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Nuns mark Mother Teresa's 100th birthday

A solemn Mass at the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, India, marked the 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa's birth on Thursday.

People from all walks of life gathered at the global headquarters of the order of nuns, which Mother Teresa founded 60 years ago.

Mother Teresa was born as Agnes Gonxha Boiaxhiu to ethnic Albanian parents in Skopje, Macedonia, on August 26, 1910.

She arrived in India in 1929 and dedicated her life to help those in need. She received a Nobel Peace Prize for her work in 1979....

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