Seriously and terminally ill patients lie on beds at Nirmal Hriday, a
home for the destitute and dying, run by the global Missionaries of
Charity order of nuns in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta on
September 24, 2003. The home was set up by Nobel peace prize winning
nun Mother Teresa who will be beatified, or declared blessed, on
October 19 at the Vatican by Pope John Paul. Beatification is a key
step towards sainthood. Mother Teresa died six years ago at the age of
87 in Calcutta. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw

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