Mother Teresa was a celebate, as are all nuns.
Mother Teresa had no children of her own. She did take in a number of orphans, however. Many more than five.
Mother Teresa was a nun and never married nor had any children of her own.
Mother Teresa was in her own bed in the Mother House in Calcutta, India, when she died of heart failure on September 5, 1997.
Mother Teresa was never married and had no children.
Mother Teresa's Childhood was very good, both her parents were very caring and loving although her father died when she was about 8 years old but her mother did to bring them up on her own.
No, a person does not necessarily have to live like Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was an exceptional individual who dedicated her life to serving others. Each person has their own unique journey and purpose in life, and there are many different ways to make a positive impact in the world.
Mother Teresa avoided politics and never expressed her own political feelings. She would occasionally comment on such international issues that she considered contrary to Church teaching such as abortion.
Mother Teresa was never in a monastery. She did spend a number of years in convents of the Sisters of Loreto before she began her own order called the Missionaries of Charity to look after the poorest of the poor.
The Two Great Commandments are to love the Lord and to love thy Neighbor. For Mother Teresa to have helped all of those in the slums of Calcutta she would have had to love each and every one of them in their own way. As far as loving the Lord. That is only something Mother Teresa and God can answer.
Maybe because they grew up having to help raise their own siblings and they are tired of being around kids
She left home to join the Sisters of Loreto at the age of 18 in 1928.
She quit the Sisters of Loreto to found her own order, the Missionaries of Charity.