UN Dedicates International Day of Charity to Blessed Mother Teresa. Initiative to Promote Importance of Benevolent Giving
Rome, (Zenit.org) Junno Arocho Esteves. Today, the United Nations (UN) commemorated the anniversary of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta by declaring September 5th as the International Day of Charity. According to the UN website, the initiative was proposed by Hungary ”with the goal of creating a universal platform to raise awareness about the importance of benevolent giving.”