"While we were looking for documentation on the phenomenon of altruism in a seminar on ethics, one of us fell on the life and work of one of the most acclaimed female the Catholic Church and now part of our collective imagination: Mother Teresa, whose real name was Agnes Gonxha" says Professor Larivée. The description was made was so ecstatic that piqued our curiosity and made us want to push our research further."
The three researchers have listed 502 works devoted to the life and work
of Mother Teresa. After eliminating duplicates 195, 287 books they
consulted to carry out their analysis work, which represents 96% of the
literature on the founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity
(MC).
Facts debunking the myth of Mother Teresa
In their article, Serge Larivee and colleagues also reported a number of problems including the Vatican has not taken into account in the process of beatification of Mother Teresa, is "his way to say the least care for the sick; dubious political contacts, his management curious astronomical sums of money it has received excessive dogmatism and a particular regarding abortion, contraception and divorce."
In their article, Serge Larivee and colleagues also reported a number of problems including the Vatican has not taken into account in the process of beatification of Mother Teresa, is "his way to say the least care for the sick; dubious political contacts, his management curious astronomical sums of money it has received excessive dogmatism and a particular regarding abortion, contraception and divorce."
Patients must suffer like Christ on the cross
At the time of her death, Mother Teresa, opened 517 institutions that claimed to "help the poor and sick" in more than 100 countries. These missions were described by physicians hospices visited several of these facilities in Calcutta. Two-thirds of people attending these missions hoping to find a doctor to be treated and the other third is dying without receiving appropriate care. The physicians observed a significant lack of hygiene in the premises, even unhealthy, a shortage of actual care, inadequate diet and lack of painkillers. This was not due to lack of money - the Foundation set up by Mother Teresa has raised hundreds of millions of dollars - but a particular conception of suffering and death: Interestingly enough, when Mother Teresa needed palliative care, it was a modern American hospital that she received, rather than attending one of her own.
At the time of her death, Mother Teresa, opened 517 institutions that claimed to "help the poor and sick" in more than 100 countries. These missions were described by physicians hospices visited several of these facilities in Calcutta. Two-thirds of people attending these missions hoping to find a doctor to be treated and the other third is dying without receiving appropriate care. The physicians observed a significant lack of hygiene in the premises, even unhealthy, a shortage of actual care, inadequate diet and lack of painkillers. This was not due to lack of money - the Foundation set up by Mother Teresa has raised hundreds of millions of dollars - but a particular conception of suffering and death: Interestingly enough, when Mother Teresa needed palliative care, it was a modern American hospital that she received, rather than attending one of her own.
Contact questionable political and obscure accounting
Mother Teresa was very generous of her prayers, rather than money. It was in this manner that she spared millions of dollars for her foundation, this way they didn't have to put out money under the sufferings of humanity. At many major floods in India and in the explosion of a pesticide plant in Bhopal, offers her "prayers and medals of the Blessed Virgin", but no direct money. She did not scruple to accept the Legion of Honor and a grant from the Duvalier dictatorship in Haiti. This is money that transited million in various bank accounts, but most accounts were kept secret, Serge Larivee lists. Given the "character parsimonious management works of Mother Teresa, one may ask where are the millions for the poorest of the poor?" questioned the researchers.
Mother Teresa was very generous of her prayers, rather than money. It was in this manner that she spared millions of dollars for her foundation, this way they didn't have to put out money under the sufferings of humanity. At many major floods in India and in the explosion of a pesticide plant in Bhopal, offers her "prayers and medals of the Blessed Virgin", but no direct money. She did not scruple to accept the Legion of Honor and a grant from the Duvalier dictatorship in Haiti. This is money that transited million in various bank accounts, but most accounts were kept secret, Serge Larivee lists. Given the "character parsimonious management works of Mother Teresa, one may ask where are the millions for the poorest of the poor?" questioned the researchers.
