Sister Emmanuelle, a Belgian-born nun who dedicated her life to fighting poverty in poor countries, has died at the age of 99.
In the 1970s and 1980s, she devoted herself to helping poor children in the slums of the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
She focused on the health and education of children, often working with pregnant young girls.
She was often outspoken in questioning Vatican policy, especially in relation to contraception.
She died early on Monday 20th October 2008 at her home in the French southern town of Callian, one month short of her 100th birthday.
In her life memoir, published in...