September 18, 2006

Sister Leonella

Final words from a fine lady:

An elderly nun shot four times at the Somali hospital where she worked forgave her killers as she lay dying, colleagues said Monday in the wake of a murder that has focused attention on Islamic radicalism in the Horn of Africa country.

Sister Leonella, 65, muttered the words 'I forgive, I forgive' in Italian after being targeted by gunmen in an apparent execution-style killing, father Maloba Wesonga told The Associated Press at the nun's memorial mass in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Monday.

Fitting words from a lady who'd spent her life doing good.

(Via FR.)

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Comments

If only we all could be that forgiving

Posted by: Cathy at September 18, 2006 05:00 PM

Things'd be nicer.

Posted by: Donnah at September 18, 2006 10:21 PM