Why Mother Teresa is still no saint to many of her critics

This post has been updated. It was previously posted in December 2015.  This Sunday, Mother Teresa will become a saint. The late Roman Catholic missionary who became an international icon for her charitable work will be canonized, the Catholic Church's highest honor, on Sept. 4. For Mother Teresa’s many fans — most of whom had viewed her canonization as inevitable and perhaps […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/02/25/why-to-many-critics-mother-teresa-is-still-no-saint/

Some E.U. countries got rid of the draft years ago. Now, they’re thinking about bringing it back.

Military conscription has regularly emerged as an issue of the public debate in the U.S., but public support for it remains low. In Europe, public opinion long appeared to develop similarly, as conscription was abandoned in France in 1996, followed by Italy, Sweden and Germany. But more recently, many Europeans — especially those who are now too […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/01/some-e-u-countries-got-rid-of-the-draft-years-ago-now-theyre-thinking-about-bringing-it-back/

Indian tycoon launches low-cost mobile phone network. A price war could be next.

India’s richest businessman launched an ambitious new cell phone service Thursday, offering free voice calls and one of the cheapest data prices in the world — setting the stage for a predatory price war in the nation’s booming telecom industry. Analysts called the long-awaited launch a “paradigm shift” and “game changer” in India’s telecommunications sector. […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/01/indian-tycoon-launches-low-cost-mobile-phone-network-a-price-war-could-be-next/

Everyone was loving Montreal’s family-friendly puppet festival until the prison rape part

Organizers for the Marionnettes Plein la Rue festival promised that this year's event would be "a delirious, delightful thrill for the whole family!" And by most accounts, it was: Photos of the sixth annual Montreal-area street fair showed smiling crowds eating grilled corn on the cob, browsing through brightly colored booths and enjoying the raison d'être for the […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/01/a-family-friendly-puppet-festival-apologizes-after-song-about-prison-rape/

Women are half of the world, but only 22 percent of its parliaments

It's a big year for women in politics. In a historic first, Hillary Clinton was named the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee in the upcoming U.S. elections. If she wins, she will join Theresa May of Britain and Angela Merkel of Germany in the ranks of women who lead prominent Western democracies. They're not alone, either. In […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/01/women-are-half-of-the-world-but-only-22-percent-of-its-parliaments/