9781621641292"><bdi>9781621641292</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Works+of+Love+Are+Works+of+Peace%3A+Mother+Teresa+of+Calcutta+and+the+Missionaries+of+Charity&rft.pub=Ignatius+Press&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=9781621641292&rft.au=Collopy%2C+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DKhrdDAAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissionaries+of+Charity" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLe_Joly,_Edward1977" class="citation journal cs1">Le Joly, Edward (1977). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1130282270661170048">"Servant of Love : Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity"</a>. <i>(No Title)</i>. Harper & Row.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=%28No+Title%29&rft.atitle=Servant+of+Love+%3A+Mother+Teresa+and+her+Missionaries+of+Charity&rft.date=1977&rft.au=Le+Joly%2C+Edward&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcir.nii.ac.jp%2Fcrid%2F1130282270661170048&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMissionaries+of+Charity" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Mijatović, J.K. (2022). 'Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity in the Life and Work of Archbishop Franjo Kuharić: On the 25th Anniversary of the Death of St. Teresa of Calcutta and the 20th Anniversary of the Death of the Servant of God Franjo Kuharić', Obnovljeni Život, 77(4), str. 507–520. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.31337%2Foz.77.4.6">10.31337/oz.77.4.6</a></li> <li>Taneja V, Beri RS, Puliyel JM. Play in orphanages. Indian J Pediatr. 2004 Apr; 71(4):297–299. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF02724092">10.1007/BF02724092</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15107508">15107508</a>.</li> <li>Kellogg SE. A visit with Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 1994 Sep–Oct; 11(5):5–11. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F104990919401100504">10.1177/104990919401100504</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7880648">7880648</a>.</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missionaries_of_Charity&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://missionariesofcharity.org/">Official website</a></span></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.motherteresa.org/">Mother Teresa Center</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/385551">Missionaries of Charity</a> at the <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica" title="Encyclopædia Britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mcbrothers.org">Missionaries of Charity Brothers (active branch)</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1979/teresa-bio.html">Mother Teresa biography</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize" title="Nobel Prize">Nobel Prize</a> foundation site has some information on the history and activities of the Missionaries of Charity.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000618014135/http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/teresa01.html">Time Magazine 100 Most Important People of the Century</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ewtn.com/library/PRIESTS/NIRMALA.HTM">Eternal Word Television Network</a> – History of the order and bio of Sister Nirmala</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/letters/2000/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_20001017_missionaries-charity_en.html">Letter by Pope John Paul II on the 50th anniversary of the order in 2000</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wimklerkx.nl/EN/PROJECTS/TV.html">Teresa's volunteers</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100416203438/http://www.wimklerkx.nl/EN/PROJECTS/TV.html">Archived</a> 16 April 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> – Photo document on volunteers working at Nirmal Hriday in Calcutta, by photographer Wim Klerkx, 1998</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/26/world/asia/26iht-26calcutta.8073173.html">"Volunteering for Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity", <i>New York Times</i></a> – one volunteer's experience]</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mcfathers.org/">Missionaries of Charity Fathers Website</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output 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title="Bridgettines">Bridgettines</a> (OSsS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canossians" title="Canossians">Canossians</a> (FDCC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmelites" title="Carmelites">Carmelites</a> (OCarm)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carthusians" title="Carthusians">Carthusians</a> (OCart)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cistercians" title="Cistercians">Cistercians</a> (OCist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_Our_Lady_of_Sion" title="Congregation of Our Lady of Sion">Congregation of Our Lady of Sion</a> (NDS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Sacred_Hearts_of_Jesus_and_Mary" title="Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary">Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary</a> (SSCC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">Discalced Carmelites</a> (OCD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Order" title="Dominican Order">Dominicans</a> (OP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franciscans" title="Franciscans">Franciscans</a> (OFM)</li> <li><a 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(SC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Servite_Order" title="Servite Order">Servite Order</a> (OSM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_Atonement" title="Society of the Atonement">Society of the Atonement</a> (SA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Order_Regular_of_Saint_Francis_of_Penance" title="Third Order Regular of Saint Francis of Penance">TOR Franciscans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trappists" title="Trappists">Trappists</a> (OCSO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinitarians" title="Trinitarians">Trinitarian Order</a> (OSST)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_Papacy_SE.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Vatican City"><img alt="Coat of arms of Vatican City" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Emblem_of_the_Papacy_SE.svg/50px-Emblem_of_the_Papacy_SE.