What is Sœur Emmanuelle?
{{Infobox Person | image = Sœur Emmanuelle.jpg | image_size = 200px | | name = Sœur Emmanuelle | caption = Sœur Emmanuelle in 2003 | birth_date = {{birth date|1908|11|16}} | birth_place = [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|10|20|1908|11|16}} | death_place = Callian, Var, [[France]] | occupation = Nun and humanitarian }} '''Sœur Emmanuelle''' (born '''Madeleine Cinquin''', November 16, 1908 – October 20, 2008) was a [[Belgium|Belgian]]-born [[France|French]] [[nun]]. She was born in [[Brussels]], Belgium, the daughter of a family that made [[underwear|lingerie]]. At the age of six she saw her father drown. She learned at the [[Sorbonne]], earning a [[Degree (school)|degree]] in [[philosophy]]. In 1929 she made a religious promise and became a nun. She worked in Notre-Dame de Sion high school in [[İstanbul]] in 1930s. In 1971 she saw how poorly trash [[wikt:collect|collectors]] in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] were doing, and decided to live with them. She stayed until 1993, when she went back to [[France]]. After she went back, she became very [[famous]] in France and was liked by [[audience]]s and [[talk-show]] hosts. Besides her work with the poor, she is also known for having had [[view]]s that are not like how [[religion]] normally is, such as being for the use of [[birth control]] and being for the idea of [[priest]]s to [[marriage|marry]]. She has been voted one of the most popular people in [[France]], and has been compared to [[Mother Teresa]]. (Although she does not agree with this [[wikt:comparison|comparison]]). In 2003, French [[television]] [[broadcasting|broadcast]] ''Soeur Emmanuelle: An exceptional woman''. She died on 20 October 2008. ''Les Amis de Soeur Emmanuelle'' (The Friends of Sister Emmanuelle) is a [[charitable organization]] based in Brussels. == Other websites == * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/silly/story/0,,1277790,00.html 95-year-old nun is France's favourite woman] * {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.asmae.fr/www/index.php?id=18 De Madeleine C