India bans Mother Teresa charity from receiving funds from abroad
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi from World news | The Guardian on (#5TDXD)
Licence application of Missionaries of Charity is rejected on Christmas day amid a wave of anti-Christian sentiment
The Indian government has blocked Mother Teresa's charity from receiving funds from abroad, just days after it faced a police investigation for hurting religious sentiments of Hindus" amid rising intolerance towards Christians in India.
The Missionaries of Charity, which was started by Mother Teresa in 1950 and runs a network of shelters across India led by nuns to help the poor, was denied the licence to continue to receive funds from abroad, cutting the charity off from vital resources.
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