And again, since the misery and poverty is God-created, would it not be going against His will to do what the Missionaries of Charity were doing. The question aimed at Sister Nirmala therefore had more aspects to it than came out at the press conference. This is true of all organisations any where and the Missionaries of Charity should not be specially blamed if they wish to perpetuate themselves. Yet one wonders whether the need for self- perpetuation makes for a need for the existence of the poor and the miserable. The world is being much helped by the suffering of the poor people.
Charity is a hallmark of the high moral ground occupied by all religions.
Yet charity depends upon those at whom it is aimed. It, in fact, demands the existence of the poor and the damned. The other aspect is the universal approbation, well deserved as it is, of the work done by the Missionaries of Charity and the amount of charitable funding that has been made available to it by people from all over the globe. While it is perfectly true that it was the effort put in by Mother Teresa and her band of nuns that was responsible for the collection of funds for her cause, it must also be recognised that they got their funding from the developed world which incidentally, is all Christian. The fact that Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen is a matter of pride for us.