Missionaries of Charity

Missionaries of Charity is a Catholic religious order established in 1950 by Nobel Peace Prize (1979) Winner Mother Teresa to tend to the sick and dying, especially, "the poorest of the poor". Order has been founded in 1950. The order currently consists of over 4,500 nuns and is active in 133 countries. Members of the order designate their affiliation using the order's initials, MC.

Response to the Criticisms

Some admirers of Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity have dismissed the above criticisms as an attempt to smear a Catholic icon. According to this view, Mother Teresa lived an exemplary life made possible by her faith in Jesus Christ. Admirers regard Mother Teresa's life as the epitome of faith in action, and her good works allowed the world to witness this faith. Mother Teresa was held in high esteem worldwide, inspiring many to convert to the Catholic faith.

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In this view, the above criticisms were contrived by serveral authors opposed to the spread of Christianity (Marxist-turned-neoconservative Christopher Hitchens is considered by many to be vehemently anti-Catholic). The goal of these accusations is to scandalize the image and memory of Mother Teresa, so as to neutralize her religious influence. These admirers also claim that the accusations are often used to portray Christianity in a negative light, by demonstrating the (contrived) corruption of one of Christianity's most popular and admired icons.

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Marxist - Neoconservative

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Such criticism as poor condition of health care is misunderstanding. In India there is still present conception of carma - idea that people deserve their pain in previous life and there is no need to help them. Misionaries of Charity mission is to help these "poorest of the poor" - people who die alone on the street. Sisters bring not only medical care but much more important love and care. For sure many people in world could live if they could afford 1$ a day for food, but reality is that there is still hunger in the world. Critics voice seems to be 'not to bring the problem' - poor is not the problem until we not remember he exists and 'there is possibility to do this better' but they do not do this.

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