20 years after her murder, slain US missionary’s legacy endures in Brazil
March 05, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Vatican News, the agency of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, has examined the legacy of Sister Dorothy Stang (1931-2005), a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur who was murdered in Brazil.
“Our congregation’s charism [is] to live with the poor among the poor,” said Sister Jane Dwyer, who worked alongside her in the Amazon basin. Large landowners, she said, would “would shoot at [the poor] and destroy their houses. Even the police were against us. But the people resisted and with the help of Dorothy, they forced the authorities to recognize their property rights.”
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