President joins chorus of praise for Mother Teresa

NEW DELHI, Aug. 31, 2010, 15:15 Hrs (UCA News):

Several top ranking Indian leaders including President Pratibha Patil paid glowing tribute to Mother Teresa at a seminar in New Delhi marking her birth centenary.

“Mother Teresa was one of the noblest souls of our times,” said the president. “All through her life she served selflessly to spread the message of love and compassion through her work,” Patil said during the Aug. 28 function, ucanews.com.

She “was truly the embodiment of the word mother in its fullest, truest and complete sense,” Patil told the seminar that was organized jointly by Church groups.

Margaret Alva, a Catholic, and governor of Uttaranchal state, shared some of her experiences with Mother Teresa.

She was “a woman of God, who was in love with humanity,” Alva said.

Vyalar Ravi, the federal minister for Overseas Indian Affairs said Mother Teresa influenced everyone around her with her life and message.