The "infinite" gratitude of the Church of France for the "testimony of love" that Sister Emmanuelle gave with her life, "entirely consecrated to God and to the others". It was expressed in a press release published this morning by card. André vingt-Trois, archbishop of Paris and president of the French Bishops Conference, in announcing the death of the nun who died last night, aged 99. "A woman of heart and action", writes the archbishop, "she will be missed". "She managed to push her contemporaries to help the destitute, with her frank speak and her simplicity. Down to her last breathe, she managed to indefatigably show immense energy and unshakeable faith. I am thinking above all of the many children and families that she assisted all her life, first as a teacher, then by living amidst the poor in the slums of Cairo, and finally in her daily prayers. I remember an intention she had noted down in one of her works: ‘I feel immense gratitude for all those who have taught me that love is stronger than death and bears in it a seed of eternity’". "By following her example concludes the archbishop , we will not stop working for the poor and testify God’s love to man". She would have turned 100 on November 16th.
