Sister Candida Bellotti
Before Her Death at Age 110 on May 27, 2017
She Entered the Congregation of the Ministers of the Sick
Of St. Camillus de Lellis, Who Selected a Large Red Cross
To Distinguish the Members of His Order
It Was from This Catholic Congregation
That the Secular Red Cross Took Its Emblem
On May 27, 2017, one of the long-living nuns in the world, Candida Bellotti, died in Lucca, Italy, at 110 years of age. In 1931, under Pope Pius XI, she entered the Congregation of the Ministers of the Sick (Ministeri Infirmaribus) of St. Camillus, whose members are known as the Camillians. St. Camillus de Lellis (1550-1614) selected a large red cross to distinguish the members of his order. It was from this Catholic congregation that the secular organization known as the International Red Cross took its emblem.
Sr. Candida was born on February 20, 1907, and was baptized in the (traditional) Roman Catholic Church. She served the congregation as a professional nurse. Candida lived under five (traditional) Roman Catholic popes: St. Pius X (1903-1914), Benedict XV (1914-1922), Pius XI (1922-1939), Pius XII (1939-1958), and John XXIII (1958-1963), until, on November 21, 1964, the Newchurch of the New Order replaced the Roman Catholic Church as the "institutional" Church. [Some information for this Commentary was contributed by the Zenit News Service.]
True Catholics, since 1964 the Newchurch of the New Order has wiped out or virtually wiped out every congregation of religious sisters and brothers, who in the past had been the world's most outstanding educators, nurses, and missionaries. Very few young men and women wish to serve a Newchurch that is not Catholic, one that denies doctrinal truth, moral precepts, and the call of Christ to teach and baptize all nations in the true, traditional Catholic Faith. The spurious and corrupt Newchurch is, therefore, rapidly dying before the eyes of the world.
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