‘We work hard to dispel HIV myths such as the virgin cure’

David Seychell

Aug 22nd 2012, 14:23

"But desisting from such destructive behaviour still does not make monogamy a natural thing."

As far as I know there are only a handful of animals that are truly monogamous. Wolves, swans and gibbons being some of these.

Is man monogamous by nature? I think that from a sexual point of view, man is not a monogamous creature. However, when a man falls in love, he has eyes only for one woman. So I think that from one aspect (emotionally) he is but from another aspect (sexual drive) he isn't monogamous.

Of course, no one ever said that Marriage does not entail a certain degree of sacrifices and after all, Marriage is not meant to be for everyone either.

Charles Grixti

Aug 19th 2012, 15:05

While the work of the nuns and other individuals are commendable, I have often thought that if the Church or the EU and the rest of the first-world really, really and truly wanted to help Africa and Africans, the first thing to do was to make sure that all their investments in companies that engage in the economic rape of Africa are stopped and these companies indicted with crimes against humanity. The Church hierarchy should also spearhead an international campaign to make the world aware what is really going on to keep Africa in poverty. Instead what we get is a few good souls like this sister and her order who genuiney try to do good as they see it but meanwhile the Church's top leadership's heart is with the money-makers and investors. But that does not stop the Church from basking in the feel good stories such as these and benefit from the positive PR that this generates them.

Am Camilleri

Aug 19th 2012, 13:27

And later "your leader" said they can be used when the intention is to reduce the risk of infection. Anyway pls tell us how the use of condoms will change these men's mindset and prevent the rape of children?

Richard Curmi

Aug 19th 2012, 14:54

@Joe Xuereb,
still cannot understand why you addressed this post to me. I think you need to re-read what i wrote.

Christa D. Wiegand

Aug 18th 2012, 23:08

Hi Am, thank you for your kind words. Sr. Catherine will be happy to take them back with her and to her helpers and care-givers.
If you want to send a cheque please mail it to St. Andrew's Scots Church 210 Old Bakery Street, Valletta and write it to St. Andrew's Scots Church, Valletta VLT1415, -- purpose -- Charity Soiree.
The money we raise is going 1 - 1 to Catherine and the women shelter.
Thank you very much!

Am Camilleri

Aug 19th 2012, 13:32

Consider it done . . . and thank YOU.

Am Camilleri

Aug 18th 2012, 19:39

But the men are stubborn and won't change their ways - so what do you propose, oh wise one?

Ian (Mac) Adamia

Aug 18th 2012, 22:31

Mr Fenech, I am sure Sr Catherine would appreciate hearing your constructive and new ideas about educating families to not have babies. I am sure she would also value any time you could volunteer to help her. Did you want to start an Education Fund?

Charles Grixti

Aug 19th 2012, 07:28

@Am Camilleri

The women should be on the pill and supplied with a switch-blades and taught how to use them if men try to rape them.

Am Camilleri

Aug 19th 2012, 15:40

@ Mr Grixti - not sure how the men's mindset would change by women being on the pill . . . . but I can see how the possibility of having their tackle sliced off would, yes. However somehow I don't think Sr Farrugia would be able to provide the weapons nor the knowledge of how to use them.

Joe Fenech

Aug 18th 2012, 16:59

You put it very nicely. Ignorance has already led to the destruction of many communities. Unfortunately the busy bodies are going against nature.

Mr Edward Caruana Galizia

Aug 18th 2012, 21:27

Sure Victor, those poor young children who end up being infected had it coming I suppose, since they are not the "fittest" or "brightest" of the bunch.

What a load of nonsense Mr Borg. What arrogant assumptions you jump to. Why would you say that about people?

Ian (Mac) Adamia

Aug 18th 2012, 22:24

Mr Borg, the essence of the article was about charity / love towards victims of HIV/Aids, and their families. It is not about survival of the brightest, about condoms, or about raping virgin girls. Humans are not governed by the Law of Nature and instinct....humans have the ability to choose Compassion as the way of Life. How will you constructively help her effort? Your comment does not help.

Michel Bencini

Aug 18th 2012, 17:41

What are you actually trying to say?

