If I were to meet those men who abducted me, or even those … - Josephine Bakhita

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If I were to meet those men who abducted me, or even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for it that hadn’t happened, I would not be a Christian and a religious today.

Josephine Bakhita

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Josephine Margaret Bakhita (ca. 1869 – 8 February 1947) was a Sudanese-Italian Canossian nun who lived in Italy for 45 years, after having been a slave in Sudan. In 2000 she was declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

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Alternative Names: Giuseppina Bakhita • Josephine Margaret Bakhita • Santa Giuseppina Bakhita

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I pity them! No doubt they were unaware of the anguish they caused me. They were the masters and I was the slave. Just as it is natural for us to do good, so it is natural for them to behave as they did behave to me. They did so out of habit, not out of wickedness.

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