Missionaries of Charity pledge to continue work in Yemen

March 07, 2016

The Missionaries of Charity have vowed to continue their work in Yemen, despite the killing of four sisters serving at a retirement home in Aden.

The order announced, in a message relayed to the Fides news service, that "we will continue our service to the poor and the needy." The order observed that its founder, Mother Teresa, had always made it her practice to go, "whatever the local situation, to serve in the most remote parts of the world."

 

 

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Further information:

• Catholic Bishops of India and Missionaries of Charity: “will not abandon Yemen” (Fides)
• 4 Missionaries of Charity among victims of terrorist attack in Yemen (CWN, 4/4)