On India-Pakistan border, nuns endure hardships and conflict to care for all

Sr. Lilly Thomas of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary assists in a surgery at St. Joseph Community Hospital in the Jammu-Srinagar Diocese, India. (Umar Manzoor Shah)

In a conflict-afflicted region where religion-based social divisions also exist, Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs line up outside the Catholic hospital — the only charitable health care facility for the poor — with equal trust.

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Sr. Lilly Thomas of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary assists in a surgery at St. Joseph Community Hospital in the Jammu-Srinagar Diocese, India. (Umar Manzoor Shah)

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Srs. Flor Montoja Manga (second from left) and Linlee Vios (center) of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ share smiles with their lay collaborators at the St. Maria De Mattias Mission Center in Quezon City. Together, they run the clinic that has served the poor for more than 30 years through faith, compassion, and community partnership. (Oliver Samson)

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Sr. Lilly Thomas of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary assists in a surgery at St. Joseph Community Hospital in the Jammu-Srinagar Diocese, India. (Umar Manzoor Shah)

On India-Pakistan border, nuns endure hardships and conflict to care for all

In a conflict-afflicted region where religion-based social divisions also exist, Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs line up outside the Catholic hospital — the only charitable health care facility for the poor — with equal trust.

Srs. Flor Montoja Manga (second from left) and Linlee Vios (center) of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ share smiles with their lay collaborators at the St. Maria De Mattias Mission Center in Quezon City. Together, they run the clinic that has served the poor for more than 30 years through faith, compassion, and community partnership. (Oliver Samson)

Filipino sisters care for bodies, souls of poor in Quezon City health clinic

For over three decades, The Adorers of the Blood of Christ sisters have given affordable health care, comfort and compassion to the poor and marginalized of metro Manila at St. Maria De Mattias Mission Center.

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From left: Sr. Maureen Mofu, and Roiness and Aaron Chimfwembe at St. Dominic's Mission Hospital in Ndola, Zambia. The Chimfwembes participate in the SMART Couples Methodology program, facilitated by the Dominican Sisters of the Sacred Heart under the Ndola Diocese. (GSR photo/Derrick Silimina)

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