Mr Edward Caruana Galizia

Aug 18th 2012, 21:53

This is what Mr Pule is saying:

People are like trees and HIV like fire. Sending missionaries to places where there are many people with HIV is a fools errand and a dangerous one at that because they risk getting burnt and we should just let these people burn in the fire of their own making as the rest of us just ride it all out from a safe distance, because we are more evolved, while doing some "feel good" acts of charity like being members of some philanthropic organization whose name escapes us but who sends us letters and emails every now and then to congratulate us on the donations we make.

Mr Pule's metaphor not only demonstrates his utter inhumane attitude to the rest of the world, which, if I didn't know better, I would say is also fueled by racist sentiments. He has also shown everyone how little he knows about HIV and AIDS.

Missionaries can't get HIV by helping these people. Someone can only get HIV by exchanging bodily fluids like blood and semen. The virus does not exist in sweat, spit, urine or tears, not even when the patient's viral load is high.

Also, let's not forget that we are talking about a very different country that has been put through hell and where education is not that high. You might not care about the carriers who are adults, but you have no idea what context they live their life in and have no reason to judge them. You also forget that a lot of people who are infected are victims of rape. As the article says, the virgin cure is about having unprotected sex with a virgin, female or child, to cure yourself. Should we just ignore those poor victims because, God Bless, we are so much better evolved than they are?

No, we are no different from other people in this world, be they Americans, Africans, Indian or Asian. Evolution-wise we are all the same. You, Mr Pule, are more of an evolution mistake than any of those sufferers. In a society that rejects racism and discrimination, not to mention a fascist approach to the world, do you really think you have much of a chance in getting anywhere in life? If I were your employer I would fire you straight away for not reflecting the values and principles of the developed world.

Oh and don't start harping on about "respect my opinion please". You don't even respect the lives of innocent women and children, so don't expect much from decent folk who, quite frankly, think your comment is revolting.

Pule' Carmel

Aug 20th 2012, 03:25

**Mr Edward Caruana Galizia. I am definitely not going to ask you, " Please respect my opinion please" and I knew well that emotions will run high and people would classify my comment as revolting, but sometimes in life one must not let emotions run too high for one's judgement is blurred.
I was a war baby and my parents had to face a war, as we had an ENEMY coming closer and closer to us. If that enemy reached our shores, most Maltese people would have been exterminated by the ENEMY in the most horrendous manner as were the Jews. Malta defended itself against the enemy through killing people.
The same ENEMY was attacking Britain which was led by Sir Winston Churchill. When his mathematicians deciphered the message that Manchester and Liverpool or Sheffield was to be attacked, he was faced with a decision, for if he vacated these cities, the Germans would have known that he had deciphered their Enigma codes and Churchill would have lost the war. So he decided not to vacate the British people from these cities and when the Germans attacked many people were killed. But eventually Churchill may have lost many of his own people, but he won the war.

At Pearl Harbour when the ENEMY attacked mercilessly, the American generals and Albert Einstein himself was involved in wondering what to do about such and Enemy and so two atomic bombs were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing many people. Peace was generated and now sixty years after those bombs were dropped, Hiroshima and Nagasaki have flourished into great success and we have relative peace in this world.
When my mother was in hospital, I was unnoticed and I heard the nurses saying, “Do not try and resuscitate her if she faints." On considering this statement in a hidden corner which I was occupying, I thought this was a kind statement rather than a cruel and a revolting one. So I accepted it in silence and I watched my own mother die while nurses did not resuscitate her.
When teachers in class have a proportion of their students, failing examinations, they do not provide a service to ensure that all the class passes to the next stage, but they leave their student to take their natural path in life. People do not call teachers revolting or unfair for this. Many religious people show emotions towards a dying man , but they seldom do anything to save him, except gaining a reputation for assisting people and being so kind! Emotions should be handled carefully and recognised when they are useful or not.
Enemies come in all shapes and sizes and in cases of HIV and other Enemies, all nations try to isolate these enemies, letting nature take its toll, hoping that the majority of people will be protected.
In case of the African Problems it is not only the HIV enemies people face but the political unrest are causing many people to come to our shores. We may help a few but there are MILLIONS WHO NEED HELP and I just wonder whom am I responsible for, to help and protect my Nation or to help other millions.
It appears that most people are not ready to leave our shores to go and protect Africa against political ENEMIES nor HIV ENEMIES and so it seems that we encourage the few sisters and religious people to go over there voluntarily and do their best, while Europe stands and watch, relatively speaking that is.
Obviously it is a hard decision to write what I wrote, but eventually after all the emotional feelings are printed on the Times and said in Political speeches, I AM SURE THAT THE AFRICAN CONTINENT will not be cured of its problems and the few religious volunteers will be struggling against a losing game, UNLESS WE ATTACK THE ENEMY IN ANOTHER MANNER.

