Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Mother Teresa: Beloved and scorned on the eve of her canonisation [View all]
9:02am September 3, 2016
By Nick Alexander
To some she's the paragon of Christian virtue, while others call her "Hell's Angel".
On Sunday in the Vatican one of Christendom's most celebrated icons, Mother Teresa, will be canonised the culmination of an official church process to ratify her two miracles.
Mother Teresa's impending sainthood comes a year after Pope Francis recognised her second miracle the 2008 deathbed recovery of a Brazilian man whose brain was riddled with cancer.
Her first miracle occurred a year to the day after her death on September 5, 1997.
http://www.9news.com.au/world/2016/09/02/18/12/mother-teresa-saint-or-hells-angel#aPCUVJo1oTcMDog4.99
http://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2016/8/30/new-york-times-offers-update-on-criticisms-of-hells-angel-as-in-mother-teresa
11 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited | |
Mother Teresa was good. | |
0 (0%) |
|
Mother Teresa was bad. | |
9 (82%) |
|
Mother Teresa was both good and bad. | |
1 (9%) |
|
Mother Teresa was neither good nor bad. | |
0 (0%) |
|
There is neither good nor bad. | |
0 (0%) |
|
Capitalism causes poverty. | |
1 (9%) |
|
0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
Show usernames
Disclaimer: This is an Internet poll |
40 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Evil? Again, you're talking about church doctrine. You, I, or the rest of the world
jonno99
Sep 2016
#8
I really haven't delved into the merits of the debate about her that's been going on for 20 years.
rug
Sep 2016
#11
I understand that's the criticism (but not the main one) and I can't evaluate its accuracy.
rug
Sep 2016
#13