Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Mother Teresa: A saint despite spiritual ‘darkness’

Happy to be quoted in an article by Nicole Winfield of Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — When Pope Francis canonizes Mother Teresa on Sunday, he’ll be honoring a nun who won admirers around the world and a Nobel Peace Prize for her joy-filled dedication to the “poorest of the poor.” He’ll also be recognizing holiness in a woman who felt so abandoned by God that she was unable to pray and was convinced, despite her ever-present smile, that she was experiencing the “tortures of hell.”

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