Mother Teresa to be canonised in September 2016

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May 19th, 2015 at 10:17:46 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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Mother Teresa to be canonised in September 2016

Clearly she did good work. I remember a nun in grade school told us what her followers were allowed to have with their vow of poverty. I forget the exacts but it would make a western nun appear to be living like a Hollywood star by comparrison.

A year and a half lead time to the ceremony? Perhaps the Padre can use this to educate us on the process? IIRC to be a saint you must have had some kind of "vision" that was a communication from God and without that doesn't matter how good you led your life. Or do I misunderstand that part?
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May 19th, 2015 at 11:24:07 AM permalink
terapined
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Far from perfect.
After all, she is human.
She could be bought.

https://howgoodisthat.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/charles-keating-gave-other-peoples-money-to-mother-teresa/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa
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May 19th, 2015 at 11:59:21 AM permalink
Evenbob
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Sigh. Research that goes back decades shows
she was mostly a fraud.

"According to those who’ve volunteered there, Mother Teresa’s missions are squalid cesspits run along violent, authoritarian lines. There are reports of unruly children being tied to beds and beaten, of outdated equipment not being replaced, and of needles being reused in countries with high HIV infection rates (such as Haiti) until they were so blunt they caused pain. All of this wrapped up in a culture of unquestioning obedience, secrecy, and control that is said to resemble a cult."

She was a snob and clung to her rich friends.
Only 7% of the money donated to her found
it's way into charity. She had a twisted view
of reality, she felt the more we suffer in this
life, even children, the more holy we are
when they die. Except her, of course, who slept
in her rich friends house every night. 'Mother
Teresa saw beauty in the downtrodden's suffering
and was far more willing to pray for them than
provide practical medical care.'

There is tons of info on her out there, the best
is done by the University of Montreal. It's been
the PR event of the century, the Vatican trying
to spin all the bad press on her into a positive
light. She deserves sainthood about as much
as Pol Pot does.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/04/mother-teresa-myth_n_2805697.html
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May 19th, 2015 at 1:39:41 PM permalink
FrGamble
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The Huffington post article was balanced and made sense, nothing else you wrote did. I've asked many times for you to quote your sources and you still refuse. If you are embarrassed by them you shouldn't use their twisted and false information.

I also think for your credibility and so I can at least pretend to take you seriously you should retract your last line about Pol Pot.

Finally, all this is a little premature as the Vatican denies the date is set. While it makes sense to cannonize her in the upcoming Year of Mercy, it is not a given.
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May 19th, 2015 at 2:08:15 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: FrGamble
I've asked many times for you to quote your sources and you still refuse. .


You never asked for sources, I would have
given them. There are hundreds. MT has
been on my radar for 30 years, don't
tell me her being a fraud in news to you.

Start here:

http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2013/05/07/canadian-study-mother-teresa-not-so-saintly/

http://www.mukto-mona.com/Articles/mother_teresa/sanal_ed.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa#Criticism_from_the_media

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa#Quality_of_medical_care

There are many scathing testimonies from
people who worked with her. Like this one:

http://arcticbeacon.com/articles/6-Jun-2007.html

There is so much more, it's mind boggling.
She was a fairy tale that everybody wanted
to believe in. She was a cash cow for the Church,
and the angel of death for people she was
supposed to be helping. I didn't even post
any links from her greatest detractors, like
Christofer Hichens, who was onto her scam 35
years ago.
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May 19th, 2015 at 9:26:27 PM permalink
FrGamble
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This is really sad Bob.

One could list thousands of sites extolling her and her lasting work for the poorest of the poor. Maybe it would suffice for me to link to just one source, the official site of the Nobel Peace Prize Mother Teresa
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May 19th, 2015 at 11:54:39 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: FrGamble
This is really sad Bob.


It really is sad that she's up for sainthood.
Have you really not heard any of this
about her? It's been around for decades,
like the stink of fish you can't get out
of your house when you fried Halibut
for dinner.

Quote:
Maybe it would suffice for me to link to just one source, the official site of the Nobel Peace Prize


And I could link to the Peace Prize that
Obama won, for doing absolutely NOTHING.
Kinda shows how much the ol prize is worth,
doesn't it.
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September 2nd, 2016 at 10:57:57 PM permalink
Evenbob
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September 3rd, 2016 at 7:50:28 AM permalink
FrGamble
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Great article about the miracles and process of Canonization of Mother Teresa
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September 3rd, 2016 at 11:11:22 AM permalink
Evenbob
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