Empire State Building Refuses to Light Up for Mother Teresa, Catholics Protest

August 26, 2010 on Fox News with Bill Donohue and Jackie Mason

Empire State Building Declines to Light Up for Mother Teresa

June 10, 2010 on CNN

August marks what would have been Mother Teresa's 100th birthday, with commemorative masses, exhibitions and other events around the world heralding the occasion. But count the Empire State Building out of the celebrations.

New York City's tallest skyscraper has declined to shine the colorful, festive lights that it reserves for special occasions in her honor, leaving some of the nun's followers feeling slighted.

"Selection as an Empire State Building Lighting Partner is at the sole discretion of the ownership and management of the Empire State Building Company LLC," the privately owned building's website says. The site says that selection is "a privilege, not an entitlement."
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Empire State Building Snubs Mother Teresa

May 14, 2010 on Fox News with Bill Donohue and Gretchen Carlson

FOX News: Atheist Group Objects to Stamp of Mother Teresa

January 31, 2010 on FOX & Friends
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Christopher Hitchens on Mother Teresa

See also: 'Hell's Angel: Mother Teresa' by Christopher Hitchens

'View' Guest Co-Host: Obama's Abortion Position Should Disqualify Him From Nobel

October 12, 2009 on 'The View' with co-host candidate Rachel Campos-Duffy
See also: 'Hell's Angel: Mother Teresa' by Christopher Hitchens
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'Hell's Angel: Mother Teresa' by Christopher Hitchens

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Originally broadcast in 1994 on Channel 4; Aired again on October 23, 2007

Mother Teresa has become synonymous with saintliness, but is her reputation deserved? Christopher Hitchens investigates the Mother Teresa myth, looking at her work in Calcutta, her global campaign against abortion, her alliance with the most conservative Pope in recent memory and her apparent penchant for right-wing regimes and dictatorships.