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="68" 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href="/wiki/Congregation_of_St._Basil" title="Congregation of St. Basil">Basilians</a> (CSB)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brothers_of_Mercy_of_Our_Lady_of_Perpetual_Help" title="Brothers of Mercy of Our Lady of Perpetual Help">Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy</a> (FDM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camillians" title="Camillians">Camillians</a> (MI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John_Cantius_Church_(Chicago)" title="St. John Cantius Church (Chicago)">Canons Regular of Saint John Cantius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Friars_Minor_Capuchin" title="Order of Friars Minor Capuchin">Capuchins</a> (OFM Cap)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_Christian_Brothers" title="Congregation of Christian Brothers">Christian Brothers (Irish)</a> (CFC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregatio_Discipulorum_Domini" title="Congregatio Discipulorum Domini">Congregatio Discipulorum Domini</a> (CDD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CICM_Missionaries" title="CICM Missionaries">Immaculate Heart of Mary</a> (CICM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Blessed_Sacrament" title="Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament">Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament</a> (SSS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claretians" title="Claretians">Claretians</a> (CMF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_Saint_Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_of_Lisieux" title="Congregation of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux">Congregation of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux</a> (CST)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Friars_Minor_Conventual" title="Order of Friars Minor Conventual">Conventual Franciscans</a> (OFM Conv)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canons_Regular_of_the_Order_of_the_Holy_Cross" title="Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross">Crosiers</a> (OSC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_La_Salle_Brothers" title="De La Salle Brothers">De La Salle Brothers</a> (FSC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discalced_Augustinians" title="Discalced Augustinians">Discalced Augustinians</a> (OAD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franciscan_Friars_of_the_Renewal" title="Franciscan Friars of the Renewal">Franciscan Friars of the Renewal</a> (CFR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franciscan_Missionaries_of_the_Eternal_Word" title="Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word">Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word</a> (MFVA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montfort_Brothers_of_St._Gabriel" title="Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel">Gabrielites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_Holy_Cross" title="Congregation of Holy Cross">Holy Cross</a> (CSC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Holy_Spirit" title="Congregation of the Holy Spirit">Holy Ghost Fathers</a> (CSSp)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josephites_(Maryland)" title="Josephites (Maryland)">Josephites</a> (SSJ)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legionaries_of_Christ" title="Legionaries of Christ">Legionaries of Christ</a> (LC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Brothers_of_Jesus" title="Little Brothers of Jesus">Little Brothers of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_Marian_Fathers_of_the_Immaculate_Conception" title="Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception">Marians of the Immaculate Conception</a> (MIC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">Society of Jesus (Jesuits)</a> (SJ)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_Mary_(Marianists)" title="Society of Mary (Marianists)">Society of Mary (Marianists)</a> (SM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_Mary_(Marists)" title="Society of Mary (Marists)">Society of Mary (Marists)</a> (SM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_Divine_Word" title="Society of the Divine Word">Society of the Divine Word</a> (SVD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_Saint_Edmund" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Saint Edmund">Society of Saint Edmund</a> (SSE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marist_Brothers" title="Marist Brothers">Marist Brothers</a> (FMS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mekhitarists" title="Mekhitarists">Mechitarists</a> (CAM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comboni_Missionaries_of_the_Heart_of_Jesus" title="Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus">Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus</a> (MCCI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missionaries_of_La_Salette" title="Missionaries of La Salette">Missionaries of La Salette</a> (MS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missionaries_of_St._Francis_de_Sales" title="Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales">Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales</a> (MSFS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missionaries_of_the_Poor" title="Missionaries of the Poor">Missionaries of the Poor</a> (MOP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missionaries_of_the_Sacred_Heart" title="Missionaries of the Sacred Heart">Missionaries of the Sacred Heart</a> (MSC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missionaries_of_the_Sacred_Hearts_of_Jesus_and_Mary" title="Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary">Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missionary_Oblates_of_Mary_Immaculate" title="Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate">Oblates of Mary Immaculate</a> (OMI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oblates_of_the_Virgin_Mary" title="Oblates of the Virgin Mary">Oblates of the Virgin Mary</a> (OMV)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oblates_of_St._Francis_de_Sales" title="Oblates of St. Francis de Sales">Oblates of St. Francis de Sales</a> (OSFS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Friars_Minor" title="Order of Friars Minor">Order of Friars Minor</a> (OFM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passionists" title="Passionists">Passionists</a> (CP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Paul_the_First_Hermit" title="Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit">Pauline Fathers</a> (OSPPE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redemptorists" title="Redemptorists">Redemptorists</a> (CSsR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogationists" title="Rogationists">Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus</a> (RCJ)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brothers_of_the_Sacred_Heart" title="Brothers of the Sacred Heart">Sacred Heart Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salesians_of_Don_Bosco" title="Salesians of Don Bosco">Salesians</a> (SDB)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Servants_of_Jesus_and_Mary" title="Servants