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The life of Mother Teresa left a legacy — and a religious order — that represents a life of Gospel charity and complete surrender to God.

Some people don’t like its implications. They turn out critiques like the ones I review this week for MercatorNet.

“I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money,” Mother Teresa once said. “No, I wouldn’t touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.”

Some people don’t get that. But they’re trying to.

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