Well, I wrote an opinion based on how some past fatal ENEMIES WERE DESTROYED to protect whole nations. As you said, it appears that I don't even respect the lives of innocent women and children, so I don't expect much from decent folk who, quite frankly, think that my comment is revolting. If this is the case I am sure that it is quite normal for many people to look at this side of the coin. Emotions blurr Logic.
Well yes, I do accept that in the manner in which it appears, but in that case I must classify myself as other revolting people as Albert Einstein who wrote to the American president informing him of the German Enemy, the Japanese Enemy and they developed an Atomic Bomb to rid the world of a cruel enemy. Other revolting people were people like Sir Winston Churchill who made decisions which killed his own people but saved Europe including Malta from a fatal Enemy.
There are medical doctors who sometimes need to decide which one of the twins to save, or do we save the mother or the child? In Dockyards I saw people caught under large machines and even ships that slipped on their blocks, and all you can do is watch and apply some pain relievers if you can apply them.
While society in general can afford to be emotional and religious people and teachers can afford to be emotional, there are situations on a National scale that need drastic decisions and such delicate decisions would be looked upon as being revolting. The leaders of any country will have to face such decisions sooner or later and when they reach such a point, one must consider carefully the balance and the consequences. In my life I had to make one or two decisions of high responsibility and I would not look forward to advice my Prime Minister whether to send the local Army to help Libya get out of its problems or to send the local army where some members could lose their lives, to assist in fighting the political enemies which are causing these thousands of immigrants to come to Malta. Sooner or later some drastic decisions will have to be taken, and I am sure there will be many who will call such decision makers revolting as they would look at the problem from a comfortable chair which they would lose if the Enemy comes any closer.
On looking at my career I must conclude that I am a very revolting man, working on explosives and British Torpedoes to be used in submarines to kill the enemy and save our nations. I must be so revolting to have tuned British Naval Guns to shoot at enemies to save nations from unknown destiny. I must be so revolting to have invented and sharpened tools and knives to amputate people’s arms and legs to save the rest of their bodies. Should I have refused to work on such destructive technology to save people from diverse enemies including cancers and diabetes! As an Engineer, when in the future I work on medical engineering equipment that is used in amputations, should I look upon myself as a revolting man for killing an offending part and saving a larger part of people’s bodies! Some of my decisions I take on my own while alone, and not even my wife ever knows what I decided for I find that most women are so emotional and sometimes a man has to decide, and carry that responsibility in silence through all his life.
Perhaps we should ask Professor Edward de Bono for some lateral thinking on the revolting decisions taken by people who saved the world from various destructive ENEMIES, but I assure you that many people prefer not to be responsible for acting some drastic revolting decisions, which no lateral thinking or emotions would ever solve.
Many educators make a fortune and success out of talking how to help handicapped children and includive education and politicians gains so much votes out of that because it causes the right emotions. But no one ever dreams of assisting the high fliers in a class who will one day generate wealth so that all those who need asssitance will get it. I do hope that my emotions will never block and blurr my vision as to recognise the power of an ENEMY when I see one, and I hope that I shall always resume to attack an enenmy rather than to start praying
May I finish by saying that in the times some women who got pregnant said, " we never did anything wrong!". BUt hey will never know how many fertilised eggs were killed in trying to make them a happy pregnant woman. Mr Caruana Galizia, I hope that you never come to some decisions which I had to face to help others!
On a lighter tone as it is Santa Maria festa. Some time ago one Prime minsiter asked me to assist him in solving a problem during the Santa Maria strike, The University was on strike and I was asked by this Prime Minister, " Would you work even if yo are on strike?"
" Well I said it depends on the type of problem I am required to work on, and if it anything connected with the University , I shall not help you , but if is not linked to the University and of a National nature, then I shall work on it!"
The Prime Minsiter said that it was of a national Interest and so I worked on the problem during the Santa Maria University strike. Some one leaked the confidentiality and all my colleagues not only called me revolting but they all sent me to Coventry and would not speak to me.
I kept all this confidential and took steps to conduct a procedure in silence. If things went wrong , some of the people who called me revolting and their families could easily have got hurt, but my decisions ensured safety for everyone in a particular locality in Malta. Up to this day I am still a revolting man to the people whose families I protected and probably saved.

