What does the Jesuit order, Mother Teresa, Pope Paul Vl, Pope Paul X and Pope Gregory XVl have in common? Well, besides being examples of Catholics of great faith and notoriety, they were all champions of homeopathy. Mother Teresa and her order dispensed, prescribed it and sang homeopathy’s praises. Pope Gregory hired a homeopath, Dr. Johann Wilhelm Wahle, to work in the Vatican and sought to establish a homeopathic hospital. St Joseph’s Leper Hospital was a homeopathic hospital run by Father Augustus Muller, a Jesuit missionary in India. There are many other examples of devout and traditional Catholics who have hailed homeopathy as a valued medicine.
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Hello Joette.
Thank you so much for these notes! Do you have references to them? I have friends who condemn the use of homeopathy as superstitious, etc.
I am especially interested in the Popes’ use of it.
I would add that the book on St. Anthony Mary Claret’s life gave homeopathy the credit for stopping an out break of Cholera (or something) in Cuba. Since he is a saint we must understand his statement to be his honest opinion, not a lie.
Thanks for your time and the references!
Mary
Mary,
A fabulous book by Dana Ulman “Homeopathic Revolution – Why famous people and culture heroes choose homeopathy”.
Where did you find your information on St. Anthony?
Joette
Thanks for your prompt response! I’ll look into getting the book.
Reference to St. Anthony was in one of several books published by TAN Books on St. Anthony Mary Claret. I believe that the particular one was:
The Life of St. Anthony Mary Claret by Fanchon Royer
There is an Autobiography that I have not read that might corroborate.
It would be during the time he was in the Cuban islands. I cannot find my copy or I would be able to give you the page number since there is a separate footnote at the bottom of the page, that is a note from the editor that disparrages the saint’s comment, that would be easy to see at a glance while flipping through the pages.
Mary