more on sister dorothy, from someone who met and talked with her

(i posted a story a bit ago when this first happened. her killer said he killed the 70+ nun in 'self-denfense'. he thought she was reaching for a gun. it was a bible by the way) a true hero. she stood her ground for over 30 years. not only protecting the rain forest itself, but the people who NEEDED it to live

The nun who died for the Amazon
By Tom Gibb BBC News, Brazil
The case of murdered nun and activist Dorothy Stang has brought into sharp focus the vigilante violence that accompanies the destruction of Brazil's rainforest.
On first appearance, Dorothy Stang - who was 71 when I met her - looked very much the little old lady, as she welcomed us into her small house.
She had snow-white hair, large glasses, red cheeks and a large smile.
But there was also a glint in her eye which suggested convictions and commitment, great strength.
As soon as I sat down she looked straight at me and asked in her quiet voice: "So, whose side are you on?"
Sister Dorothy had no doubt about her place in the battle-lines drawn over the future of the Amazon. She was, she said, for the interests of the huge majority of poor Brazilians who live there.
Sometimes, almost in a whisper, she talked passionately about 30 years she had spent trying to improve the lives of penniless settlers moving into the Amazon, teaching them to live with the forest rather than destroy it.
She described the logging companies coming to the remote town of Anapu where she lived, cutting down the forest illegally. And she talked about corruption.
This was the story I was investigating. ............