Mother Teresa's Canonization: Controversy Mars Nun's Work

[nhboy]

ROME — For much of her life, she was known as the "living saint."

On Sunday, the eve of the 19th anniversary of her death, Mother Teresa's sanctity will be sealed with a canonization Mass led by Pope Francis at the Vatican's St. Peter's Square.
To her legion of steadfast admirers, the Nobel Peace Prize winner's ascendance to "sanctified" status may look as inevitable as it is justified.

But for a nun whose name has long been a byword for pious compassion, her canonization has been met with controversy. Much of the criticism of Mother Teresa has focused on how her practice of Catholic devotion collided with the real needs of the impoverished people she set out to help. In the eyes of some, particularly in India, she put fame and piety before her mission of aid.

Among other critiques, she has been accused of offering stingy or substandard medical care; of proselytizing to her patients; of claiming virtue in suffering rather than trying to alleviate it; cozying up to dictators; and of promoting her efforts to a global media eager for heroes."

More here: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mother-teresa-s-canonization-controversy-clouds-nun-s-work-n641181

 

[Bird Dog]

ROME — For much of her life, she was known as the "living saint."

On Sunday, the eve of the 19th anniversary of her death, Mother Teresa's sanctity will be sealed with a canonization Mass led by Pope Francis at the Vatican's St. Peter's Square.
To her legion of steadfast admirers, the Nobel Peace Prize winner's ascendance to "sanctified" status may look as inevitable as it is justified.

But for a nun whose name has long been a byword for pious compassion, her canonization has been met with controversy. Much of the criticism of Mother Teresa has focused on how her practice of Catholic devotion collided with the real needs of the impoverished people she set out to help. In the eyes of some, particularly in India, she put fame and piety before her mission of aid.

Among other critiques, she has been accused of offering stingy or substandard medical care; of proselytizing to her patients; of claiming virtue in suffering rather than trying to alleviate it; cozying up to dictators; and of promoting her efforts to a global media eager for heroes."

More here: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mother-teresa-s-canonization-controversy-clouds-nun-s-work-n641181

Sounds like a Saint to me......did what she had to do to save lives and souls......May God Bless her

 

[Hijinx]

Sounds like a Saint to me......did what she had to do to save lives and souls......May God Bless her

Even Jesus was criticised. There are always those who wish to rain on someone's parade.

 

[GURPS]

Among other critiques, she has been accused of offering stingy or substandard medical care; of proselytizing to her patients; of claiming virtue in suffering rather than trying to alleviate it; cozying up to dictators; and of promoting her efforts to a global media eager for heroes."

I did not know Mother Teresa was a trained medical professional
- oh Horrors she Preached to Good Word of GOD
- Word: there is Virtue in suffering
[there was a Nun, now a Saint IIRC that suffered incredible pain with a massive tumor she kept hidden, until she could not function anymore - I believe it was at that spring in France where all the miraculous healing take place]
-shall we discuss the unsavory characters Obama has associated with
-missionaries promote their mission to bring attention to the suffering of others and raise money for care
- I thing Sally Struthers does that with her starving African children TV commercials [not that she is any Christian missionary]

 

[Bird Dog]

http://wapo.st/2bLnQhX

Mother Teresa declared a Saint....

 

[Millburn]

ROME — For much of her life, she was known as the "living saint."

On Sunday, the eve of the 19th anniversary of her death, Mother Teresa's sanctity will be sealed with a canonization Mass led by Pope Francis at the Vatican's St. Peter's Square.
To her legion of steadfast admirers, the Nobel Peace Prize winner's ascendance to "sanctified" status may look as inevitable as it is justified.

But for a nun whose name has long been a byword for pious compassion, her canonization has been met with controversy. Much of the criticism of Mother Teresa has focused on how her practice of Catholic devotion collided with the real needs of the impoverished people she set out to help. In the eyes of some, particularly in India, she put fame and piety before her mission of aid.

Among other critiques, she has been accused of offering stingy or substandard medical care; of proselytizing to her patients; of claiming virtue in suffering rather than trying to alleviate it; cozying up to dictators; and of promoting her efforts to a global media eager for heroes."

More here: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mother-teresa-s-canonization-controversy-clouds-nun-s-work-n641181

There are haters everywhere .There is nothing anywhere that I have seen or heard that should stop her Canonization.

Congratulations Saint Teresa of Calcutta.(I think)

 

[PrchJrkr]

Crazy RCs...

 

[Hijinx]

Crazy RCs...

They may be crazy,but they aren't cutting your head off if you choose not to believe.

 

[PrchJrkr]

They may be crazy,but they aren't cutting your head off if you choose not to believe.

Thank the Lord they're not! We Protestants are outnumbered by about 10-1 in the 7th.

 

[Bird Dog]

Thank the Lord they're not! We Protestants are outnumbered by about 10-1 in the 7th.

...and so you should be...

 

[Lurk]

Crazy RCs...

It's not really clear in the boy's link that Roman Catholics are the ones upset with the canonization. It sounds like local activists (like most liberal-progressives) are never satisfied that enough money, effort, love is being expended in their favored mission.