Cardinal Tagle condoles with Blessed Mother Teresa's nuns

Manila Archbishop Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle condoles with the religious nuns of the Missionaries of Charity who lost four colleagues in Yemen in a violent attack of a retirement home, in a report posted on the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) news website.

Tagle, who is also Caritas Internationalis head, lamented the death of Sisters Anselm from India, Margherite from Rwanda, Reginette from Rwanda and Judith from Kenya.

The Missionaries of Charity, a religious congregation for women that was founded by Blessed Mother Teresa of Kolkata who is expected to be declared a saint during a consistory of cardinals in Rome this month.

The congregation has several mission houses in the Philippines, including the Home for the Sick, Abandoned and Dying destitutes in Tondo, Manila and House of Joy in Cebu City.

“Ipinaparating po natin ang pakikiisa sa mga madre ng Missionaries of Charity sa kanilang pananalangin sa trahedya sa Yemen. (We express our solidarity with the Missionaries of Charity in their prayer for the tragedy in Yemen),” Tagle told Church-run Radio Veritas on Wednesday.

“Kailanman hindi tayo dapat maging kampante kapag ang buhay ng tao ay nalalapastangan (Never should we become complacent when the life of people is defiled),” he said.

The Manila archbishop also asked for prayers for the perpetrators who also destroyed religious statues and a crucifix in the chapel.

Pope Francis earlier called the nuns “modern-day martyrs” and victims of “indifference.” — BAP, GMA News