How to Pronounce Irmã Dulce Pontes
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May 26, 1914 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Died on 13 Mar 1992 (aged 77)
Brazilian Catholic Franciscan Sister
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About Irmã Dulce Pontes
- Dulce Pontes, also known as Saint Dulce of the Poor (26 May 1914 – 13 March 1992) was a Brazilian Catholic Franciscan Sister who was the founder of the Obras Sociais Irmã Dulce also known as the Charitable Works Foundation of Sister Dulce. In 1949, she started caring for the poorest of the poor in her convent's chicken yard in Salvador, Bahia.
- Today, more than 3,000 people arrive every day at this same site (where the Santo Antônio Hospital now stands) to receive free medical treatment.
- She also established CESA, a school for the poor in Simões Filho, one of the most impoverished cities in the state of Bahia. At the time of her death in 1992, Sister Dulce had been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, she had received two personal audiences with Pope John Paul II, and she had, almost single-handedly, created one of the largest and most respected philanthropic organizations in Brazil.
- She was named the most admired woman in the history of Brazil by O Estado de S.
- Paulo newspaper and the most influential religious person in Brazil during the 20th century, by ISTOÉ magazine.Her work has made her a candidate for sainthood in the Catholic Church.
- On 22 May 2011 she was beatified with papal approval by Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo.
- On May 13, 2019, Pope Francis, during an audience given to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Prefect Giovanni Angelo Becciu, recognized the second miracle needed to officially canonize her as a saint.
- The Congregation of Saints decree was afterwards signed by Pope Francis, thus officially making her a saint at a later date.
- It was announced on July 1, 2019 that Dulce would be canonized with four others on 13 October 2019.
