Catholic Church and health care
The famous Mother Teresa of Calcutta established the Missionaries of Charity in the slums of Calcutta in 1948 to work among "the poorest of the poor". Initially founding a school, she then gathered other sisters who "rescued new-born babies abandoned on rubbish heaps; they sought out the sick; they took in lepers, the unemployed, and the mentally ill". Teresa achieved fame in the 1960s and began to establish convents around the world. By the time of her death in 1997, the religious institute she founded had more than 450 centres in over 100 countries.
Teresa Janina Kierocińska
She died in the opinion of holiness on 12 July 1946 in Sosnowiec. The process of her cause towards sainthood in the Archdiocese of Częstochowa lasted from 1983-88. In May 2013, Pope Francis signed the decree of her heroic virtues. Her earthly remains are found in the church of her congregation in Sosnowiec (ul. Matki Teresy Kierocińskiej 25).