Deng’s Son Reminds Teresa He’s Atheist
From Reuters
PEKING —
Mother Teresa of Calcutta told the handicapped son of China’s top leader Deng Xiaoping today that his efforts for the disabled showed he loved God.
“But I am an atheist,” Deng Pufang, who was thrown out a window by Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution, replied. “But what you do is your love of God in action,” the Nobel laureate nun said. She offered to pray for him and asked for his prayers in return.
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