Mother Teresa's 99th birth anniversary

Today is Mother Teresa's 99th birth anniversary and Missionaries of Charity across the world are holding special prayers to mark the day.

In Kolkata's Mother House, world headquarters of the Missionaries and Mother Teresa's home, special prayers were held early Wednesday morning.

Born in Skopje in Albania in 1910, Mother Teresa came to Kolkata in 1929 and founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950. She won the Nobel Peace prize in 1979.

Six years after her death in 1997, Mother Teresa was beatified by the Vatican for her service to the poorest of the poor.