Was Mother Theresa a Saint?

Question

and if you say no how do you explain her great works amoung the poor in India?

Answer 1

I believe that she is at peace in Heaven right now. She took in orphans and cared for the sick. She saw Jesus in the eyes of every person she met. But most of all, she loved Jesus with all her heart. This is what enabled her to love the work that she did--she gave her life to Jesus.

Matthew 25:40 And the King will say to them in reply, "Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for the least of my brothers, you did it for me."

Answer 2

She may have been a good woman... but taking a close look at what she actualy did will show that she was best at PR... That she had a part in some good works is admerable... but to be a "Saint" in it's true meaning is to be one of The Church of which Jesus The Christ is The Head... The title Saint, as it is given by the Roman Cult, has no meaning to God. All of those who are of The True Church are The Saints.... There are thousands of others doing as she did and more... they all are due great respect by all people of good will... Some are of The True Church and some are not... But good works are good works... Good Works do not get anyone into Heaven.... given Mother Theresa's own words it is not likly that she was of The True Church.

Answer 3

How could anybody write a debunking book about Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity order? Well, in this little cruise missile of a book, Hitchens quickly establishes that the idea is not without point.

After all, what is Mother Teresa doing hanging out with a dictator's wife in Haiti and accepting over a million dollars from Charles Keating?

The most riveting material in the book is contained in two letters: one from Mother Teresa to Judge Lance Ito--then weighing what sentence to dole out to the convicted Keating--which cited all the work Keating has done "to help the poor," and another from a Los Angeles deputy D.A., Paul Turley, back to Mother Teresa that eloquently stated that rather than working to reduce Keating's sentence, she should return the money he gave her to its rightful owners, the defrauded bond-holders. (Significantly, Mother Teresa never replied.)

And why do former missionary workers and visiting doctors consistently observe that the order's medical practices seem so inadequate, especially given all the money that comes in? (Hitchens acidly observes that on the other hand, Mother Teresa herself always manages to receive world-class medical care.)

Hitchens's answer is that Mother Teresa is first and foremost interested not in providing medical treatment, but in furthering Catholic doctrine and--quite literally--becoming a saint.

Answer 4

If I am correct she was never a saint. She was a third round draft choice for the Lions and then later on got traded to the Bengals but I don't remember her ever playing for New Orleans. A bad knee injury is actually what sidelined her into religious life

Answer 5

A "saint" is really just someone who leads a life that is especially pleasing to God. The Catholic Church announces who they feel are proven "holy" and canonize them but, really, there are saints all around us doing good works that maybe nobody notices or who are just noticed by the ones they help.

Yes, I do believe Mother Teresa is a saint. She was a very, very holy woman who did a lot of good in her life and I believe she has the power to continue to do good now (e.g. perform miracles).

Answer 6

The people of Kolkata (the erstwhile Calcutta) and India, are extremely impatient, with the rigid procedure of the Vatican, which they (the people of Calcutta and India) feel, rather sincerely, unnecessarily delays an exceptional canonization, long overdue to Her Holiness...(St. Mother Teresa, according to them)

Answer 7

She was a real saint, but she hasn't been named yet. I think she's Blessed Mother Theresa, right now.

Answer 8

In the Catholic Church, she has yet to qualify as a saint. Of course, her great work with the poor makes her holy already. However, the church must find that she was an instrument in a miracle. Once there is proof, she would be beatified and on her way to "Sainthood".
I believe that the church would've had to remove her heart and organs, and preserve them, as another criteria for sainthood as well. Her body and its parts would become relics if she is beatified.

Answer 9

Mother Teresa did not run a hospital. She ran a hospice, where terminally ill destitute people could die with dignity among people who care for them as Jesus would, instead of dying unknoiwn and unloved in the gutter. Any one who criticizes her work must be feeling guilty about their own inability to love as she loved.

Answer 10

Yes Mother Teresa is a Saint .