Sister Leonella had worked for nearly 40 years in Kenya and Somalia. She had served the weakest and the neediest. She gave of herself to others without regard for their religion or race.
As a true scholar and good teacher, the Pope mined the field of historical research for a dramatic example to make his point: reason and faith cannot be divorced...
Once the human person is no longer seen as made in the image and likeness of God, then life itself has no guarantee. The vulnerable, the weak, the enemy lose their right to live if they interfere with our way of life.