‘Pakistan’s Mother Teresa’ honoured with state funeral
World Watch Monitor Dr Ruth Pfau. PICTURE: Maik Meid/Flickr/CC BY-ND 2.0 For the first time in the recent history of Pakistan, a Christian, who is actually a German but adopted Pakistan has her homeland, is being honoured with a state funeral. Dr Ruth Pfau, who was 87, died on 10th August. Pakistan’s new Prime Minister, […]
World mourns passing of Ruth Pfau, Pakistan’s “Mother Teresa”
The world is mourning the death of German-born Catholic nun and physician, Dr Ruth Pfau, who, known as Pakistan’s ‘Mother Teresa’, played an instrumental role in combatting leprosy in the nation. Dr Pfau’s order – the Daughters of the Heart of Mary – announced she died in a hospital in Karachi at the age of […]