The U.S. Postal Service plans to honor Mother Teresa with a stamp this year in recognition of her humanitarian work.
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun who died in 1997 will join the late actress Katharine Hepburn, athletes of Negro Leagues Baseball and stars of cowboy movies as celebrities featured on stamps in 2010.
[blockquote]Roy Betts, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service, said the Mother Teresa stamp is tentatively scheduled to go on sale on Aug. 26.
“We have honored other American legends, not because of their religious beliefs, but because of their contributions to civil rights and youth development, such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Father (Edward) Flanagan,†he said.[/blockquote]
It’s sad that the religious can’t be recognized as religious.
We have honored other American legends
Since when is Mother Theresa American?
Oh he was fending off the ACLU for promoting religion suits, not defining Mother Teresa as American. It’s a reflex reaction to avoid another nail in the US POST OFFICE coffin.
Come to think of it, it could be a conspiracy between FEDEX and UPS and all those other delivery companies………………