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Christopher Hitchens Condemns and Mocks Mother Teresa 11/3/2009 Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights (www.catholicleague.org/) 'The woman was a fanatic and a fundamentalist and a fraud, and millions of people are much worse off because of her life'.
Mother Teresa.
NEW YORK, NY (Catholic League) - On October 30, atheist Christopher Hitchens appeared on Dennis Miller’s Internet radio show condemning Mother Teresa, yet again.
Here is one of his choice statements: “The woman was a fanatic and a fundamentalist and a fraud, and millions of people are much worse off because of her life, and it’s a shame there is no hell for your bitch to go to.”
Catholic League president Bill Donohue responded today:
"I once told Hitchens that one of the real reasons he hates Mother Teresa has to do with his socialist ideology: he believes the state should care for the poor, not voluntary organizations, and he especially loathes the idea of religious ones servicing the dispossessed.
Indeed, he sees in Mother Teresa the very embodiment of altruism, a virtue he cannot—with good reason—fully comprehend.
The fact of the matter is that socialism is the greatest generator of poverty known to mankind, and Mother Teresa did more to heal and rescue its victims than anyone in the modern era.
This explains why she is adored by the people who knew her best—the men and women of India (she is second only to Gandhi as the nation’s most revered person).
Hitchens is positively obsessed by Mother Teresa, and that is a very telling commentary on his psyche. She is a constant reminder that reason without faith is a dark hole".
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The Catholic League is the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organization. Founded in 1973 by the late Father Virgil C. Blum, S.J., the Catholic League defends the right of Catholics – lay and clergy alike – to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination. It is led by its' President, William A. Donohue, Ph.D.
Comments
God loves everyone - in fact, thirsts for them. Let us pray for Christopher Hitchens that he is given the grace to open his heart to the love God is longing to share with him. Nothing is impossible for God.
Kathy | 11/4/2009
Well congrats: you are giving Hitchens precisely what he is starving for: attention. Please do NOT feed the trolls!
Mark | 11/4/2009
I strongly believe Christopher Hitchens is not normal or he possibly wants to seek relevance. He should close his mouth and look for something better to do. Mother Teresa is God sent to the world who actually touched the lives of many.
sly j. | 11/4/2009
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