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I'd say she understood her roll rather well.

I would like to publicly thank RnMomof7 for her relentless attack on Mother Teresa! Yes, RnMomof7, Thank You, from the bottom of my heart. Because it is through your tireless efforts to dismantle a woman who gave her all that I have now come to know, understand and appreciate just what it takes to be a saint. A witness to Mother Teresa's work in London, England described his experience as follows:

So first I started going out at night into the streets with the Sisters to feed and clothe the homeless. The first night was scary. As a businessman, I had seen people and given money to beggars, but had never actually talked to or touched these people, so I was fearful. Like Malcolm Muggeridge said when Mother took him to these places, I went through 3 phases: First, horror mixed with pity; the second, compassion pure and simple; and the third, reaching beyond compassion, something I had never experienced before, the awareness that these people, including the ones I met at Mother's houses in India, dying and derelict men and women, lepers with stumps instead of hands, the unwanted children, were somehow not repulsive but rather dear as friends, brothers and sisters. Finally one day with Sr. Shoba I picked up a disoriented man who almost got run down by a bus in front of Victoria Station. As I took him to safety and put him down, I saw the face of Christ in his face. I will never forget that day - Mother was right.

I am confidant that RnMomof7, a professional nurse of great faith, would be willing to do the same for her church in her community, if she has not already done so.

When Mother Teresa died, the world sat up and responded.

At the funeral in Calcutta the Government of India, Hindu nation, gave a government funeral as they had done for Mahatma Ghandi in 1948 and carried Mother's casket on the same gun carriage. In Ghandi's biography he told a story how he cleaned out a Kali temple in Kaligat - a section of Calcutta; and how he prayed some day some holy person would take over the building and use it for the good of God's people. In the spring of 1948 Ghandi was shot. August 8, 1948 Mother went into the streets and the first building she opened for the Home for the dying was that Kaligat temple - fulfilling Ghandi's call. They are saying in India Ghandi was the father of India in the first half of the century - Mother Teresa was the mother of India in the second half.
At Mother's funeral, for the first time in the history of civilization, all faiths from all cultures and nations paid tribute publicly to this Roman Catholic nun who carried God's message of love to the world, acknowledgment of the Protestant churches, the Buddhists, Sikhs, Islam, Hindu to name a few.
Mother said - she loved all religions but she loved hers the most.
The funeral represented some beautiful symbolism of the various aspects of Mother's work, for example, the presentation of the gifts were made by a handicapped orphan, a leper, a woman released from prison, a retarded boy and a Missionaries of Charity Sister. These were some of the constituencies that Mother touched in a major way.
Will the Missionaries of Charity last after Mother? There is a story in the Bible: after Christ died they arrested Peter and another disciple - one of the Pharisees said "these things come and go, if it is not of God it will die out, if it is of God it will last." 2000 years ago. Mother Teresa's order Missionaries of Charity was inspired by God September 10, 1946. It has grown with God's grace and will go on as the other great orders of the Benedictines over 1000 years St Benedict; Franciscans 1230 A.D. 800 years St Francis; Jesuits 1530 A.D. 400 years St Ignatius; to name but a few.

At Mother's funeral, for the first time in the history of civilization, all faiths from all cultures and nations paid tribute publicly to this Roman Catholic nun who carried God's message of love to the world, acknowledgment of the Protestant churches, the Buddhists, Sikhs, Islam, Hindu to name a few. Mother said - she loved all religions but she loved hers the most.

I am sorry that you do not understand this is the problem. There is nothing to love in false religions. There is salvation under no other name but the name of Jesus Christ. I do not love false religions..do you? Will you too assist others into hell by ignoring their error and refusing to tell them about Jesus Christ?

Mother Teresa did good work with a needy population..the questiion is where are their souls today?