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Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun with Indian citizenship who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries.
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Who criticized Blessed Teresa?
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, is one of the most revered religious figures of the past century. She seems to have required absolute, blind obedience from the nuns in her charge, but a more serious complaint seems to be her lack of concern for their own health and well-being.
Collete Livermore, a former nun in Mother Teresa's order, The Missionaries of Charity, said that though the order had sufficient money donated to it for the purpose of buying books to help with the medical work this was not done and as a result, the health of the sisters was at risk. The nuns were not provided with medical advice, mosquito repellents or any information about malaria and vaccinations. The idea was that God would look after the nuns, but the result was that their health suffered. Christopher Hitchens says that the money donated to help the poor and for Mother Teresa's hospices was instead used to open new convents and to undertake missionary work.
The Lancet and the British Medical Journal criticised the reuse of hypodermic needles, poor living conditions, including the use of cold baths for all patients, and an approach to illness and suffering that precluded the use of many elements of modern medical care, such as systematic diagnosis. Dr. Robin Fox, editor of The Lancet, says that the role of a hospice is to minimise suffering with professional medical care and attention to expressed needs and wishes of the patient, but Mother Teresa's approach does not.
Wikipedia lists many other criticisms of Mother Teresa.
What made Mother Teresa a great person?
Mother teresa has not ever been officially named a Saint. She is called blessed Teresa. She was a wonderful person who helped some many people.
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but "Mother Teresa' never helped anyone but the treasurer of the Roman Catholic Church. Her charities raised millions of dollars, but they never employed ONE SINGLE DOCTOR or nurse, never built one hospital, or paid for medical treatment of one single sick person. All her "charity" ever provided were cots for the dead and dying to die on, rather than the gutters of Calcutta. She felt that sickness and suffering brought one closer to Jesus. She never alleviated any suffering at all.
What is one incident of Mother Teresa helping someone and why?
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Mother Teresa's work with the poor of India is well known, although somewhat exaggerated by the Catholic Church.
A perhaps unexpected incident in which she helped one particular person involved providing comfort and support to a paedophile priest. Documents said to have been obtained by SF Weekly suggest that Mother Teresa knew one of her favourite priests, Donald McGuire, was removed from ministry for sexually abusing a Bay Area boy in 1993, and that she nevertheless urged that he be returned to work as soon as possible. The priest resumed active ministry, as well as his predatory habits. Eight additional complaints were lodged against him in the coming years by various families, leading to his eventual arrest on sex-abuse charges in 2005. Her actions may or may not have been criminal in themselves, but it appears that by aiding a criminal in Father McGuire, she helped lead to the suffering of even more innocent young children.
How many charity homes did Mother Teresa open?
At the time of her death, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity had over 4,000 sisters, and an associated brotherhood of 300 members, operating 610 missions in 123 countries. These included hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counseling programs, personal helpers, orphanages, and schools. The Missionaries of Charity were also aided by Co-Workers, who numbered over 1 million by the 1990s.
When did mother theresa born and died?
Mother Theresa was born on August 26, 1910 and she died on the 5th of September, 1997
What family members were important to Mother Teresa?
Her parents, her older sister, Aga, and her older brother, Lazar.
How does Mother Teresa get the name Nirmala?
Nirmala is the name of the successor of Mother Teresa, not the name of Mother Teresa.
Who were the parents of Teresa of Avila?
She was the daughter of Don Alonso Sanchez de Cepeda and Dona Beatriz.
What two miracles did Mother Teresa do to become a saint?
Catholic Answer:
In 2002, the Vatican recognized as a miracle the healing of a tumor in the abdomen of an Indian woman, Monica Besra, after the application of a locket containing Mother Teresa's picture. The tumor had been treated for nearly a year with no effect but disappeard overnight when the locket was applied.
Dr. Ranjan Mustafi, who had been treating Besra, said that the cyst was not cancer at all but a cyst caused by tuberculosis. He said, "It was not a miracle.... She took medicines for nine months to one year." According to Besra's husband, "My wife was cured by the doctors and not by any miracle." He obviously did not regard it as an overnight cure.
Why is Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu called Mother Teresa when that is not her name?
When a person enters a religious order they usually require that the person choose a new name to be used as a member. The name is usually that of a saint.
Was Mother Teresa home schooled?
Yes she was. Girls were not allowed to attend school in Albania at the time she was of school age.
Mother Teresa had no car and did not drive. She either walked or took public transportation. Pope Paul VI gifted Mother Teresa with the car he used on his visit to Bombay in 1964 but she gave it away in a raffle. Mother Teresa's order was eventually given ambulances by the Indian government. One of these suffered brake failure in 1990 and killed two people. However, Mother Teresa was not riding it.
What is the name of Mother Teresa's mother?
Dranafile Bojaxhiu was the name of Mother Teresa's mother.
What exactly did Mother Teresa do for the dying kids?
One of Mother Teresa's volunteers in Calcutta described her "Home for the Dying" as resembling photos of concentration camps such as Belsen. No chairs, just stretcher beds. Virtually no medical care or painkillers beyond aspirin, and a refusal to take a 15-year-old boy to a hospital. Hitchens adds, "Bear in mind that Mother Teresa's global income is more than enough to outfit several first class clinics in Bengal. The decision not to do so... is a deliberate one. The point is not the honest relief of suffering, but the promulgation of a cult based on death and suffering and subjection
What did Mother Teresa mean by the phrase Gods love in action?
She meant that God's love was acting at that moment, a special moment.
What did St. Teresa help poor and sick people to do?
There are a number of saints named Teresa so you need to be more specific.
