AsiaNews: Catholics in Sri Lanka and elsewhere are in mourning for the death of Rita Perera who died on 27 May at the age of 73.
To those who knew her as ‘Sister Rita’ or “the Mother Teresa of Sri Lanka”, she was a great woman “who lived her entire life loving her neighbours, and bringing consolation to hundreds of poor, sick and lonely people without discrimination.”
Rita Perera was very young when she took her vows in the Order of the Sisters of Charity, serving as a teacher. However, in the 1960s she was forced to give up her vows due to serious health ailments. Over the years, she underwent 15 operations. Read more here.
