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Posted At 10:06:04 08/11/2003
A Channel 4 documentary named "Hell's Angel" that criticised Mother Teresa has been dropped from a festival in Calcutta celebrating her beatification. The movie questioned her acceptance of donations from former Haitian ruler Jean-Claude Duvalier and US financier Charles Keating. It is based on a book by journalist Christopher Hitchens, accused her of consoling and supporting the wealthy and powerful - while preaching to the poor that they should accept their lot. It has now been withdrawn after objections from the Missionaries of Charity order, founded by Mother Teresa to care for the poor, sick and dying.
The order has also objected to the showing of French author Dominique Lapierre's film In The Name Of God's Poor, starring Geraldine Chaplin as Mother Teresa - however, this film will still be screened. A 1969 documentary, Something Beautiful for God, will also be shown. The festival will be held as Mother Teresa is beatified at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on 19 October.
The ceremony will be shown live in downtown Calcutta, which Mother Teresa made her home in 1929. She died there in 1997, aged 87.
In December, the Pope approved a miracle attributed to her - the reported healing of a woman's tumour - which paved the way for her beatification. Indian doctors who had treated the woman earlier, told the reporters that the miracle was a hoax and that the patient went through a lot of chemotherapy before the "miracle" occurred. I think the christian religious authorities should not get medical treatments from doctors when they have plentiful "saints" performing such miracles for free of cost!
According to Roman Catholic belief, a second miracle would make her eligible for sainthood. And we know, she will soon be a saint. There are plenty of people who will say they survived a major catastrophe only thanks to her, for a mere $100.
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| Carol |
Re: Mother Theresa doesn't stop controversy even after death (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 15:49:45 08/12/2003
Mother Theresa, a woman, a foreigner, helped thousands of people who were ill and considered untouchable by the Indian society. That itself, is a miracle. She was very determined to help people, even if it meant taking donations from people who earned them illegally. It wasn't her duty to investigate where the money came fom. Her duty was to utilize to the maximum advantage of the destitutes. Now, that deserves a sainthood! She is my role model. Please leave her alone.
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| Govind |
Re: Mother Theresa doesn't stop controversy even after death (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 17:54:06 08/19/2003
There are thousands of people like Mother Theresa working for poor people, often without spreading christianity. Only difference between them and mother theresa is that they don't have a huge christian organisation behind them, providing media coverage for them. Ever wondered why it is always a white who helps the poor people in the developing countries? Because others who help the poor people have no time or money to speak to Reuters or API.
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| nonu |
Re: Mother Theresa doesn't stop controversy even after death (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 16:51:53 09/05/2003
Her second miracle would be to shut up people who speak ill of her.
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| Morning |
Re: Mother Theresa doesn't stop controversy even after death (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 12:15:48 09/20/2003
Mother Theresa was a devout Christian, I believe she wouldn't do anything against her beliefs, like taking the money.
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| Martin (Kosovo) |
Re: Mother Theresa doesn't stop controversy even after death (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 15:41:24 10/18/2003
I totally agree with C Hitchens. How can it be that while she always claimed to be albanian she never went there to ease the suffering of albanians as the poorest people in Europe. I just hope that we albanians one day understand that she was was just a manipulated nun who helped the rich to get richer and that was all.
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| daniele |
Mother Theresa exclusive videos (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 17:34:14 10/18/2003
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| Kali Medeapalli |
Re: Mother Theresa doesn't stop controversy even after death (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 06:27:26 10/19/2003
I dont think Mother needs any miracles to happen,to be named her Saint.What I think is,She has already proved her point to the world by sacrificing her whole life to the poor and the needy ,this reason is enough for people to pray for her.Controversial miracles need not be asserted to
Mother for proving her sanity.
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| rudy3107 |
Re: Mother Theresa doesn't stop controversy even after death (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 03:52:23 02/22/2004
i sever seen mother teresa converted anyone, as HINDU fundamentalist says.or i never seen in any other religion/people did as much as mother teresa.
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