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3. Terrible that her family didn't come forward, and the way she died, helpless and hated. This was the

Sat Dec 28, 2013, 02:16 AM

Dec 2013

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right thing to do, but makes me cry anyway. Good on them for showing her the respect in death she could not get in life. And for standing up for the unpopular and homeless.

There is the statute of the homeless Jesus sleeping on a park bench. And a lot of such people are beaten to death in this country. Humanity can do so much better than this,

The Jesuits are making a social justice statement and following their own beliefs. It's time for a change.

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Such beauty coming from such awfulness MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #1

The interview was heartbreaking, though I didn't understand the language mountain grammy Dec 2013 #2

Terrible that her family didn't come forward, and the way she died, helpless and hated. This was the freshwest Dec 2013 #3

+1000 Maynar Dec 2013 #4

Very well said. Shandris Dec 2013 #5

So true. mountain grammy Dec 2013 #6

+1 redqueen Dec 2013 #9

IRL, you have to take the good with the bad, and make alliances. Online, one can be a purist. Saving freshwest Dec 2013 #10

Unbelievably tragic story. And it is so sad that no family member would come forward on her behalf. sabrina 1 Dec 2013 #7

k&r HappyMe Dec 2013 #8

Poor woman LittleBlue Dec 2013 #11