Pule' Carmel

Aug 20th 2012, 03:48

Mr Edward Caruana Galizia. I forgot to include the correction to your interpretation of my message.

***People are like trees whose top part are matured and old. Through a NATURAL forest fire normally started through a lightning strike or high temperatures in hot weather, the top of the trees will die and dormant basal buds below the soil surface begin growth. ****

Please note that this is what happens in nature, for the good of the dormant basal buds of the same forest.
The basal buds I refered to were the children of the same nation.

I referred to no foreign assistance nor charities nor us riding it out from a safe distance nor feel good acts by me nor any donations nor racist sentiments on my part. You added all this for sensationalism. What I had in mind was a situation where I felt that, " Africa is at a stage where one has to be cruel to be kind!"

Please do not add any more than what nature depicts in the paragraph I copied from nature's ways, God's ways I would say. Nature is not revolting as you depicted me.
"Woody plants are adapted to fire by location of buds or protective bark. Most woody plants resprout if top growth or apical buds are killed. Once apical dominance is lost, dormant basal buds below the soil surface begin growth. Some woody plants such as eastern redcedar lack basal buds and do not resprout. The absence of the resprouting adaptation suggests that eastern redcedar did not develop an evolutionary adaptation to fire. Many woody plants have thick bark and are adapted to intense fire. Eastern cottonwood, post oak, and shortleaf pine are examples of fire tolerant woody plants. Shortleaf pine is one of the most fire adapted coniferous plants and one of the few conifer species that resprout after being top-killed. Woody plants greater than 8 inches in diameter at 4.5 feet above the ground generally do not resprout. Some woody plants like sumac (Rhus spp.) have rhizomes and basal buds that are an adaptation to fire and herbivory."

Pule' Carmel

Aug 20th 2012, 04:20

Mr Edward Caruana Galizia. I forgotten to add my own interpretation of what I wrote to dispel the sensationalism that your emotions added.

** People are like some mature old trees where in a natural forest fire,. their top weaknesses are destroyed by natural lighting strikes which start seasonal fires. When the fire is over, dormant basal buds below the soil surface begin growth.***

Please note that all this is a natural function where the weak parts are destroyed and the dormant basal buds below the soil are the new children of the same nation.
Your own sensationalism and emotions added racism, us riding it all out at a safe distance fools errands, our donations etc. I had no intension of all this and my only intension was to apply that well known saying, "sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind." like the amputations I mentioned which my sharp engineering instruments see to a good quick cut to lessen the pain tot he patient.
I hope that you appreciate that there are activites which not many people can decide upon.

This week I read about a couple who wrote a letter on the Times " But we did nothing wrong" as the lady was pregnant using IVF. Obviously the happy couple will never know how many eggs were fertilised so that she will become pregnant and how many were "lost" presumably killed or left to die! Perhaps there are decisions in my life I better not share with others as they contain "some cruelty to be kind" Incidentally in all the delicate decisions I made through my life, the kndness always outweighed the cruelty!

Was I wrong to have accepted a career to work on Armaments, Gun Control systems and Secret coding machines to transmit messages which invloves killing enemies? The world seem to be better for my work, even if it acts as a deterrent instead of an active killer or amputations of parts i a hospital!

Mr Edward Caruana Galizia

Aug 20th 2012, 09:54

Was there any need to put the word enemy in capital letters? Or say it over and over again? It felt like you were trying to preach fear and violence.

I was not emotional when I replied to your comment. In fact, your comment and self deprecating "I'm such a terrible person' makes you sound offended by what I said.

It is hardly suitable to compare a state of war to helping prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS. Whatever hard choices Mr Churchill or Einstien had to make, they have nothing to do with the situation in Africa.

I also found your attitude towards women almost medieval. Emotional and incapable of rational thought? Really? I know a lot of women who would beg to differ, and they would easily prove you wrong. But I will let them have that out with you.

In your defence of what you said you still haven't really proved that you were trying to say anything different from what I interpreted. People are not trees. We don't have bits of us that fall off and regrow. We don't reproduce by shedding acorns or branches.So letting them "burn", to use your comparisong, is hardly the solution needed. And HIV is not fire, in any way. Your fear of the situation has lead you to come to irrational comparisons.