of Jesus and Mary">Servants of Jesus and Mary</a> (SJM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sons_of_the_Most_Holy_Redeemer" title="Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer">Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer</a> (FSSR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xaverian_Brothers" title="Xaverian Brothers">Xaverian Brothers</a> (CFX)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Female</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adorers_of_the_Blood_of_Christ" title="Adorers of the Blood of Christ">Adorers of the Blood of Christ</a> (ASC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_the_Apostolic_Carmel" title="Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel">Apostolic Carmel</a> (AC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basilian_Aleppian_Sisters" title="Basilian Aleppian Sisters">Basilian Aleppian Sisters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basilian_Chouerite_Sisters" title="Basilian Chouerite Sisters">Basilian Chouerite Sisters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigidine_Sisters" title="Brigidine Sisters">Brigidines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Sisters_of_the_Immaculate_Conception_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary" title="Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary">Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary</a> (CSIC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmelite_Sisters_of_Saint_Teresa" title="Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa">Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa</a> (CSST)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franciscan_Hospitaller_Sisters_of_the_Immaculate_Conception" title="Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception">Congregation of the Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception</a> (FHIC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daughters_of_Divine_Love" title="Daughters of Divine Love">Daughters of Divine Love</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daughters_of_Mary_of_the_Immaculate_Conception" title="Daughters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception">Daughters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daughters_of_the_Holy_Heart_of_Mary" title="Daughters of the Holy Heart of Mary">Daughters of the Holy Heart of Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faithful_Companions_of_Jesus" title="Faithful Companions of Jesus">Faithful Companions of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felician_Sisters" title="Felician Sisters">Felicians</a> (CSSF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_Teachers_Filippini" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious Teachers Filippini">Filippini Sisters</a> (MPF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handmaids_of_the_Heart_of_Jesus" title="Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus">Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handmaids_of_the_Sacred_Heart_of_Jesus" title="Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus">Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daughters_of_Jesus_(Spain)" title="Daughters of Jesus (Spain)">Hijas de Jesús</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit_Adoration_Sisters" title="Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters">Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_Loreto" title="Sisters of Loreto">Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Sisters_Disciples_of_the_Lamb" title="Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb">Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Sisters_of_Jesus" title="Little Sisters of Jesus">Little Sisters of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Sisters_of_the_Poor" title="Little Sisters of the Poor">Little Sisters of the Poor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Living_the_Gospel_Community" title="Living the Gospel Community">Living the Gospel Community</a> (LGC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovers_of_the_Holy_Cross" title="Lovers of the Holy Cross">Lovers of the Holy Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marianites_of_Holy_Cross" title="Marianites of Holy Cross">Marianites of Holy Cross</a> (MSC)</li> <li><a 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states</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Subsistit_in" title="Subsistit in">Subsistit in</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_theology,_and_fundamental_theory_of_Catholic_canon_law" title="Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law">In canon law</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Sacraments_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Sacraments of the Catholic Church">Sacraments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">Baptism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confirmation_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Confirmation in the Catholic Church">Confirmation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eucharist_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Eucharist in the Catholic Church">Eucharist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacrament_of_Penance" title="Sacrament of Penance">Penance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_the_Sick_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Anointing of the Sick in the Catholic Church">Anointing of the Sick</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Last_rites" title="Last rites">Last rites</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_orders_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Holy orders in the Catholic Church">Holy orders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Marriage in the Catholic Church">Matrimony</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Mariology" title="Catholic Mariology">Mariology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Catholic_Mariology" title="History of Catholic Mariology">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariology_of_the_popes" title="Mariology of the popes">Mariology of the popes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariology_of_the_saints" title="Mariology of the saints">Mariology of the saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">Mother of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_virginity_of_Mary" title="Perpetual virginity of Mary">Perpetual virginity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veneration_of_Mary_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church">Veneration</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josephology" title="Josephology">Josephology</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christian_philosophy" title="Christian