Mother Teresa's canonization has brought fresh attention to her critics who malign her for the politicians she knew, for how she handled the enormous sums of money she raised, and for the quality of care she offered those she served.
Christopher Hitchens claimed she was "less interested in helping the poor than in using them . . . to fuel the expansion of her fundamentalist Roman Catholic beliefs."
A group of Canadian academics criticized her in their study for "her rather dubious way of caring for the sick, her questionable political contacts . . . and her overly dogmatic views regarding abortion, contraception, and divorce."
Now comes Bill Donohue, the indefatigable President of the Catholic League, who is fighting back.
In this carefully researched book, Donohue pulls the curtain back on Mother Teresa's critics, showing that virtually all of them shared an abiding disdain for Catholicism.
Her critics were militant atheists, Don