在关天茶舍看到这个帖子《人类需要的是德雷莎修女这样受错误宗教观影响的慈善家吗?》,于是去维基百科找相关的条目,与该文相关的内容如下。
英文维基的 Mother Teresa
条目:
Following Mother Teresa’s death in 1997, the Holy See began the process
of beatification, the second step towards possible canonization. This
process requires the documentation of a miracle performed from the
intercession of Mother Teresa. In 2002, the Vatican recognized as a
miracle the healing of a tumor in the abdomen of an Indian woman, Monica
Besra, following the application of a locket containing Mother Teresa’s
picture. Monica Besra said that a beam of light emanated from the
picture, curing the cancerous tumor. Some of Besra’s medical staff and,
initially, Besra’s husband insist that conventional medical treatment
eradicated the tumor. Unless dispensed by the Pope, a second miracle is
required for her to proceed to canonization.
Christopher Hitchens, a British-born American author, journalist and
literary critic, was the only witness called by the Vatican to give
evidence against Mother Teresa’s beatification and canonization process,
as the Vatican had abolished the traditional “devil’s advocate” role
that filled a similar purpose. Hitchens has written that Mother Teresa’s
own words on poverty proved that “her intention was not to help people”,
and he alleged that she lied to donors about the use of their
contributions. “It was by talking to her that I discovered, and she
assured me, that she wasn’t working to alleviate poverty,” says
Hitchens. “She was working to expand the number of Catholics. She said,
‘I’m not a social worker. I don’t do it for this reason. I do it for
Christ. I do it for the church.’" In the process of examining Teresa’s
suitability for beatification and canonization, the Roman Curia (the
Vatican) pored over a great deal of documentation of published and
unpublished criticisms against her life and work. Vatican officials say
Hitchens’ allegations have been investigated by the agency charged with
such matters, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and they found
no obstacle to Mother Teresa’s beatification. Due to the attacks she has
received, some Catholic writers have called her a sign of contradiction.
奇蹟和宣福
德蕾莎修女過世之後,被尊敬她的印度人神化,由於天主教進行宣福儀式前,必須要有奇蹟的見證記錄,德蕾莎修女的奇蹟見證紀錄來自於一位印度婦女,
Monica
Besra,她聲稱自己是德蕾莎修女神蹟的見證人,她將德蕾莎修女的照片,放在腹部,癌腫瘤就消失,但她的丈夫卻對媒體說,這事實上是她接受醫院手術治療的結果,他們之所以如此做是受到天主教教會要替德蕾莎修女進行宣福的壓力,根據時代雜誌的報導,治療她的醫生也受到天主教教會的壓力,必須對外聲稱這是一個奇蹟,此羅生門最後沒有定案,Monica
Besra的丈夫後來也改變說詞,將癌腫瘤的治癒稱為德蕾莎修女的奇蹟。目前天主教教會在等待第二個奇蹟以將德蕾莎修女進行到冊封為聖徒的程序中。
給垂死者以天主教洗禮
收容所里的垂死者多數為印度教徒和伊斯蘭教徒,但德蕾莎修女總是敦促工作者們給他們施以天主教洗禮。這個做法引發很多爭議。
慈善行為的動機
克里斯多弗·息金斯(Christopher
Hitchens)認為,德蕾莎修女的組織的目的是以信仰的方式倡導受苦,而不是幫助有需求的人。在1981年的一次新聞發佈會上,有記者問:「您是否在教導窮人應該忍受苦難?」德蕾莎修女回答道:「我認為,窮人接受自己的命運、與受難的基督分享痛苦是非常美好的。我認為,窮人受苦會對這個世界更有幫助。」
查特基(Chatterjee)說,德蕾莎修女以「窮人的幫助者」的形像出現,誤導了公眾。在她最大的收容所里,也僅有二、三百人。加爾各答的另一清教慈善組織,上帝的集會,每日發放18000份免費餐,遠遠多於德蕾莎修女全部收容所發放數量的總和。
查特基說,德蕾莎修女的許多機構只傳教而不做任何慈善活動。如,在巴布亞紐幾內亞,八所設施未收容任何人,全部經費都用於傳教。
醫療護理的質量
1991年,英國著名醫學雜誌《柳葉刀》的編輯羅賓·福克斯博士訪問了加爾各答的「垂死者的家」發現,許多服務的修女和志願者沒有任何醫學知識,但卻要常常做醫療決定。他們也不區分「可醫治」與「不可醫治」的病人,而前者可能處於由於感染而死去的危險中。另外,他們嚴重缺乏麻醉劑,使病人不得不忍受劇痛。他們用過的針頭只在溫水中洗一下。
與此形成對照的是,德蕾莎修女自己有醫療需要時,她會去美國、歐洲、印度的有名望的醫院獲得醫治。
捐款的去向
德蕾莎修女的前僱員們、及前修女蘇刪·希爾茲(Susan
Shields)稱,德蕾莎修女不允許她們買醫療器械,而是將捐款轉入梵蒂岡銀行作為一般用途,即使捐贈者特別注明將捐款用於慈善行為。
除了法律要求的有關部門,德蕾莎修女從不向公眾提供她的組織的財政狀況。
对德雷莎修女的神化则是基本可以确定的,天主教进行封圣时要求的奇迹见证记录大部分教外人士都明白是怎么回事,《TIME》的报道(修正了中文维基上的出处链接)也很能说明问题。当然,这是可以理解的。
最终的结论如何,只能够坐在这里的我当然说不出来。不过,即使目前我无法了解真实的情况,也不是一无所得呢。