philosophy">Philosophy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Natural_law" title="Natural law">Natural law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_moral_theology" title="Catholic moral theology">Moral theology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personalism_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Personalism (Catholic)">Personalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_social_teaching" title="Catholic social teaching">Social teaching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_philosophers_and_theologians" title="List of Catholic philosophers and theologians">Philosophers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_theology,_and_fundamental_theory_of_Catholic_canon_law" title="Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law">Philosophy of canon law</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_the_Catholic_Church" title="Science and the Catholic Church">Science</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evolution_and_the_Catholic_Church" title="Evolution and the Catholic Church">Evolution</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state" title="Separation of church and state">Separation of church and state</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Relations_between_the_Catholic_Church_and_the_state" title="Relations between the Catholic Church and the state">Relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_politics" title="Catholic Church and politics">Politics</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Saint_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint (Catholic)">Saints</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Family" title="Holy Family">Holy Family</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Joseph</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prophets_of_Christianity" title="Prophets of Christianity">Prophets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archangel" title="Archangel">Archangels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_martyr" title="Christian martyr">Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_the_Church" title="Doctor of the Church">Doctors of the Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Evangelists" title="Four Evangelists">Evangelists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confessor_of_the_Faith" title="Confessor of the Faith">Confessors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)" title="Disciple (Christianity)">Disciples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_(title)" title="Virgin (title)">Virgins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Organisation<br /><small><a href="/wiki/Hierarchy_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Hierarchy of the Catholic Church">Hierarchy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Canon_law_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Canon law of the Catholic Church">Canon law</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Catholic_laity" title="Catholic laity">Laity</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Order of precedence in the Catholic Church">Precedence</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_by_country" title="Catholic Church by country">By country</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_popes" title="List of popes">List of popes</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a> <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecumenical_councils" title="Catholic ecumenical councils">Ecumenical councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Cardinals" title="College of Cardinals">College</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_living_cardinals" class="mw-redirect" title="List of living cardinals">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Cardinal_Advisers" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Cardinal Advisers">Advisers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Roman Curia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery" title="Dicastery">Dicasteries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Synod of Bishops in the Catholic Church">Synod of Bishops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Properties_of_the_Holy_See" title="Properties of the Holy See">Properties</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Vatican_City%E2%80%93related_articles" title="Index of Vatican City–related articles">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Vatican_City" title="Outline of Vatican City">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Palace" title="Apostolic Palace">Apostolic Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateran_Treaty" title="Lateran Treaty">Lateran Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rota" title="Roman Rota">Roman Rota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter's Basilica">St. Peter's Basilica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Guard" title="Swiss Guard">Swiss Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Museums" title="Vatican Museums">Vatican Museums</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Polity</a> (<a href="/wiki/Holy_orders_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Holy orders in the Catholic Church">Holy orders</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_dioceses_(structured_view)" title="List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)">Diocese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_conference" title="Episcopal conference">Episcopal conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eparchy#Church_hierarchy" title="Eparchy">Eparchy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Bishops in the Catholic Church">Bishop</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_archbishop" title="Major archbishop">Major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primate_(bishop)" title="Primate (bishop)">Primate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_bishop" title="Metropolitan bishop">Metropolitan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">Archbishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocesan_bishop" title="Diocesan bishop">Diocesan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coadjutor_bishop" title="Coadjutor bishop">Coadjutor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_bishop" title="Auxiliary bishop">Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titular_bishop" title="Titular bishop">Titular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_emeritus" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope emeritus">Emeritus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parish_(Catholic_Church)" title="Parish (Catholic Church)">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priesthood_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Priesthood