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A German nun left heartbroken after seeing leprosy patients in Pakistan, where it was believed as a punishment from God & patients were ostracized, left everything behind & moved there to fight leprosy alone. She got the country (then population of 127 million) rid of disease.

Non-Muslim Saviour of a Muslim Country

Year is 1960, leprosy runs rampant in Pakistan. Even worse, it is considered a curse by God. People don’t touch lepers, believing their condition to be contagious, they aren’t treated, they are condemned to colonies created for them away from general population. There they wait to die in isolation, in agonizing pain, with flesh rotting & falling off. If there is a fate worse than death, that is it. Their plight is unlikely to change, no hope is in sight, as far as the eyes go. But unbeknownst to them, God has other plans.

Lepers Colony in Karachi

Lepers Colony (2)

A young Catholic nun gets stuck in Karachi en-route to India with her mission due to a visa issue. Here she witnesses the suffering of lepers, it breaks her, it batter… Continue Reading (3 minute read)

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