mother teresa saint or not?

Question

should mother teresa be saint? if yes, then way? if no, then why?

Answer 1

No Mother Teresa should not be a saint. The image that the media made of her is largely a myth. I shall post some links that will point out the not so nice attributes of Mother Teresa for your perusal.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/bajuu/

http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/shields_18_1.html

Answer 2

The definition of a saint, according to my Chambers English Dictionary, is:-

(When prefixed to a name) a holy person, one eminent for virtue : one of the blessed dead, one canonised by the Roman Catholic church.

So we have a problem here. There is no doubt that Mother Theresa dedicated and devoted her life to helping the poor of Calcutta and certainly committed far more Christian behaviour than most. Unfortunately it is my belief that the only holy beings are the members of the Trinity. God the father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. so Theresa, with all her virtue is no more holy than you or I, even the pope is just a man and not holy by any sense. Also, although the use of Saint's names and belief in them is universal it is the Catholic Church which decides who should or should not be a saint. We have had the anomaly a few years ago where the, then, pope decided that dozens of former saints should be stripped of their sainthoods as he didn't approve of them and thus contradicted the, supposed, infallible decisions of previous popes who had decided that these people should be sanctified. I am not a catholic, nor do I subscribe to most of their beliefs, I prefer to read and believe the true Bible rather than the Codus Angelicus or any other catholic rulebook.

So in conclusion I would agree that this lady should be classed in the same way as existing 'saints' but as I do not believe that the catholic church has the 'power' to 'make' someone holy then ,sadly, she can never be one. I am also of the opinion that many saints were so decreed as politically useful for the catholic church rather than by what popular wishes of the people dictated and I think that they would see Theresa's popularity as too much for them as it would possibly detract people from the church in favour of Theresa's teachings. Remember she gave away all she had and despised the gold, jewels, baubles and rich trappings that the catholic church owns and shows but will not dispose of to help the poor and it is this criticism of the catholic church and it's ways which will, I fear, prevent any pope from canonising her.

Answer 3

Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Bharat Ratna, OM (born Agnesa Gonxha Bojaxhiu August 27, 1910 – September 5, 1997) was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity in India. Her work among the poverty-stricken of Kolkata (Calcutta) made her one of the world's most famous people, and she was beatified by Pope John Paul II in October 2003. Hence, she may be properly called Blessed Teresa by Catholics.

Born in Skopje, Ottoman Empire (located in modern-day Macedonia), at 18 she left home to join the Sisters of Loretto. In 1962, she received the Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding. In 1971, she was awarded the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize. Teresa was also awarded the Templeton Prize in 1973, the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, and India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1980. She was awarded the Legion d'Honneur from Jean-Claude Duvalier in 1981. She was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1985, was made an Honorary Citizen of the United States (one of only two people to have this honor during their lifetime) in 1996, and received the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. She was the first and only person to be featured on an Indian postage stamp while still alive.

While her supporters sometimes referred to her as the "Angel of Mercy" and "Saint of the Gutter," critics have raised questions about her public statements, working practices, political connections, and the use of funds donated to her charity.

Mother Teresa's work inspired other Catholics to affiliate themselves with her order. The Missionaries of Charity Brothers was founded in 1963, and a contemplative branch of the Sisters followed in 1976. Lay Catholics and non-Catholics were enrolled in the Co-Workers of Mother Teresa, the Sick and Suffering Co-Workers, and the Lay Missionaries of Charity. In answer to the requests of many priests, in 1981 Mother Teresa also began the Corpus Christi Movement for Priests. Today over one million workers worldwide volunteer for the Missionaries of Charity.

During her lifetime and after her death, Mother Teresa was consistently found by Gallup to be the single most widely admired person, and in 1999 was ranked as the "most admired person of the 20th century." Notably, Mother Teresa out-polled all other volunteered answers by a wide margin, and was in first place in all major demographic categories except the very young.

Answer 4

She had a good heart and cared a lot for others, especially children. I liked her, and think of her as a saint.

Answer 5

No, I don't think so... personally I do not believe in saints...But I still think she was a great woman ...

Answer 6

I would say yes, who else did the work she did for so long to help the poor for no personal gain.

Answer 7

NO - She knowingly excepted money from governments that condoned torture

Answer 8

The question is do you think she should be. This may help you decide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65JxnUW7Wk4 .

Answer 9

yes because she did God work

Answer 10

pretty saintly
but not perfect