in the Catholic Church">Priest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon" title="Deacon">Deacon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Consecrated_life" title="Consecrated life">Consecrated life</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religious_(Western_Christianity)" title="Religious (Western Christianity)">Religious</a>:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_(hierarchy)" title="Superior (hierarchy)">Superior</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbot" title="Abbot">Abbot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abbess" title="Abbess">Abbess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_general_(Christianity)" title="Superior general (Christianity)">General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provincial_superior" title="Provincial superior">Provincial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prior_(ecclesiastical)" title="Prior (ecclesiastical)">Prior, Prioress</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_master_(order)" title="Grand master (order)">Grand master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_brother" title="Religious brother">Brother</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friar" title="Friar">Friar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">Monk</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_sister" title="Religious sister">Sister</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_nun" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic nun">Nun</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermit" title="Hermit">Hermit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novitiate" title="Novitiate">Novice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Novice_master" title="Novice master">Master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oblate" title="Oblate">Oblate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postulant" title="Postulant">Postulant</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_particular_churches_and_liturgical_rites" title="Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites">Particular churches</a><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Sui_iuris" title="Sui iuris">sui iuris</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic Churches</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Albanian Greek Catholic Church">Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Church" title="Armenian Catholic Church">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Belarusian Greek Catholic Church">Belarusian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church">Bulgarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Catholic_Church" title="Chaldean Catholic Church">Chaldean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Catholic_Church" title="Coptic Catholic Church">Coptic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Catholic_Church_of_Croatia_and_Serbia" title="Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia">Croatian and Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Catholic_Church" title="Eritrean Catholic Church">Eritrean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Catholic_Church" title="Ethiopian Catholic Church">Ethiopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Georgia" title="Catholic Church in Georgia">Georgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Byzantine_Catholic_Church" title="Greek Byzantine Catholic Church">Greek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Hungarian Greek Catholic Church">Hungarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italo-Albanian_Catholic_Church" title="Italo-Albanian Catholic Church">Italo-Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Macedonian Greek Catholic Church">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maronite_Church" title="Maronite Church">Maronite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Melkite Greek Catholic Church">Melkite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Romanian Greek Catholic Church">Romanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Russian Greek Catholic Church">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruthenian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church">Ruthenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Slovak Greek Catholic Church">Slovak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Catholic_Church" title="Syriac Catholic Church">Syriac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Syro-Malabar Catholic Church">Syro-Malabar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malankara_Catholic_Church" title="Syro-Malankara Catholic Church">Syro-Malankara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church">Ukrainian</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_liturgy" title="Catholic liturgy">Catholic liturgy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_liturgy" title="Eastern Catholic liturgy">Eastern Catholic liturgy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandrian_liturgical_rites" title="Alexandrian liturgical rites">Alexandrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochene_Rite" title="Antiochene Rite">Antiochian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Rite" title="Armenian Rite">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Syriac_Rite" title="East Syriac Rite">East Syriac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Syriac_Rite" title="West Syriac Rite">West Syriac</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malankara_Rite" title="Malankara Rite">Malankara</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_liturgical_rites" title="Latin liturgical rites">Latin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambrosian_Rite" title="Ambrosian Rite">Ambrosian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rite_of_Braga" title="Rite of Braga">Braga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozarabic_Rite" title="Mozarabic Rite">Mozarabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mass_of_Paul_VI" title="Mass of Paul VI">Paul VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tridentine_Mass" title="Tridentine Mass">Tridentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Use" title="Anglican Use">Anglican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaire_Use" title="Zaire Use">Zaire</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic culture">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_art" title="Catholic art">Art</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marian_art_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Marian art in the Catholic Church">Marian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_artists" title="List of Catholic artists">Artists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_writers" title="List of Catholic