— In the rural Mississippi community they served, two nuns found slain in their home “would do anything for anybody,” friends said. Their vocation was helping the poor,” said Plata, who oversees a 35-member Catholic church the sisters attended. The two nuns provided almost all the care at the clinic and cultivated relationships with drug company representatives, who often left extra free samples, according to clinic manager Lisa Dew. It’s going to be rough.”Authorities didn’t release a motive and it wasn’t clear if the nuns’ religious work had anything to do with the slayings. The Catholic community in Mississippi is relatively small.

Source: National Post August 26, 2016 13:52 UTC