She's absolutely over rated. There are many more people who have done even better things but didn't get a documentary made about them. The only reason she's well known is because of the 1969 documentary "Something Beautiful for God."
She's a celebrity, or was. That's all.
dictator Enver Hoxha
You've thrown this out a lot now... I'm curious as to your source, other than Christopher Hitchens.
From a website, A tribute to Mother Teresa, her life and the legacy she left behind. "It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving."
She dedicated every day of her adult life caring for "The dying, the cripple, the mentally ill, the unwanted, the unloved" and she loved every minute of it because she was loving, she was cleaning, feeding "Jesus in disguise". Yes, she fed them, sheltered them, cleaned their wounds, but what is more important she made them feel good, loved, wanted, she gave them back their dignity that poverty had taken away from them and even if they died they died with a smile on their face....somebody loves them, somebody cares for them .