A solemn Mass at the Missionaries of Charity's global headquarters here on Thursday marked the formal beginning of the year-long birth centenary celebrations of Mother Teresa by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kolkata.
Image: People sit in front of a portrait of Mother Teresa at 'Sick and Dying Destitutes' Mother Teresa Ashram' as they prepare for the birth centenary celebrations of the Nobel laureate, in Ahmedabad on Aug 25, 2010.