My son read an article about Mother Teresa that said she was a fraud

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Re: My son read an article about Mother Teresa that said she was a fraud

Postby elliemaejune » Tue Sep 20, 2016 9:54 pm

This will be a good lesson for your son to learn: that he can never, ever depend on a secular news source to publish articles on religious topics that are truthful.

The Catholic Church has named Mother Teresa a saint. The Church never does such a thing lightly. If your son wants to know anything about St. Teresa of Calcutta, he should read things written by people who are faithful.
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Re: My son read an article about Mother Teresa that said she was a fraud

Postby projectcool » Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:30 pm

Hi. I just wonder how your son is now. I hope he got over what he read.
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Re: My son read an article about Mother Teresa that said she was a fraud

Postby koltonblue » Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:06 pm

Just remind him that if he is uncertain and confused with what he reads, open it up to you and have a discussion.

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Re: My son read an article about Mother Teresa that said she was a fraud

Postby November_SSN » Mon Sep 24, 2018 10:57 am

If your son's questioning religion and his faith, it may well mean that he never really did believe in it at first : both my family and my wife's lived in communist countries for decades, where attending school was mandatory, and militant atheism was a huge part of the curriculum. The children who did have faith went to church anyways, the ones who didn't simply went along with the agenda. I went both to the Communist school and to church, I was even baptised and still took part in youth movements.

Now you're ahead of tricky times ; attempts to bring your son "back to the faith" might be seen from his eyes as Dark Ages fanaticism, as violent proselytism, and as you disregarding him and his ideas. I'm not saying he's right or that you should let him do as he wished, but any attempt to "correct" this may well backfire in the wrong direction and reinforce his beliefs.

Why do I say that? Because that's how politics worked in Yugoslavia and the USSR, the more you react in a repressive/authoritarian way when your faith (in God for you, in the Party for the communists) is criticised, the more it will cast a shadow of doubt over what you say and your authority.

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Re: My son read an article about Mother Teresa that said she was a fraud

Postby PureLove » Wed Jun 22, 2022 1:30 am

You need to explain to your son that there are so many different sources of information and they are not always true, or rather often false, so you should double-check the information, it's that simple!


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