MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY
MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY
Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity Sister Mary
Prema decided not to continue the adoption services because of the new Indian
government guidelines. These guidelines
go against the belief, children up for adoption should be adopted by married
couples’ a father and mother if you will.
There is also the picking of a child from a group of six when the
applications online is presented. Sister
Mary Prema believes that a child born is not known as should a child
adopted.
The Missionaries of Charity is run by the guidelines set
forth by its foundress Mother Teresa, which in their view will not be
changed. It is suggested by an India
moderator on NDTV show THE BUCK STOPS HERE that the Missionaries of Charity
views should change with the times. The
moderator worked hard at trying to cause a ruckus towards the sisters with her
guest however, the guest being often of a different opinion of the sisters
spoke with respect. All agreed and
finally convinced the moderator the selection process of the pictures put forth
by the government is flawed.
The moderator kept referring this topic as a controversy IT
WAS NOT, not at least as far as Sister Prema was concerned for the guidelines
were not going to be a debate but a matter of fact the adoption program is
closed. There would be NO caving in to
the beliefs of the government with the Missionaries of Charity.
MY COMMENTARY:
India news, moderators and paneled guests for the most
part love to debate and which, ends up in a screaming/yelling match. The topic rarely sees a resolve or meeting of
minds because of the muddling of the waters on the original subject. Debates ended up getting off the subject at
hand to be replace with past history of opposing views that has nothing to do
with the debate. I cannot tell you how
many times what the USA does or not do finds itself thrown in the mix. I can venture to guess the USA knows nothing
about the debates on Indian TV or wants too; there are too many bigger issues
to contend with.
The adoption of pick and choose from six pictures will
leave some children with never being adopted.
The history of India’s way of looking at children are boys come first,
then girls and the lighter the better, blue eyes a big plus and please no
physical flaws not even of the slightest caliber and let me not elaborate on
the caste of the child. For many the
physical comes before the look of love.
I relate this true story I complimented a mother on her
teen age daughter as being very pretty and the mother said to me, “Thank you,
but she is dark.”
Sister Prema, handle this issue with grace and dignity, though
the NDTV moderator did not do the same and the lawmakers of these new
guidelines came up with a sham of a policy.
NOT EVERYTHING IS A CONTROVERSY OR AN ISSUE.
©Linda Mary Liotino ME A SERVANT OF CHRIST MISSION 2015
©Cartoon Satire by: FRANCO JOSEPH
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