Pakistanis mourn Sister Ruth Lewis, who cared for children with disabilities

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Pakistanis mourn Sister Ruth Lewis, who cared for children with disabilities​

CNA Staff, Jul 23, 2020 / 04:32 pm MT (CNA).- Sister Ruth Lewis, a Pakistani nun who dedicated her life to helping underprivileged people with disabilities, died Monday following coronavirus complications.

Sister Ruth, head of Dar-ul-Sukun, a Karachi home for children with disabilities, died at age 77 at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi July 20. She was sent to hospital July 8 and placed on a ventilator after contracting the coronavirus.

She was a member of the Franciscan Missionaries of Christ the King and helped establish Dar-ul-Sukun in 1969 alongside Sr. Gertrude Lemmens, a Dutch nun who founded the organization. Lewis led the organization after Lemmens’ death in 2000.
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I’m certainly not comparing Sister Ruth Lewis to Mother Teresa except in saying Pakistan and India have a very related history and they were both charitable. I hope she has gone to her eternal reward. Maybe some day, the Church will decide she is worthy of recognition.

More on her from a Middle-Eastern news website.

 
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God rest her soul and bring her to life eternal…
 
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