AI Image - Portrait of Mother Teresa, 1990s, (2023). Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (1910-1997), better known as Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. She was born in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, and at the age of 18 she moved to Ireland and later to India, where she lived most of her life. In 2016 she was canonised by the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. Mother Teresa received several honours, including the 1962 Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize and the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. A controversial figure during her life and after her death, Mother Teresa was admired by many for her charitable work, but was criticised for her views on abortion and contraception, as well as the poor conditions in her houses for the dying.