Hating on Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa, who devoted her life to the service of the poor and the dying,  has become almost synonymous with goodness and saintliness, and, indeed, her canonization is imminent.  But some people have an almost fanatical hatred for her.  Why? The main reason is because she was pro-life.

From Robert J. Hutchinson, Why The Left Has Come Unglued Over Mother Teresa’s Canonization | TheBlaze.com:

Regardless of political ideology and religion, Mother Teresa of Calcutta is widely considered one of the most beloved and influential saints of the past 2,000 years.

An elderly Albanian nun who died in 1997 at age 87, she spent most of her life in India, caring for the abandoned and dying in the slums of Calcutta.

Eventually, she founded a Roman Catholic religious order, the Missionaries of Charity, who carried her work to 133 different countries.

In 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize — and the Catholic Church is about to formally declare her a saint.

You might think that the life of Mother Teresa would be celebrated by the entire world… liberals and conservatives, Christians and non-Christians alike.

But for a small but vocal segment of the political left, Mother Teresa is nothing short of Public Enemy No. 1. Some self-described “progressive” media outlets have suddenly erupted in increasingly strident denunciations of the late nun.

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