Mother Teresa, Saint of the Gutter

Editor’s Note: Mother Teresa of Calcutta, one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century, is set to become a Catholic saint on September 4, in an open-air Mass led by Pope Francis due to attract hundreds of thousands of the faithful.

Kolkata (dpa) – A tiny figure clad in a blue-bordered white sari, a face crinkled with wrinkles and a smile as she moved among the ailing and dying, with a caress here, a spoon of food there. For half a century Mother Teresa provided love, succour and dignity to the “unwanted, unloved, uncared for” in her…