Mother Teresa has met some of the iconic figures in her lifetime, some of these meetings drawing controversies.
Mother Teresa canonisation- Hillary Clinton first met Mother Teresa after the missionary gave an anti-abortion speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in 1994. Mother Teresa described her homes for orphaned children in India, one of which Clinton visited a year later. (Photo: AP)
- Mother Teresa with the former US President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy at Reagan's office in Los Angeles. (Photo: AP)
- Mother Teresa met with the Dalai Lama in Oxford, England, in 1988.
- The Queen during a visit to India for the opening of CHOGM in 1983 presents the Insignia of the Honorary Order of Merit to Mother Teresa . (Photo: AP)
- Mother Teresa received the Nehru Award from Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in New Delhi.
- Mother Teresa met Former US Preisent George Bush. (Photo: AP)
- Mother Teresa, with Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, John Sanness, during the award ceremony in Oslo on December 10, 1979. Teresa accepted the Nobel Peace Prize for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitutes a threat to peace. (Photo: AP)
- Pope John Paul II, holds his arm around Mother Teresa as they ride in the popemobile outside the Home of the Dying in Calcutta, India in this February 1986 photo. (Photo: AP)
- The first meeting between Mother Teresa and UK Princess Dianna took place in February 1992 at her order's convent in a working-class district in Rome. Mother Teresa left the meeting holding hands with Diana, who helped the frail nun down the steps onto the sidewalk. (Photo: AP)
Mother Teresa canonisation
Mother Teresa has met some of the iconic figures in her lifetime, some of these meetings drawing controversies.
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