Mother Teresa, the famous Catholic nun who ministered in India, was a universalist who believed that all men are children of God, and she did not try to convert Hindus.
In the biography MOTHER TERESA: HER PEOPLE AND HER WORK, she is quoted by Desmond Doig as follows: “If in coming face to face with God we accept Him in our lives, then we are converting. We become a better Hindu, a better Muslim, a better Catholic, a better whatever we are…. What approach would I use? For me, naturally, it would be a Catholic one, for you it may be Hindu, for someone else, Buddhist, according to one’s conscience. What God is in your mind you must accept” (1)
When Mother Teresa died, her longtime friend and biographer Naveen Chawla said that he once asked her bluntly, “Do you convert?” She replied, “Of course I convert. I convert you to be a better Hindu or a better Muslim or a better Protestant. Once you’ve found God, it’s up to you to decide how to worship him.” (2)
The April 7-13, 1990, issue of Radio Times tells the story of Mother Teresa sheltering an old Hindu priest. “She nursed him with her own hands and helped him to die reconciled with his own gods.”
How sad, she did not believe the Bible and take to heart the Word of God when answering the question of “What must I do to be saved?” “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.” (Acts 16:31)
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1. Desmond Doig, MOTHER TERESA: HER PEOPLE AND HER WORK (Harper & Row, 1976) p. 156.
2. “Mother Teresa Touched Other Faiths,” Associated Press, Sept. 7, 1997.