The University of Montreal published a paper last year about the Mother Theresa myth and pretty much came to the same conclusion as Christopher Hitchens [ who I did, and do, admire greatly and whose death was a great loss] although they were a touch kinder. They did extensive research, studied hundreds of documents and even though it is hard when a hero is exposed as being less than heroic, it does pay to have some semblance of objectivity.
http://www.nouvelles.umontreal.ca/udem-news/news/20130301-mother-teresa-anything-but-a-saint.html
Positive effect of the Mother Teresa myth
Despite Mother Teresa's dubious way of caring for the sick by glorifying their suffering instead of relieving it, Serge Larivรฉe and his colleagues point out the positive effect of the Mother Teresa myth: โIf the extraordinary image of Mother Teresa conveyed in the collective imagination has encouraged humanitarian initiatives that are genuinely engaged with those crushed by poverty, we can only rejoice. It is likely that she has inspired many humanitarian workers whose actions have truly relieved the suffering of the destitute and addressed the causes of poverty and isolation without being extolled by the media. Nevertheless, the media coverage of Mother Theresa could have been a little more rigorous.โ
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"There is nothing more; but I want nothing more." Christopher Hitchins