writers">Writers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_Catholic_church_buildings" title="Lists of Catholic church buildings">Church buildings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altarpiece" title="Altarpiece">Altarpieces</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_Catholicism" title="Folk Catholicism">Folk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Library" title="Vatican Library">Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Museums" title="Vatican Museums">Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Catholic_music" title="Category:Catholic music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Holy_See" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Holy See">Distinctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Role_of_Christianity_in_civilization" title="Role of Christianity in civilization">Role in civilisation</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Criticism of the Catholic Church">Criticism of the Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Catholicism" title="Anti-Catholicism">Anti-Catholicism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Catholic_media" title="Category:Catholic media">Media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See_Press_Office" title="Holy See Press Office">Holy See Press Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Media" title="Vatican Media">Vatican Media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_News" title="Vatican News">Vatican News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Television_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican Television Center">Vatican Television Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Radio" title="Vatican Radio">Vatican Radio</a></li></ul></li> <li>Vatican Polyglot Press</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/L%27Osservatore_Romano" title="L'Osservatore Romano">L'Osservatore Romano</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Acta_Apostolicae_Sedis" title="Acta Apostolicae Sedis">Acta Apostolicae Sedis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Annuario_Pontificio" title="Annuario Pontificio">Annuario Pontificio</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Religious_order_(Catholic)" title="Religious order (Catholic)">Religious orders</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Religious_institute" title="Religious institute">institutes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Society_of_apostolic_life" title="Society of apostolic life">societies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assumptionists" title="Assumptionists">Assumptionists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Annunciation_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary" title="Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary">Annonciades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustinians" title="Augustinians">Augustinians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Basil_the_Great" title="Order of Saint Basil the Great">Basilians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benedictines" title="Benedictines">Benedictines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethlehemites" title="Bethlehemites">Bethlehemites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Most_Holy_Annunciation" title="Order of the Most Holy Annunciation">Blue nuns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camaldolese" title="Camaldolese">Camaldoleses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camillians" title="Camillians">Camillians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmelites" title="Carmelites">Carmelites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carthusians" title="Carthusians">Carthusians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cistercians" title="Cistercians">Cistercians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poor_Clares" title="Poor Clares">Clarisses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conceptionists" title="Conceptionists">Conceptionists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canons_Regular_of_the_Order_of_the_Holy_Cross" title="Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross">Crosiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Order" title="Dominican Order">Dominicans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franciscans" title="Franciscans">Franciscans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_Our_Lady_of_Charity_of_the_Good_Shepherd" title="Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd">Good Shepherd Sisters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hieronymites" title="Hieronymites">Hieronymites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">Jesuits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legionaries_of_Christ" title="Legionaries of Christ">Legionaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary_of_Mercy" title="Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy">Mercedarians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Minims" title="Order of Minims">Minims</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivetans" title="Olivetans">Olivetans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oratory_of_Saint_Philip_Neri" title="Oratory of Saint Philip Neri">Oratorians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piarists" title="Piarists">Piarists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premonstratensians" title="Premonstratensians">Premonstratensians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redemptoristines" title="Redemptoristines">Redemptoristines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Servite_Order" title="Servite Order">Servites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatines" title="Theatines">Theatines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trappists" title="Trappists">Trappists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinitarians" title="Trinitarians">Trinitarians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Visitation_of_Holy_Mary" title="Order of the Visitation of 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<li><a href="/wiki/Currency_Building" title="Currency Building">Currency Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankshall_Court" title="Bankshall Court">Bankshall Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marble_Palace_(Kolkata)" title="Marble Palace (Kolkata)">Marble Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_India" title="National Library of India">National Library of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netaji_Bhawan" title="Netaji Bhawan">Netaji Bhawan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Bhavan,_Kolkata" title="Raj Bhavan, Kolkata">Raj Bhavan, Kolkata</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabarna_Sangrahashala" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabarna