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Mother Teresa's 98th birth anniversary

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A catholic nun, from the Missionaries of Charity, lights candles during an evening prayer besides a picture of the late Mother Teresa on what would have been her 98th birthday in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, August 26, 2008. Teresa, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun who died in 1997, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003, but has not yet been canonised by the Vatican. (Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)

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Candles burn besides a picture of the late Mother Teresa, during an evening prayer, on what would have been her 98th birthday in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, August 26, 2008. Teresa, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun who died in 1997, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003, but has not yet been canonised by the Vatican. (Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)

 



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Sister Nirmala successor to Mother Teresa, is joined by fellow Sisters and volunteers of the Missionaries of Charity as they sing to celebrate the 98th birth anniversary of Mother Teresa as they stand around her tomb at the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata on August 26, 2008. Hundreds of nuns of the house, with a number of volunteers, took part in the morning service to mark the day. Mother Teresa was born 26 August, 1910 in what is now Skopje, Macedonia.


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A volunteer lights a candle while nuns of Missionaries of Charity pray during the celebration of the 98th birth anniversary of Mother Teresa at the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata on August 26, 2008. Hundreds of nuns of the house, with a number of volunteers, took part in the morning service to mark the day. Mother Teresa was born 26 August, 1910 in what is now Skopje, Macedonia. (Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)

From AP Photo by Bikas Das.
 A nun offers prayers at the tomb of Mother Teresa during a special mass to celebrate the 98th birth anniversary of the founder of the order, in Calcutta, India, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. Mother Teresa was born at Skopje, Albania, on this day in 1910 and died in Calcutta on Sept. 5, 1998. (Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)


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Sister Nirmala (C), successor to Mother Teresa, is joined by fellow Sisters and volunteers of the Missionaries of Charity as they sing to celebrate the 98th birth anniversary of Mother Teresa as they stand around her tomb at the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata on August 26, 2008. Hundreds of nuns of the house, with a number of volunteers, took part in the morning service to mark the day. Mother Teresa was born 26 August, 1910 in what is now Skopje, Macedonia.(Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)


 From AP Photo by Bikas Das.
A Novice of the Missionaries of Charity prays during a special mass to celebrate the 98th birth anniversary Mother Teresa, the founder of the order, in Calcutta, India, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. Mother Teresa was born at Skopje, Albania, on this day in 1910 and died in Calcutta on Sept. 5, 1998. (Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)


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A nun prays on the tomb of Mother Teresa on the occasion of her 98th birth anniversary in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata August 26, 2008. Mother Teresa, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun who died in 1997, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003, but has not yet been canonised by the Vatican. (Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)


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Catholic nuns from the Missionaries of Charity pray beside the tomb of Mother Teresa on the occasion of her 98th birth anniversary in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata August 26, 2008. Mother Teresa, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun who died in 1997, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003, but has not yet been canonised by the Vatican.

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A Novice from the Missionaries of Charity prays beside the tomb of Mother Teresa on the occasion of her 98th birth anniversary in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata August 26, 2008. Mother Teresa, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun who died in 1997, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003, but has not yet been canonised by the Vatican. (Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)

 

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A Sister from the Missionaries of Charity pray beside the tomb of Mother Teresa on the occasion of her 98th birth anniversary in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata August 26, 2008. Mother Teresa, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun who died in 1997, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003, but has not yet been canonised by the Vatican.



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 A Sister from the Missionaries of Charity prays beside the tomb of Mother Teresa on the occasion of her 98th birth anniversary in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata August 26, 2008. Mother Teresa, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun who died in 1997, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003, but has not yet been canonised by the Vatican.(Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)

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Sister Nirmala (R) of the Missionaries of Charity distributes Holy Cards of Mother Teresa on the occasion of her 98th birth anniversary in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata August 26, 2008. MotherTeresa, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun who died in 1997, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003, but has not yet been canonised by the Vatican. (Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)


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Sister Nirmala, successor to Mother Teresa, greets a volunteer during the celebration of the 98th birth anniversary of Mother Teresa at the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata on August 26, 2008. Hundreds of nuns of the house, with a number of volunteers, took part in the morning service to mark the day. Mother Teresa was born 26 August, 1910 in what is now Skopje, Macedonia. (Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)