Teresa’s canonisation portends more conversions: VHP
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Mother Teresa’s canonisation portends more conversions to Christianity, an issue that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have considered before deciding to send a delegation to the Vatican, the VHP said on Sunday.
“The canonisation of Mother Teresa is an alarm bell that now there would be more conversions in India and more funds (for conversions) would be routed to India,” Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) International Joint General Secretary Surendra Jain said here.
He said granting of sainthood to a person based on miracles attributed to them was not “practical” in today’s times.
“Do you expect miracles to happen in this age,” he wondered.
Jain warned that with more conversions, there would be more unrest in the society.
He said Modi should have considered the issue before deciding to send an official Indian delegation to the canonisation ceremony at the Vatican.
“The issue of Mother Teresa’s services vis-a-vis religious conversions is not new. We have been raising it for years. I think the Prime Minister should have thought over it before he decided to send an official delegation to the Vatican,” Jain said.
An official Indian delegation led by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is scheduled to attend Mother Teresa’s canonisation ceremony at the Vatican on September 4.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio address paid tributes to the late Catholic nun for her services to the poor of India, saying that Indians should be proud that Mother Teresa is being officially declared a saint.
The nun founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation that runs hospices in India. She died in 1997.
Cannonization of Blessed Mother Theresa to Sainthood is a very special event in the Secular life of Mother India. The World of goodwill has looked upon India as a rich nation in the history of Religion, Culture, Diversity, and also nobility because the people of India have proved themselves as peace loving and dedicated people in spite of all our short-comings ever since India was liberated by the British. The World has stood by with India in every step of the way by empathizing India’s growing problems of poverty, population density and so many other deficiencies that are one too… Read more »
According to Surendra Jain when the canonization of Mother Theresa takes place in distant Rome this could spark conversions to Christianity in India? Is he implying that the Hindu people are so week in their faith that when a nun gets canonised thousands of miles away, people locally would change their religion? If that’s the case then very simply his organization should start canonizing the local population, and all would revert ALL back to Hinduism, including Surendra Jain who is a Jain by faith and a convert himself to Jainism? What a great idea to get ALL the people of… Read more »
This Surendra Jain seems to have run out of daily medication. His gibberish doesn’t make any sense. His comments on ‘miracles’ are even more laughable as if miracles were true at some point in history!! What an ignoramus!!!!! LOL
RampaNNA, did you reach Saudi and further the top-most bunk bed in a 10 x 10? And didn’t you do pretty well out there? Now, if that isn’t a ‘miracle’, WHAT on earth is?
Besides, ain’t the RSS going in for trousers instead of those skirts? Ain’t that a MIRACLE?
Enchina poora budpe maraya, namma Rampe. 🙂
RampaNNA, did’t you reach Saudi and further occupy the top-most bunk bed in a 10 x 10? And didn’t you do pretty well out there? Now, if that isn’t a ‘miracle’, WHAT on earth is?
Besides, ain’t the RSS jokers going in for trousers instead of those skirts? Ain’t that a MIRACLE?
Enchina poora budpe maraya, namma Rampe. 🙂