A great media plan to holiness
Despite these disturbing facts, how did Mother Teresa succeed in building an image of holiness and infinite goodness? According to the three researches, the academic meeting in London which took place back in 1968 is crucial. Malcolm Muggeridge, a BBC journalist, decides to promote the effectiveness of mass media to the religious. In 1969 he made a film on the dithyrambic missionary and he promotes saying that we can see the "first photographic miracle," which he attributed to Mother Teresa when it should be attributed to the new film marketed by Kodak. Consequently she made many trips to the religious in five continents, received numerous awards, the most prestigious, Nobel peace. In her acceptance speech, on the Bosnian Serbs and raped by seeking an abortion, she said: "I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a live war, has direct killing - direct murder by the mother herself". After all, abortion would stop the supply of children they would receive at the religious institutions: $$$$.
Despite these disturbing facts, how did Mother Teresa succeed in building an image of holiness and infinite goodness? According to the three researches, the academic meeting in London which took place back in 1968 is crucial. Malcolm Muggeridge, a BBC journalist, decides to promote the effectiveness of mass media to the religious. In 1969 he made a film on the dithyrambic missionary and he promotes saying that we can see the "first photographic miracle," which he attributed to Mother Teresa when it should be attributed to the new film marketed by Kodak. Consequently she made many trips to the religious in five continents, received numerous awards, the most prestigious, Nobel peace. In her acceptance speech, on the Bosnian Serbs and raped by seeking an abortion, she said: "I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a live war, has direct killing - direct murder by the mother herself". After all, abortion would stop the supply of children they would receive at the religious institutions: $$$$.
Following her death, the Vatican decided not to wait the usual five years before opening the beatification. The miracle attributed to her is the healing of a woman, Monica Besra, suffering from intense pain in the abdomen.The application on the abdomen of a medal blessed by Mother Teresa so-called "healed the woman".However,
doctors say otherwise: it was an ovarian cyst and she suffered from
tuberculosis, and she was cured by the medicines they have given her. The Vatican still concludes it was a "miracle". Mother Teresa's popularity was such that it became untouchable for the population, they declared her "holy". For
the Vatican, what better than the beatification and canonization "of
this model to revitalize the Church and inspire the faithful especially
at a time when the churches was empty and the Roman authority was
declining", the researchers suggest.
The positive effect of the myth of Mother Teresa
Despite its dubious way of caring for the sick glorifying their suffering rather than relieving, Serge Larivee and colleagues point out the positive effect of the myth of Mother Teresa: "If the extraordinary figure of Mother Teresa sent to the imagination sparked initiatives of humanitarian authentically engaged with people crushed by poverty, we can only rejoice." It is very likely that it has inspired many humanitarian workers whose actions helped relieve the suffering of the truly poor and tackling the causes of poverty and isolation, and without that they are brought acclaimed by the media, says Serge Larivee. Nevertheless, it would have been the media who covered the work of Mother Teresa to exercise more rigor,", he concludes.
Despite its dubious way of caring for the sick glorifying their suffering rather than relieving, Serge Larivee and colleagues point out the positive effect of the myth of Mother Teresa: "If the extraordinary figure of Mother Teresa sent to the imagination sparked initiatives of humanitarian authentically engaged with people crushed by poverty, we can only rejoice." It is very likely that it has inspired many humanitarian workers whose actions helped relieve the suffering of the truly poor and tackling the causes of poverty and isolation, and without that they are brought acclaimed by the media, says Serge Larivee. Nevertheless, it would have been the media who covered the work of Mother Teresa to exercise more rigor,", he concludes.
References on the study
Article dark sides of Mother Teresa of Serge Larivee, School of Psychoeducation, University of Montreal, Carole Sénéchal, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, and Geneviève Chenard, School of Psychoeducation, University of Montreal, can be accessed online at Web Studies in Religion / Religious Studies .
Article dark sides of Mother Teresa of Serge Larivee, School of Psychoeducation, University of Montreal, Carole Sénéchal, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, and Geneviève Chenard, School of Psychoeducation, University of Montreal, can be accessed online at Web Studies in Religion / Religious Studies .
The printed version will be published in March 2013 in issue 42 Studies in Religion / Religious Studies .
This research has not been given grants or special funding.
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