It's Happened. The Catholic Church have made Mother Teresa a saint. I guess as long as Catholics get another day off in Italy it can't be such a bad thing. Well i know many of CL patrons go to confession. Fanny F and Arsentatters have their own Box. Where do the rest of you stand on MT ?
The late great Atheist Christopher Hitchens called her "a lying thieving Albania Dwarf". Not one for sitting on the fence was Peter.
Sinner maybe if taking money from Dictators: Haiti's Jean Claude Duvalier springs to mind.
allegations of misuse of funds ,Poor sanitation ( she failed her plumbing Exam) in Institutions she founded.
she was the global brand for the Catholic church, a PR Delight and as famous as the Pope even thou she turned down going on the Oprah Winfrey show.
She was against contraception and Abortion ! the former would stop the latter but she never worked that one out.
A saint if living and working with the poor folk and getting photo opportunity with Princess Diana, back in the day.
Preached peace and Love ( so do i and i'm an atheist)
She have been the by word for goodness for the last 60 years or so.
Well CL, We are a Broad Church (Metaphorically speaking) where do you stand on the little nun ?
Now known as the Saint of Calcutta, AKA Agnes Gonxha.
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That's why this thread is called Not sports related.
For people who can think outside the six yard box.
They were like chalk and cheese on there views.
I hoped someone could read between the lines.
I put in down to the inbreeding in Norwich.
A shady character, who believed suffering was noble and enlightening and brought you closer to God - so long as you were its champion and others were the sufferers. She immediately elected for advanced treatment the moment she fell ill.
However.
"While the actions of the Catholic Church can be questioned surrounding Mother Teresa, I wonder if any of her critics would be willing to do the work she had done during that time period in India where lepers and untouchables were dying in the gutters after society had cast them out."
So, yeah, I'm not totally sure where I stand tbh, and I can't speak as to the validity of ALL of those criticisms in the post above.
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
Cause I'm in need of some restraint
What is it with people on here, writing her off before she's even pulled the shirt on?
I'll reserve judgement until I've seen her play at least 10 games.
Is it not the Devil’s Advocate who provides an argument against canonisation whilst God’s advocate pleads the case for?
I’ve no idea who has access to this information, or the deciding factors, but maybe Prague could look into it?
She took money from crooks (eg the Duvaliers of Haiti who had robbed their own people for it), believed that suffering was good and so did little to alleviate it, used much of the millions to fund nunneries rather than help the poor, the dying in her homes were confined to their camp beds and visitors were forbidden, any medical care was perfunctory and administered by untrained staff. She WANTED the inmates to suffer to be closer to Jesus.
Even the rules of canonisation were changed to get her beatified, and the qualifying 'miracle' was a hoax.
The Catholic Church - as Stewart Lee said, 'my favourite form of clandestine global evil'.
The woman had ties with several dictators, took money that wasn't used how it was intended, spoke about the poor and sick like it was a good thing it was happening. She was a crook.
Anyway it appears the rules are that she had to be responsible for a miracle or two to qualify as a Saint.
Every day when I manage to get my socks on without putting my back out I perform a miracle, yet I ain't no saint.
What does Shay Given say anyway?