Sangrahashala">Sabarna Sangrahashala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaheed_Minar,_Kolkata" title="Shaheed Minar, Kolkata">Shaheed Minar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Memorial,_Kolkata" title="Victoria Memorial, Kolkata">Victoria Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Kolkata" title="St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata">St. Paul's Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metcalfe_Hall" title="Metcalfe Hall">Metcalfe Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Writers%27_Building" title="Writers' Building">Writers' Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Building_(Kolkata)" title="Metropolitan Building (Kolkata)">Metropolitan Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Hotel_(Kolkata)" title="Grand Hotel (Kolkata)">Grand Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shobhabazar_Rajbari" title="Shobhabazar Rajbari">Shobhabazar Rajbari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esplanade_Mansions,_Kolkata" title="Esplanade Mansions, Kolkata">Esplanade Mansions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Kolkata" title="List of tallest buildings in Kolkata">High<br />rises</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Chatterjee_International_Center" title="Chatterjee International Center">Chatterjee International Center</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/South_City" title="South City">South City</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tata_Centre" title="Tata Centre">Tata Centre</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Industry_House_(Kolkata)" class="mw-redirect" title="Industry House (Kolkata)">Industry House</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Everest_House_(Kolkata)" title="Everest House (Kolkata)">Everest House</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jeevan_Sudha" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeevan Sudha">Jeevan Sudha</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Government_of_India_Building" title="Government of India Building">Government of India Building</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hiland_Park,_Kolkata" title="Hiland Park, Kolkata">Hiland Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_42_(Kolkata)" title="The 42 (Kolkata)">The 42</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Kolkata" class="mw-redirect" title="Urbana, Kolkata">Urbana</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Uniworld_City" title="Uniworld City">Uniworld City</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Kolkata" title="Education in Kolkata">Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Secondary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_College_(Kolkata)" title="Armenian College (Kolkata)">Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._T._Road_Government_Sponsored_H._S._School" title="B. T. Road Government Sponsored H. S. School">B. T. Road Government Sponsored H. S. School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_Boys%27_School" title="Calcutta Boys' School">Calcutta Boys' School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_Girls%27_High_School" title="Calcutta Girls' High School">Calcutta Girls' High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Bosco_School,_Park_Circus" title="Don Bosco School, Park Circus">Don Bosco School, Park Circus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hare_School" title="Hare School">Hare School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_School,_Kolkata" title="Hindu School, Kolkata">Hindu School, Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendriya_Vidyalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Kendriya Vidyalaya">Kendriya Vidyalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Martiniere_Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="La Martiniere Calcutta">La Martiniere Calcutta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loreto_Schools,_Kolkata" title="Loreto Schools, Kolkata">Loreto Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baranagore_Ramakrishna_Mission_Ashrama_High_School" title="Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School">Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna_Mission_Vidyalaya,_Narendrapur" title="Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur">Ramakrishna, Narendrapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Church_Collegiate_School" title="Scottish Church Collegiate School">Scottish Church Collegiate School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Point_School" title="South Point School">South Point School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Xavier%27s_Collegiate_School" title="St. Xavier's Collegiate School">St. Xavier's Collegiate School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._James%27_School_(Kolkata)" title="St. James' School (Kolkata)">St. James' School (Kolkata)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Higher</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aliah_University" title="Aliah University">Aliah University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Asiatic_Society" title="The Asiatic Society">Asiatic Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asutosh_College" title="Asutosh College">Asutosh College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Engineering_and_Research_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Engineering and Research Institute">Marine Engineering and Research Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethune_College" title="Bethune College">Bethune College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_College_of_Engineering_and_Ceramic_Technology" title="Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology">Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_College_of_Art_%26_Craft" title="Government College of Art & Craft">Government College of Art & Craft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_College_and_Hospital,_Kolkata" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata">Medical College and Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_National_Medical_College" title="Calcutta National Medical College">Calcutta National Medical College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Engineering_Science_and_Technology,_Shibpur" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur">Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Management_Calcutta" title="Indian Institute of Management Calcutta">IIM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Science_Education_and_Research,_Kolkata" title="Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata">IISER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Social_Welfare_and_Business_Management" title="Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management">Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Statistical_Institute" title="Indian