A nun who lived her faith by example


Sister Emmanuelle with Jacques Chirak, President of France

Sister Emmanuelle left her comfortable life in France and went to Cairo, Egypt, and lived for two decades with the poor and the needy, among the zabbaleen (which means garbage collectors in Arabic).

"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' Matthew 25:40