New Mother Theresa 'Holy Pepperoni' Frozen Pizza Bagel Bites

New Mother Theresa 'Holy Pepperoni!' Frozen Pizza Bagel Bites
Mark Morford 9/26/03

Vatican-issued stamps, a display of her blood, even a musical and cartoon celebrating her life: These are some of the ways Mother Teresa's fans are honoring the nun who will take a step toward sainthood when she is beatified next month.

Factories are churning out Mother Teresa rosaries, crucifixes and key chains ahead of the Oct. 19 beatification, and on Tuesday a line snaked around the Vatican post office for a new set of postcard stamps bearing her image, stamps which will soon be adorning mail sent all over the world and people will receive it and go, huh, isn't that just sort of weird, this crusty little alleged saint woman on a postage stamp, and wait does this mean we can now expect some Dalai Lama stamps and Shiva stamps and Fertility Goddess stamps and Lao Tsu stamps and Kali stamps and Ram Dass stamps and oh wait, is that too bitchy and anti-Vatican?

Whatever. Meanwhile, more cheapass plastic Mother Theresa swag entered the global landfill merchandise cycle. Fine silicone toy maker divine-interventions.com has been herein encouraged to discount its beloved Virgin Mary and Nun dildos for the occasion, in MT's honor. It's only right.

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