Where the Rubber Hits the Road

When I studied at St. Peter's Seminary in London, Ontario, it was obligatory for all seminarians to volunteer in the 'Save a Family Plan' office which was headquartered there. ( 'Headquartered is a lavish term for one small office in the basement! )  It was one charity that actually delivered more than 100% of every donation to direct care of the poor in India, working often in partnership with the Sisters of Charity.  If it is possible to do this, why do some NGO's (UNICEF being a prime example) spend so much of their revenue on overhead, staffing and 'educational' ( read 'lobbying' here ) efforts. Mother Teresa certainly set the standard that all who work with the poor must strive to attain.  America Magazine

The National Post has published an article outlining the efforts of atheists to kill a US stamp honoring Mother Theresa. It is their contention that such a stamp is a violation of the principle of separation of Church and State. I wonder if they were as outraged when issues of stamps bearing the likeness of Martin Luther King or Malcolm X were published? I admit that one should not separate Mother Theresa's faith from her good works (given that it was her faith that inspired these works),  but one would think that works which merited the awarding her a Nobel Peace Prize would justify her qualification as meriting this "postal" honor. What do you think?