Not an expert, but I've heard that Mother Theresa's mantra was along the lines of "suffering brings one closer to God." There was a lot of suffering under her "kindly" watch...

And the Dali Lama just invited a child to suck his tongue. Idolatry run amok.

They fast tracked her sainthood. People who are the true saints don’t get/want publicity. They just live their lives quietly being sheep instead of goats. In Catholic high school we knew a priest (I know we’re not supposed to name names, but he has passed away and people need to know about him and what he did) Father George Leach. After being the priest for our school he went to be the priest on a rez. This was back in the 70’s. People knew they could trust him. They told him all about the history of abuse by the church. Forget the Vatican. He gave a formal & a personal apology that he meant. He built a counselling centre staffed by professionals and had the people build their own traditional healing centre attached to it. A Saint, but quietly.

Gandi* is more appropriate ( it means ' dirty' in Hindi)

This article presents the worst of the criticism against her, but read to the end to see the responses, too. They are much more minimal, but effective. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa "Three prominent palliative care professionals, David Jeffrey, Joseph O'Neill and Gilly Burn, responded to Fox [the accuser, not the network] in the Lancet and argued that it was disingenuous to single out Mother Teresa's hospices for healthcare limitations that were common to most care facilities in India. They noted Indian healthcare generally suffered from: "1) lack of education of doctors and nurses, 2) few drugs, and 3) very strict state government legislation, which prohibits the use of strong analgesics even to patients dying of cancer". They concluded Mother Teresa's homes were being unfairly held to the standards of "Western-style hospice not relevant to India."

Mother Teresa was a death-junkie. Evil to the core.

Mother Theresa used to let people suffer with no pain meds because she said, "suffering brings you closer to God." She was a rotten POS.

And she abused children very badly

Not sure about Ghandi ( I'll have to research that) but I never understood why ppl thought Mother Theresa was such a Saint. Her "hospitals" weren't fit for dogs.

I actually had a coworker scream I was "blaspheming" when I told them why she was definitely NOT a selfless Saint. Coworker was not even Catholic.

Unfortunate truths.

https://www.wionews.com/world/darker-side-of-mother-teresa-a-documentary-claims-she-covered-up-the-worst-excesses-of-church-477491

Finally people stop giving them glory

as an indian, how do I find the truth abt him?? ig i wanna see proof as Ive been taught all my life that the both of them were good people

I don't know about Ghandi but I know Mother Teresa was no . . Oops

Slightly irrelevant, but I hope that one day people will learn to write the name "Gandhi" right.

Can someone explain what Ghandi did. I knew abt mother teresa but not ghandi

It wasn't a glitch that made Gandhi so nuke-happy in Civilization...it was a warning.

This is so true!

Um, really? Just flat-out statements and we're supposed to believe them as facts? C'mon BP, how about a bit of proof behind these? This is what is wrong with the world now. Accepting statements as facts without proof. I'm not saying you're making things up, I'm just saying offer some proof to back up these "facts" in this article!

Mother Teresa is a saint. She did not steal money. Instead, she used it to build homes for dying people and orphaned children. She saved many babies from murder through abortion. Mother Teresa is a hero for our times.

Wow, I've learned a lot from the comments. Thank you all, I really had no idea how horrible they were.

Mother Teresa did more than that!

Really?? I had no idea! Why do so many people put them on pedestals? Are they just ignorant like I am? I know that there are books about Gandhi although I've never read any. Are there books that might educate me to different views on Mother Teresa?

People who do bad things are not void of wisdom. There is still value to be found in a positive message even if the person who said it didn't fully embrace it. We're all flawed and guilty of being hypocrites. The difference is our bad judgements and action are not publicly pitted against who we truly are for the world to condemn and judge.

Ghandi was a pedophile

Okay this surprised me, need to learn more about this.

The ideas are usually better than the actual people.

And Helen Keller was super into eugenics and euthanasia and did not consider disabled children worthwhile!

How about Osho?