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She almost reached her 100^th birthday this coming November, but died last week. Apparently she was a very well-known and very respected Nun in France. The news about her death overshadowed all the money crisis and recession news in all the media. That in itself is maybe proof she was an angel here on earth. Because money was the last thing she was interested in. Soeur Emmanuelle was also called the Nun of the Poor. She lived among the poorest people in Egypt on a Dump, helping the children of the rag-pickers. Teaching these poor kids to read and write, hoping they would make a better, happier and healthier living than their parents.

I had never heard of Soeur Emmanuelle before, but I had the opportunity to read parts from some of her books and I was really touched by her ideas and opinions. News like this, although very sad of course, teaches us to relativize and worry about really important issues.