For the Centenary of Mother Teresa's Birth, a Trove of Rare Photos

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For Mother Teresa's Centenary, a Trove of Rare Photos. A gallery of images from a forgotten assignment by Homer Page, a photographer who came across Teresa at the beginning of her ministry

Homer Page

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Calcutta
Teresa's ministry arrived at a critical moment in the city's history, when its population was swelling with an influx of refugees from the fighting that had broken out between India and Pakistan upon the end of British rule.

These photos and more: TIME's Mother Teresa at 100: The Life and Works of a Modern Saint

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