[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 117 (Monday, September 8, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6967]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         THE WORLD IS IN MOURNING FOR MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, September 6, the world lost one 
of its greatest humanitarian leaders. The death of Mother Teresa of 
Calcutta has touched literally billions of people in every part of the 
world, particularly in India, where Mother Teresa began her work taking 
care of the poorest of the poor some 5 decades ago.
  Mother Teresa's death has prompted an outpouring of grief, as well as 
gratitude to this diminutive woman who many considered a saint on 
Earth. India's Prime Minister Gujral, visiting the modest convent 
chapel where Mother Teresa entered religious service, said that the 
world is mourning. Flags in India are flying at half-staff and a state 
funeral is planned for Saturday, the highest honor the Indian 
Government can give.
  The funeral offers an opportunity for everyone, from powerful world 
leaders to the humblest people of Calcutta, to join in paying tribute 
to a woman who tirelessly ministered to the world's most afflicted 
citizens.
  Mr. Speaker, as we mourn the passing of Mother Teresa, I am sure that 
all of us in this body extend our best wishes to her successor, Sister 
Nirmala, as she works to continue the work begun by this remarkable 
woman who saw God in the face of every human being.

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