Neither is Africa an infected limb that needs to be amputated.

Humans are emotional beings. We have learnt, over the course of millions of years of being on this planet, that it is the group that show compassion and understanding that survives. Your unfeeling solution would result in many people suffering while the rest of the world does nothing, out of fear, and watches an entire population die.

Your solution sounds more like Hitler's 3000 year plan than a human being's idea to save the planet.

Pule' Carmel

Aug 20th 2012, 12:34

About women, yes of course there are women who are capable of holding great responsibilities as men often do . But there are others men and women who prefer not to be put in situations where difficult decisions to be made. When a ship is sinking, we say, " Women and children first!" out of respect and other reasons, because that is best. When too many brave men died in war and women could not marry in a monogonous system, it was decided to let one man marry four women. It is out of respect we do such decisions, but many silly people turn good decisions into misuse.
With all the good intensions, if I had to ask people to go to Africa to help them solve their problems, I wonder how many people are prepared to go and actualy help rather than pray for them?
Irrispective how many do gooders I find around us, my exprerience is that eventually when some cruel enemy attack, many people are left alone for nature to take its toll. It is heartbraking but it seems nature meant it that way.
The most hearbreaking scenario I have seem in my life was when local Doctors and Surgeons whose own children were dying and they could not do anything about it, and they lost them. It is hearbreaking for anyone to lose a child but for a doctor who studies to save people, he too must accept that nature can kill.

There is not different between war and an epidemic,When the intensity grows high and the whole nation is threatened, difficult decisions will have to be taken. We do not do it before because when democratic elections come along politicians do not want to lose votes. Even less difficult decisions are shelved as the Illegal campers all over malta and the hunting irregularites would mean loss of votes in a political and religious circles. But if the epidemics run high in intensity, the average man will start running fast expecting someone to make a decision for him!
Incidentally when it comes to fighting enimies the last war indicated that the average pilot would fly about ten sorties before he was killed but Ace pilots ad Bue Burling from Canada who defended Malta had some human abilities to last much longer and kill more than others. Many human decisions require a quality that examinations in schools do not contain and that is one reason I prefer a student who does 3 A levels in one session rather than take them one at a time. To make decisions when the difficult situation arises, is not normally conducted by students who take their own time to solve a problem.
Life is occassionally difficult and thank God there are people who can shoulder difficult decisions.
Such difficult decisions I am referring to are not of the same level of difficulty as Memberof Parliaments and Judges making decisions as they will have UNCAPPED PENSIONS . If we keep thinking that Malta can go on like this we too are going to have an epidemic as France did and Libya did. At the moment the epidemic in Malta is not pressinig , but it will, including the number of immigrants from Africa Malta can take. Please do not accuse me of being a racist for my decisions are made onsheal logic which few people seem to undersatnd and it could be too late to correct other people's emotional mistakes!

Mr Edward Caruana Galizia

Aug 18th 2012, 23:53

I think that is the problem Mr Scicluna. The virus is often transmitted by people who will rape others to cure themselves. No rapist is going to stop to put on a condom.

stephen koludrovic

Aug 18th 2012, 13:27

We shall be spending approx 28 million euros just to accomodate 1700 immigrants in the detention centers for the next 18 months.

Try to imagine how many more people in true need would be saved if this amount of money was redirected to our true missionaries in Africa instead.

Richard Curmi

Aug 18th 2012, 13:06

Why don`t you go and teach it to them, besides, take a blank cheque to buy them the condoms too while you are at it.............

Sr Catherine, you humble the rest of us.

Wally Vella-Zarb

Aug 18th 2012, 13:54

Oh no!. That would make the 'big boss' quite irate. Vide Monty Python, "Meaning Of Life".

stephen koludrovic

Aug 18th 2012, 14:15

Condoms and the Catholic church don't go well together.

Ramon Casha

Aug 18th 2012, 17:33

@Richard Curmi: The condoms are available, but many won't use them because the priests tell them not to. Some have even resorted to telling them that condoms are pre-infected with AIDS, that they have holes in them for the virus to pass through, or that condoms cause AIDS. The last one was by the present pope. The others were the cardinal Trujillo (who has since died) and a bishop - so you can imagine what individual priests are preaching.

