I work in the communications industry, and I hardly find, as do most of my colleagues, Slate to be a reliable publication when it comes to quite a few topics, most notably politics and religion.
None the less, Christopher Hitchins is relatively known, however he tends to take a decidedly radical angle to his stories, and coupled with the fact that he is one of the very few with anything negative to say about Mother Theresa, his stories must be taken with a grain of salt.
I never said that I found nothing wrong with poverty, please do not twist my words. What I said was that I found nothing wrong with religious orders taking vows of poverty, which means that the order itself does not hold on to any worldly means apart from what is absolutely necessary to survive, and anything else is given to the charities or good works that those orders do.
I never said that Mother Theresa was or should be a saint. However I do find that if one has to choose between Badouin and Mother Theresa, then Mother Theresa is more deserving than Badouin.
Just because the Washington Post duplicates a press release put out by Slate magazine itself, does not mean that the Washington Post is in any way giving accolades to the publication itself. However, since Slate is owned by the same company that owns the Washington Post, it's highly unlikely that they would publish anything unfavorable.