Statistical Institute">Indian Statistical Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jadavpur_University" title="Jadavpur University">Jadavpur University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maulana_Azad_College" title="Maulana Azad College">Maulana Azad College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad_Institute_of_Asian_Studies" title="Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies">Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad_University_of_Technology" title="Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology">Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netaji_Subhas_Open_University" title="Netaji Subhas Open University">Netaji Subhas Open University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_for_Research_in_Bacterial_Infections" title="National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections">National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_University,_Kolkata" title="Presidency 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href="/wiki/West_Bengal_National_University_of_Juridical_Sciences" title="West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences">West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_School_of_Music" title="Calcutta School of Music">Calcutta School of Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narula_Institute_of_Technology" title="Narula Institute of Technology">Narula Institute of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray_Film_and_Television_Institute" title="Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute">Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivek_Tirtha" title="Vivek Tirtha">Vivek Tirtha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Industry and<br /><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Kolkata" title="Economy of Kolkata">economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CESC_Limited" title="CESC Limited">Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_Stock_Exchange" title="Calcutta Stock Exchange">Calcutta Stock Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dendrite_(adhesive)#Production_Company" title="Dendrite (adhesive)">Chandras' Chemical Factory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_India" title="Coal India">Coal India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodar_Valley_Corporation" title="Damodar Valley Corporation">Damodar Valley Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emami" title="Emami">Emami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exide_Industries" title="Exide Industries">Exide Industries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_Reach_Shipbuilders_%26_Engineers" title="Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers">Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GKB_Opticals" title="GKB Opticals">GKB Opticals</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hawkers_in_Kolkata" title="Hawkers in 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Kolkata" title="Transport in Kolkata">Transportation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Road</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_Tramways_Company" title="Calcutta Tramways Company">Calcutta Tramways Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_State_Transport_Corporation" title="Calcutta State Transport Corporation">Calcutta State Transport Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyani_Expressway" title="Kalyani Expressway">Kalyani Expressway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Bus_Rapid_Transit_System" title="Kolkata Bus Rapid Transit System">Kolkata Bus Rapid Transit System</a></li> <li><a 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Chandra Bose International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_Kolkata_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="List of airports in the Kolkata metropolitan area">List of airports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Kolkata" title="Culture of Kolkata">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Book_Fair" title="Kolkata Book Fair">Kolkata Book Fair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Rainbow_Pride_Walk" title="Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk">Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_Youth_Choir" title="Calcutta Youth Choir">Calcutta Youth Choir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_Street_Coffee_House" title="College Street Coffee House">Coffee House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwarkin" title="Dwarkin">Dwarkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Festivals_in_Kolkata" title="Festivals in Kolkata">Festivals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_International_Film_Festival" title="Kolkata International Film Festival">Kolkata International Film Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover_Lane_Music_Conference" title="Dover Lane Music Conference">Dover Lane Music Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_in_the_media" title="Kolkata in the media">Kolkata in the media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bengal" title="Music of Bengal">Music of Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandan_(Kolkata)" title="Nandan (Kolkata)">Nandan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priya_Cinema_(Kolkata)" title="Priya Cinema (Kolkata)">Priya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Nritya_Natya" title="Rabindra Nritya Natya">Rabindra Nritya Natya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Sangeet" title="Rabindra Sangeet">Rabindra Sangeet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritwik_Ghatak" title="Ritwik Ghatak">Ritwik 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Temple">Dakshineswar Kali Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalighat" title="Kalighat">Kalighat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kripamayee_Kali_Temple" title="Kripamayee Kali Temple">Kripamayee Kali Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baranagar_Math" title="Baranagar Math">Baranagar Math</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alambazar_Math" title="Alambazar Math">Alambazar Math</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Christian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Kolkata" title="St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata">St. Paul's Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Rosary_Cathedral,_Kolkata" title="Holy Rosary Cathedral, Kolkata">Holy Rosary Cathedral (Portuguese Church)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Church,_Kolkata" title="St. John's Church, Kolkata">St. John's Church</a></li> <li><a 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