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Related: About this forum10 Secrets The Catholic Church Hopes You've Forgotten
https://listverse.com/2015/03/10/10-secrets-the-catholic-church-hopes-youve-forgotten/Although Mother Teresa was beatified as a saint by the Catholic Church in 2003, in reality she was far from the saint the Church would lead you to believe. In fact, Mother Teresa isnt even her real name; she was born Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in Albania. The issues certainly dont end with her pseudonym. Researchers today have called Mother Teresa an empty PR ploy by the Vatican to rehabilitate their tarnished image.
Mother Teresas claim to fame is helping poor around the world, but she did quite the opposite throughout her lifetime. Mother Teresa made niceties with right-wing Haitian Dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier and accepted money from him which had been stolen from Haitis poor. Duvalier was known for stealing millions from Haitis poor so that he could maintain his own lavish lifestyle. He spent $2 million of Haitis money to pay for his extravagant wedding. Duvalier also profited from drug trafficking and selling the body parts of deceased Haitians
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10 Secrets The Catholic Church Hopes You've Forgotten (Original Post)
ItsjustMe
Mar 2022
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Dr. Shepper
(3,014 posts)1. Of course Mother Teresa
Is not her real name.
Random Boomer
(4,168 posts)2. Yeah, that one made me roll my eyes
I've heard criticism of her before -- and much of it seems valid -- but calling "Mother Teresa" a pseudonym seems trivial and petty.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)3. She always struck me as a ghoul, actually.
Maybe that's my prejudice against her type. What was it Christopher Hitchens called her again? An evil Albanian dwarf? Something like that, anyway.
Faux pas
(14,690 posts)4. Whoa!
Thanks for posting