Mother Teresa: Controversy and criticism
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Controversy
- Disputes within the Church
- Birth Control in India
- Criticism
- Beatification
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
SummaryMother Teresa was a very conservative Catholic for the post-Vatican II twentieth century Church. Though she bowed publicly in obedience to the decisions of the Second Vatican Council, she privately disapproved of priests who did not wear vestments at Mass or nuns and priests who did not wear religious clothes. She called the sari and habit that the sisters of the Missionaries of Charity were required to wear a uniform instead of a habit, to avoid the issue and keep her nuns in long religious dress. Mother Teresa also vehemently opposed any discussion of or opposition to the decisions of the pope, including rulings on birth control and abortion.
Her brother Lazar remembered that he once complained to her in childhood about a priest who beat the children with a stick. While still a child she insisted that her brother should not criticize a priest, even for violence. This attitude was expanded to include absolute surrender to the pope in her later years.
Her brother Lazar remembered that he once complained to her in childhood about a priest who beat the children with a stick. While still a child she insisted that her brother should not criticize a priest, even for violence. This attitude was expanded to include absolute surrender to the pope in her later years.
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