For more than 45 years before that she reached out and ministered to the poorest of the poor, the dying destitute, the abandoned, the orphaned, the sick, - in fact all those who were excluded and lived on the peripheries of a heartless society.
In most of the photos available online, Mother Teresa of Calcutta is seen beaming with a smile. Whether hunched beside the poor or standing alongside her fellow Missionaries of Charity, she always appeared with a bright face. Who would have thought that in her 87 years on earth, 50 were spent in the so-called “dark night of the soul”?
Besides issuing the notice, the sub-divisional magistrate (Central) has fined $638.63 (53,000 rupees) a day since October 9, 2020, which amounts to $650,921.94 (54 million rupees).
With St. Teresa of Kolkata's death 25 years ago, there is an entire generation of young men and women who did not see much about her life and legacy serving "the poorest of the poor."
The Chief Minister of Odisha State in eastern India, Naveen Patnaik, on Thursday (December 30) directed district collectors to ensure that no shelter or orphanage under Missionaries of Charity (MC) suffers and added that money from the CM's relief fund could be used for aid if needed.
The nuns of Missionaries of Charity are booked for hurting religious sentiments and luring young girls towards Christianity in the Gujarat, in north western India on December 12.
Social Activist claims that the allegation is false and fabricated, denounces tactics to tarnish the names of the nuns and deprive the poorest of the poor to receive care and support.
