Camillian - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 01 Jun 2017 02:09:28 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Camillian - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Ten popes later, world's oldest Sister dies https://cathnews.co.nz/2017/06/01/popes-sister-camillian/ Thu, 01 Jun 2017 07:55:51 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=94646 The world's oldest Sister, Candida Bellotti, has died at her Italian convent. She was 110. A professional nurse and since 1931 a "Camillian" - that is, a member of the Congregation of the Ministers of the Sick of Saint Camillus, Sister Candida lived under 10 popes. They were: Pius X (1903-1914); Benedict XV (1914-1922); Pius Read more

Ten popes later, world's oldest Sister dies... Read more]]> The world's oldest Sister, Candida Bellotti, has died at her Italian convent. She was 110.

A professional nurse and since 1931 a "Camillian" - that is, a member of the Congregation of the Ministers of the Sick of Saint Camillus, Sister Candida lived under 10 popes.

They were:

  • Pius X (1903-1914); Benedict XV (1914-1922); Pius XI (1922-1939);
  • Pius XII (1939-1958); John XXIII (1958-1963); Paul VI (1963-1978);
  • John Paul I (1978; John Paul II (1978-2005);
  • Benedict XVI (2005-2013); and Pope Francis (from 2013). Read more
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