Who Hates Mother Teresa?

Here’s an excerpt from an email I received this week from Brian Burch, President of CatholicVoteAction.org…

“The anti-religion crusaders are at it again.  This time they want the Post Office to cancel a planned new stamp honoring Mother Teresa.  I am continually shocked by the persistence of these activist groups. They seem to never give up! Any mention or reference of God must be wiped out. The Pledge of Allegiance, In God We Trust, you name it… they want it boarded up, whitewashed, and banished from our public life.  But not this time.  Not Mother Teresa.

Sign on to our group letter to the Postmaster General here – www.StampOutBigotry.com.

A group called the Freedom from Religion Foundation is now spreading lies about Blessed Mother Teresa accusing this holy nun of having a ‘darker side,’ and calling her a ‘polarizing Roman Catholic figurehead.’  That’s why we decided to act swiftly and make sure this anti-Mother Teresa campaign doesn’t gain any more momentum.  The groups now protesting the new stamp never protested other stamps honoring Gandhi, or even Martin Luther King, Jr. who proudly understood his fight for civil rights to be rooted in his Christian faith.  What is plain is that these groups not only dislike Mother Teresa, they despise the Catholic Church. They simply cannot stomach the thought of the United States Postal Service honoring a Catholic nun who spoke out against abortion, contraception, and against the atheistic materialism of the west.

In her famous 1994 speech at the National Prayer Breakfast, Mother Teresa closed with these words:

“From here, a sign of care for the weakest of the weak – the unborn child – must go out to the world. If you become a burning light of justice and peace in the world, then really you will be true to what the founders of this country stood for. God bless you!”

Please send this to your friends and family too. We need to push back against this ugly campaign, and stand up for this holy nun and all that she lived for.  Mother Teresa stood up for the best of America’s ideals. Now it’s time we stand up for her.”

Man up!