> Are you saying most conservative Catholics fetishize poverty and suffering as much as Mother Teresa did?
I doubt they meant that, but not many have any idea how terrible a person she was:
> “There is something beautiful in seeing the poor accept their lot, to suffer it like Christ’s Passion,” Mother Teresa said. “The world gains much from their suffering.”
My point is that he must have meant that, for his argument to make any sense. I agree he probably didn't mean that, and that his argument is nonsense. He admits he didn't even bother researching and evaluating the evidence, then he jumps to an invalid conclusion, that there's nothing shocking about Mother Teresa's behavior, only Christopher Hitchens' criticism of it.
I doubt they meant that, but not many have any idea how terrible a person she was:
> “There is something beautiful in seeing the poor accept their lot, to suffer it like Christ’s Passion,” Mother Teresa said. “The world gains much from their suffering.”
https://allthatsinteresting.com/mother-teresa-saint/2