Rubio meets Missionaries of Charity nuns in Kolkata

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio interacted with nuns at Mother House — the global headquarters of Saint Teresa's Missionaries of Charity — in Kolkata, West Bengal, on 23 May 2026, the first stop of his maiden four-day India visit.

US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor accompanied US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during the visit to Mother House, headquarters of Saint Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, in Kolkata on 23 May 2026.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio toured Mother House in Kolkata on 23 May 2026 — the global base of Saint Teresa's Missionaries of Charity — as the opening stop of his four-day maiden visit to India.

US Ambassador Sergio Gor and Secretary of State Marco Rubio jointly visited the Missionaries of Charity headquarters at Mother House, Kolkata, on 23 May 2026, part of Rubio's inaugural four-day India tour.

Kolkata served as the first destination of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's four-day India visit, with Mother House — the global centre of Saint Teresa's Missionaries of Charity — chosen as his opening engagement on 23 May 2026.

The joint visit by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Ambassador Sergio Gor to Mother House in Kolkata on 23 May 2026 underscored high-level American engagement with India at the outset of Rubio's maiden four-day tour.

The US delegation, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ambassador Sergio Gor, paid a visit to Mother House in Kolkata — the enduring legacy site of Saint Teresa — on 23 May 2026, the opening day of Rubio's India tour.

On Day 1 of his four-day India visit, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Kolkata and headed to Mother House, the West Bengal headquarters of Saint Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, on 23 May 2026.

Kolkata hosted the opening leg of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's maiden four-day India visit on 23 May 2026, with his first engagement being a tour of Mother House, the Missionaries of Charity global base in West Bengal.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the iconic Missionaries of Charity at Mother House, Kolkata, on 23 May 2026 — the organisation founded by Saint Teresa that continues its humanitarian work across the globe.

Choosing Mother House — the Kolkata seat of Saint Teresa's Missionaries of Charity — as his first India engagement, Secretary of State Marco Rubio signalled the cultural and humanitarian dimension of the US delegation's four-day visit beginning 23 May 2026.

Mother House in Kolkata, West Bengal — the founding base of Saint Teresa's Missionaries of Charity — welcomed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on 23 May 2026, the first day of his four-day inaugural India visit.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio launched his four-day India tour on 23 May 2026 with a visit to Mother House in Kolkata, the West Bengal headquarters of Saint Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, before proceeding to further engagements across India.

Having visited Mother House — the Kolkata base of Saint Teresa's Missionaries of CharityUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio was set to continue his maiden four-day India tour beyond West Bengal following his 23 May 2026 arrival.

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