So you see, I think my question is very pertinent. Prevention is better than cure, and condoms have proven to be the most effective way of preventing the spread of AIDS.

Am Camilleri

Aug 18th 2012, 19:18

This is what the present Pope said, Ramon - that the use of condoms "is not really the way to deal with the evil of HIV infection," but they could be used "in the intention of reducing the risk of infection."
Now Sr Farrugia says the men are very stubborn and not willing to change their mindset - so do you really think they won't use condoms because a priest tells them not to??? Also the good sister makes no mention of condoms - use of or not - but considering the whole article, can't you give her a little praise or encouragement for her work - or perhaps you think the promotion of condom use would be much more effective in encouraging these people to change their behaviour as well as prevent child rape?

Richard Curmi

Aug 18th 2012, 20:20

@Ramon Casha,
my message to you wasn`t about what is preached, or what is right ,or what is wrong. I see ,you weren`t able to understand it. You really should take some time to look up what "humble means.

You are blinded by your Anti-Christian sentiment.

Ramon Casha

Aug 19th 2012, 05:41

@Am Camilleri: He may have said those words, but he also said: "(AIDS) cannot be overcome by the distribution of condoms. On the contrary, they increase the problem".

http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/03/17/idUSLH936617._CH_.2400

Yes, Ms. Farrugia makes no mention of condoms, which is why my comment above is a question. If, in her work in Africa, she also encourages people to use condoms, or at least just telling them that yes, they are effective at preventing AIDS, my metaphorical hat goes off to her.

David Seychell

Aug 19th 2012, 07:07

@Ramon Casha

The Church teach that one should only have sex when he is married. What is fueling aids is not the Church teachings, but homosexual sex and promiscuity which are both agaisnt the Church teachings. Had everybody followed the Church's doctrine about marriage and fidelity, AIDS would have probably been history by now.

Richard Curmi

Aug 19th 2012, 14:23

@Ramon Casha
You even address Sr Farrugia as Ms. You cannot even be humble enough to respect that ,and irrespective of what you say, those are here teachings and she cannot go against it. That is your downfall, you have no respect for other's teachings.


As for the rest of us telling them to use condoms, I do agree with you on that, but, and it is a big but, you have to respect others opinion to be respected. .

As I said in the first post, go out yourself and teach them to use condoms , not attack, or put a blunt question from behined a screen to a person like Sr Cathrine who has made so much sacrifice during her life.

Don`t be a bigot Mr Casha!

Am Camilleri

Aug 19th 2012, 16:00

That's right and he never said that condoms cause AIDS.
Anyway why do you object to people getting better without the mention of condoms?

David Seychell

Aug 20th 2012, 11:58

@Ramon Casha
He may have said those words, but he also said: "(AIDS) cannot be overcome by the distribution of condoms. On the contrary, they increase the problem".

If you want to understand what he meant there, take a look here

http://cnsnews.com/blog/susan-e-wills/evidence-science-backs-pope-s-assertion-against-condom-use-stem-hiv-aids-africa

"The condoms are available, but many won't use them because the priests tell them not to."

It is true that many don't use them because priests tell them not to, but these people are the ones who do not need to use condoms to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS. These are the people who do as priests tell them to. These are the Catholics who follow the Church teachings, namely, no sex before marriage and then remain faithful to their husband/wife. Those who need to use condom to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS are the other ones: Those who do not care about what the priests say. More specifically, those who commit adultery. Those who engage in high risk sex like man to man sex and those who are promiscuous. These people who do not follow the Church Teachings, may or may not use condoms but when they don't use them it certainly isn't because they give a hoot about what priests say.

Martin Saliba

Aug 18th 2012, 13:04

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/17/pope-africa-condoms-aids

Am Camilleri

Aug 18th 2012, 19:45

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/21/pope-benedict-condoms-hiv-infection

Ian (Mac) Adamia

Aug 18th 2012, 22:07

Sr Catherine focus would of course be on the side of charity / love and treatment of victims and their families. Surely we could $$$upport her in this work and leave the matter of prevention and education to be secondary ....and maybe to others.

Christa D. Wiegand

Aug 18th 2012, 23:34

Hi Joseph,
Sr. Catherine will be pleased to hear that. She is here in her holiday which she can take only every 3 years.
That was the point of the article to show her respect for the work she is doing.