Catholic Nun Forgave Attacker
Shortly before her murder by Muslims, who were upset the Pope called their religion "violent". From Catholic News:
Sister Leonella, the Italian nun who was shot to death outside a Somali hospital this week in an attack speculated to have been a reaction to Pope Benedict's controversial remarks on Islam forgave her attackers with her dying breaths, witnesses say."I forgive, I forgive," she whispered in her native Italian just before she died Sunday in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, Rev Maloba Wesonga said at her memorial mass in Nairobi yesterday, according to an Associated Press report.Born Rosa Sgorbati, Sr Leonella, 65, who had lived and worked in Kenya and Somalia for 38 years used to joke there was a bullet with her name engraved on it in Somalia.
We can forgive too, but lets not forget who were the perpetrators: Islamic Extremists who proved the Pope right.
Sister Leonella, the Italian nun who was shot to death outside a Somali hospital this week in an attack speculated to have been a reaction to Pope Benedict's controversial remarks on Islam forgave her attackers with her dying breaths, witnesses say."I forgive, I forgive," she whispered in her native Italian just before she died Sunday in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, Rev Maloba Wesonga said at her memorial mass in Nairobi yesterday, according to an Associated Press report.Born Rosa Sgorbati, Sr Leonella, 65, who had lived and worked in Kenya and Somalia for 38 years used to joke there was a bullet with her name engraved on it in Somalia.
We can forgive too, but lets not forget who were the perpetrators: Islamic Extremists who proved the Pope right.
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