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加尔各答的德蕾莎上世纪40年代的加尔各答是一个不需要“暂住证”的城市。无数无家无业的流浪者和因教派斗争而产生的难民拥入这里,靠拾垃圾、乞讨、甚至卖淫、抢劫来维持生活。在这座城市里,一边是富人们居住的优雅的别墅、饭店和宫殿,另一边是随处可见的垃圾棚和居住在其中骨瘦如柴浑身散发着恶臭的贫民,他们没有尊严地活着,也不被人关心,他们死后,会因为买不起火葬的木头,尸体被抛进阴沟,任其腐烂。 目睹了这样的人间惨剧后,一个36岁的女修道院院长——德蕾莎,作出了她一身中最重要的决定。她的决定得到了爱尔兰罗瑞托修女会主管和加尔各答当地大主
Calcutta, Kolkata In the 1940s, Calcutta was a city that did not need a “temporary residence permit.” Countless homeless wanderers and refugees from sectarian fighting have embraced here and have lived by collecting garbage, begging, and even prostitution and robbery. In this city one side is the elegant villas, restaurants and palaces that the rich live in. The other side is the junk sheds everywhere and the stench of poor people experiencing the scanty bones. They live without dignity, Concerned that after they died, because of the wood they could not afford to cremate, the body was thrown into the gutter and allowed to decay. After witnessing such a human tragedy, a 36-year-old convent dean, Delissa, made the single most important decision of her time. Her decision was made by the Loretta Sisters in Ireland and the local Lord Kolkata