There is no evidence that Mother Teresa sold babies, but two workers at a shelter for unwed mothers run by her order of nuns were accused of doing that in 2018, 21 years after her death.
But to one social media user, she was no saint.
"Mother Theresa sold babies & was used in photo-ops throughout the 1980’s when she was pushed on us as a saint!" read text above an old photo of her posing with Anthony Fauci and others in a Feb. 15This post was flagged as part of Instagram’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. for sainthood didn’t begin until about two years after her death, not in the 1980s.
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