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Why 'nun' of the Missionaries of Charity are technically nuns at all

A religious life glossary

The Pillar
Jan 06, 2022
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Mother Teresa of Kolkata and a fellow member of the Missionaries of Charity. Credit: Mother Teresa Center.

The Missionaries of Charity, the religious order founded by St. Teresa of Kolkata, is in the news this week, after the community’s Indian sisters were cut off from foreign contributions, which has put in peril their charitable work in the country.

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