Pope asks Nicaraguan government to let expelled nuns return
Aboard the papal plane Reuters Pope Francis asked the Nicaraguan Government on Thursday to allow expelled nuns of the order founded by Mother Teresa to return to Nicaragua, saying they were harmless “revolutionaries of the Gospel”. The 18 nuns of the Missionaries of Charity order were taken to the border with Costa Rica in July […]
A saint for our time: New documentary on Mother Teresa premieres at the Vatican
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports on a new documentary showcasing the life of the saint, flawed and relentless, ahead of the 25th anniversary of her death…
India restores foreign fund permit for Mother Teresa charity
New Delhi, IndiaAP India’s government has allowed Mother Teresa’s charity to receive foreign funds, weeks after blocking it saying the Catholic organization did not meet conditions under local laws, a lawmaker said Saturday. Derek O’Brien, a lawmaker from the opposition Trinamool Congress party, tweeted that Missionaries of Charity was back on the list of approved […]
India refuses to renew foreign funding OK to charity; religious protests
New Delhi, IndiaReuters The Indian Government on Monday “refused” to renew a permission that is vital for Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity to be able to secure foreign funds, cutting off a key source the charity has depended on to run its programs for the impoverished. Nobel-laureate Mother Teresa, a Roman Catholic nun who died […]
Fourteen disabled children flee Afghanistan with the help of Catholic priest and nuns
Vatican CityRNS As tensions rise in Afghanistan following the takeover by Taliban forces in mid-August that threatens the small Christian community in the country, a Catholic priest managed to flee with a group of disabled children and nuns on Wednesday. “We thank the Lord for the success of the operation” Father Giovanni Scalese, 66, a Barnabite […]
Baby-selling scandal used to malign Missionaries of Charity, says Chief Minister of Mother Teresa’s home state
With staffWorld Watch Monitor The Indian Government has ordered all the country’s states to inspect all the childcare homes run by Missionaries of Charity nuns, the order founded by Mother Teresa. But a senior Indian politician has accused Hindu nationalists of exploiting the news that four babies have been sold by one of the order’s homes, to “malign the name” of […]
Mother Teresa charity home “sold babies” in India – claims
Thomson Reuters Foundation Indian authorities said on Thursday they have sealed a home run by Mother Teresa’s religious order and charged a nun and one other person with baby trafficking. The home in eastern India’s Jharkhand state is run by Missionaries of Charity, the order set up by Mother Teresa in India, and provides shelter […]