What's new, the "holey Roaming Catlicker Empire would canonise a turd if they thought it would bring more suckers to the fold and fill their coffers even more.
The whole basis and ideology of the Catholic Church is to " Steal from the poor and make the Church wealthier"is it not.

I have read all the comments and links in this post and wind up pretty much where I was before. That is, Theresa was no saint, but neither was she a monster. She's somewhere in the middle, and deeply flawed. Maybe even vindictive. Certainly wrongheaded when is comes to abortion and contraception. But that's pretty much the whole Catholic Church. Did she withhold proper care from people on purpose? Or did she do the best she could in a difficult situation? I don't know. I think it's worth getting to the bottom of it, but until a definitive study is done, witnesses are deposed, and all the facts are laid out I am going to remain agnostic. Besides, this is all rapidly disappearing in the rear view mirror. We have bigger fish to fry right now. Like how to avoid climate catastrophe, or civil war in the USA, or global nuclear war.

I've been thinking about Mother Teresa lately because my apartment manager just gave his resignation notice so that he can serve in the Philippines with MT's Missionaries of Charities. I am hoping that it's a more humanitarian organization than what I gather it was while she was alive.

Seems to me that she was a bit sadistic in thinking that suffering brings a person closer to God... While that may be true in an abstract way for believers, seems to me that she prolonged suffering unnecessarily, perhaps thinking she was creating a larger place in heaven for herself. I don't know, I'm perplexed. I feel really uncomfortable when people say her name as if she could do no wrong.

She is the iconic "saint" the way she's been depicted, but after hearing stories of what went on I think of her more as a monster.

I've been wrestling with this in my mind, I'm trying to make sense of the personality of this manager, who does the bare minimum for the quality of life on the property here that he is being paid to manage, but spends a huge amount of time volunteering at the church. Seems he values "service to God" above service to the people around him. He's being paid to provide a clean and safe environment, for us, but he doesn't seem to think we deserve it or something. Is his volunteering, more than working for his salary, for a bigger reward in heaven or a bit of virtue signaling or what, I wonder.

In any case, for some people, volunteering in service to God, can be more self serving than being in service others closer around you. Not all, of course, but when it takes away from work, family etc., it can be.

Perhaps "god" works in mysterious ways, as now that he is resigning, we are getting back our previous manager who was an angel - to us and others - he is also religious and serves in his church, but ALSO does his job and is a joy to have around. So, it is all working out for the best, everyone is happy.

I just hope the people in the care of the current ministries are better cared for than what I have read about from when MT was part of it. There is money there and I hope it's being used to ease the suffering and actually heal the sick.

The "schools" they ran for native children in the Americas complete the picture if additional proof is needed. Basically an organized pedophile ring.

Nuns are trained to beat sin and evil out of people. Women and children are the preferred targets. The more frustrated they feel the harsher the beatings.

Is it Monster Teresa? Some have said so.