At the conclusion of the Canonisation Mass for Mother Teresa of Calcutta, thanked all those who attended the day’s celebrations, especially those most closely attached to St Teresa.
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Mother Teresa, a Nobel Peace Prize victor, was known during her lifetime as the “saint of the gutters” for her work among the poorest of the poor in India, arriving in Calcutta on January 6, 1929.
In an interview with VOA’s Mariama Diallo, Tukiçi said hearing that Mother Teresa was going to be a saint was a very special moment for him. Mother Teresa set up her Missionaries of Charity in the slums of Kolkata, in 1950 and established her headquarters in the Indian city for almost half a century.
In 1994 Hitchens co-produced the documentary Hell’s Angel about Mother Teresa. based on the work of Indian-born physician, writer and “militant atheist” Aroup Chatterjee. The pizza party was in honor of Saint Teresa’s life’s work of tending to the poor in India.
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Elaborating on that point in British newspaper the Independent, Douglas Robertson said much of the criticism levelled at Mother Teresa was related to her promotion of the views of the Catholic Church that many would see as dogmatic. Two apparent cures of sick people have been attributed to her.
Saint Teresa’s canonization happened quickly, too.
She died in 1997 and was put on a fast-track for sainthood soon thereafter.
Bill McKinstry said his market emptied to the parking lot where he and his employees met Mother Teresa.
A fitting tribute highlighting both Saint Teresa of Calcutta’s mission and the common touch that has made Pope Francis so beloved among Roman Catholics.
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But she was also regarded with scorn by secular critics who accused her of being more concerned with evangelism than with improving the lot of the poor.
