VATICAN CITY - Joking that she was finally a free woman at the age of 86, Mother Teresa of Calcutta met Pope John Paul yesterday to introduce her successor as head of her worldwide missionary order.
Mother Teresa, who needed oxygen at Rome airport when she arrived on Friday, appeared in good condition during her 30-minute meeting with the Pope. "She is now superior-general. I am completely free,"
Mother Teresa told the Pope as she introduced Sister Nirmala in the Pontiff's frescoed private study.