I meant to say is for a politician - saying Mother T is great is the default position or it will create a fire storm.
Oh, yes, totally agree. The world fell in on Hitchens’ head when he wrote that book. My mother, very Catholic, agreed with him. Mother Theresa not only took money from Baby & Papa Doc, when told of the theft of their fellow Haitians, refused to return the money. And quite ill, she used the best healthcare that the western world could provide while the sick under her care did not - not even close. Undoubtedly, she did some good in her long career but she was far from perfect. Her nuns run a mission out of Asbury Park, NJ, and they are lovely, indeed.