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Mother Teresa

News Reports

‘Good’ unbelievers like Mother Teresa will go to hell because they are not Muslim, declares Islamist Zakir Naik

OpIndia Staff - 8 March, 2021

Hate preacher Zakir Naik claimed that Christian evangelist Mother Teresa will go to Hell by virtue of being a non-Muslim.

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Mother Teresa: Here are some accounts of forced conversions, primitive medical practices and suffering

Nivan - 3 September, 2020

Often called a 'saint' and 'messiah of the poor' by adherents of the Vatican in India, the so-called 'Mother' Teresa is engulfed in numerous controversies and allegations

Opinions

Coronavirus: Why are Indian babas judged differently from Teresa’s miracle cures?

Abhishek Banerjee - 25 June, 2020

Science is amazing, but this works only as long as we apply the standard equally to everyone

Law

Missionaries of Charity baby selling case: Child Rights body moves to Supreme Court, seeks SIT probe into all such charity-run shelter homes

OpIndia Staff - 13 February, 2020

The NCPCR plea, filed through lawyer Swarupama mentioned cases of child trafficking and child rights violation in Jharkhand and alleged that authorities neglected to protect these children.

News Reports

Mother Teresa, Church leaders knew about crimes of Jesuit who abused victim more than 1000 times and yet, defended him: Victim

OpIndia Staff - 31 December, 2019

Mother Teresa wrote in a letter defending the Jesuit dated February 2, 1994, “I have confidence and trust in Fr. McGuire and wish to see his vital ministry resume as soon as possible.”

Crime

Mother Teresa’s Missionary of Charity nun accused of child trafficking gets bail by Jharkhand HC

OpIndia Staff - 1 October, 2019

Sister Concelia was arrested in July 2018 after allegations of child trafficking surfaced against 'Nirmal Hriday', a Missionaries of Charity shelter home for destitute women in Ranchi.

Opinions

The other side of Mother Teresa: The not so pious history of the Catholic Church’s saint

K Bhattacharjee - 26 August, 2019

Mother Teresa was a friend of dictators, her clinics were in a state of utter decrepit and the 'miracles' performed in her name were not so miraculous after all.

Crime

Jharkhand: Court rejects bail of baby-selling nun, Church portal calls it ‘sectarian hatred’

K Bhattacharjee - 19 July, 2019

Christian news portal UCAN claimed that the Missionaries of Charity nun was being denied bail due to sectarian hatred and political pressure from the BJP government.

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