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The Missionary Position Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice

Christopher Hitchens

In a frank expose of the Teresa cult, Hitchens details the nature and limits of one woman’s mission to the world’s poor. He probes the source of the heroic status bestowed upon an Albanian nun whose only declared wish is to serve God. He asks whether Mother Teresa’s good works answer any higher purp...

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In the book, Hitchens criticizes Mother Teresa, claiming that she believed the poor and the sick should suffer like Christ on the cross. He provides an anecdote about a man with cancer who was experiencing excruciating pain, where Mother Teresa reassured him by saying that he was suffering like Christ on the cross.

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You are suffering like Christ on the cross, so Jesus must be kissing you.

— Episode: 57. The Saint (Mother Teresa)

Episode: 57. The Saint (Mother Teresa)

In the book, Hitchens criticizes Mother Teresa, claiming that she believed the poor and the sick should suffer like Christ on the cross. He provides an anecdote about a man with cancer who was experiencing excruciating pain, where Mother Teresa reassured him by saying that he was suffering like Christ on the cross.

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You are suffering like Christ on the cross, so Jesus must be kissing you.

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