Mother Teresa Looks To U.S.

Mon., March 17, 1997

Compiled From Wire Services

Barely three days after handing over leadership of the global mission she founded, Mother Teresa said Sunday she would like to work with AIDS patients in the United States.

“I’m worried about the impact of AIDS in the present-day society,” the 86-year-old nun said after receiving an award from the Bombay-based Indo-American Society.

“I’m eager to go to the United States and set up a center for AIDS patients there,” she said in her acceptance speech. She did not elaborate on her plans.

On Thursday, Mother Teresa turned over leadership of the Missionaries of Charity, the Roman Catholic order she founded almost 50 years ago, to Sister Nirmala, an Indian-born convert.

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