Mother Teresa becomes a saint amid criticism of missionaries

Mother Teresa, a tiny ethnic Albanian nun who became one of last century's most towering figures, is being declared a saint by the Catholic Church. A recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa spent much of her life working as a missionary with the poor in the Indian city of Kolkata. To her fans, Mother Teresa was a saint during her lifetime, but to her critics she was a Catholic fundamentalist determined to save souls rather than bodies. Emma Papaemmanouil reports in SBS Radio Greek.

A portrait of Mother Teresa taken at the Missionaries of Charity HQ in Kolkata Source: SBS