Recently a news item about Dr.Aroup Chatterjee's deposition about Mother Theresa's role in bringing Kolkatta to disrepute was denounced [on Goa-goans TGF ]as a 'rightist tirade'. What do we say about these Salesian priests and others who have expressed doubts about her beatification process ?
Mother Theresa does not need contrived miracles to attest to her work among the poor,not just in Kolkatta but also in the USA where she has 'soup kitchens' for the homeless.People like to think that the 'poor' exist only in 'poor countries' and conveniently forget that people stave even in the USof A. You would need very powerful media to expose starvation deaths in Harlem,New York, or in shanti towns. Truth does not cease to exist just because it is ignored. Viva Goa. Miguel Braganza ....Original message.....> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 23:08:15 +0530 (IST) > From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Goanet]NEWS-M.TERESA: Church officials unhappy with fast track beatification By Krittivas Mukherjee, Indo-Asian News Service > Scholars of Centre of Studies in Theology were of the opinion that the ailing Pope John Paul II, who has canonised about 425 people so far, expedited Mother Teresa's case because he wanted her made a saint during his pontificate. > > "I think there is a pre-determined plan to finish off the process before a > certain date," Fr. Jose said. > > "The Pope was very close to Mother Teresa. So it could be his personal wish > to make her a saint," according to Fr. Gomes. > > However, some church officials said there was nothing wrong in speeding up > Mother Teresa's sainthood. > > "She is already a saint in the eyes of the people for whom she worked. That > is all that matters," said Fr. CM Paul of Salesians of Don Bosco. "There is > nothing wrong in the exceptions being made for her." > > Already, the talk of a miracle is being denounced by doctors who treated the > tribal woman, Monica Besra. > > The doctors claim she was cured with months of anti-tubercular medication. > > Indian rationalists are planning an agitation Friday against the miracle, > claiming that such "bunkum" would encourage poor people to turn away from > science and take refuge in superstition. > > Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia, on August > 26, 1910. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.524 / Virus Database: 321 - Release Date: 10/6/2003 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
