On a day global news networks and the social media were dominated by reports of the devastating effects of chemical weapons in Syria, gloating remarks arising from the United States' dropping of what it termed "mother of all bombs" in Afghanistan and bizarre tales about the discovery of billions in a Lagos apartment, nothing can be more sobering than spending Easter Sunday among the infirm and those dedicated to their care. Such was the experience last Sunday at the Little Sisters of the Poor's Home for the Elderly, Awkunanaw, in Enugu, where Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi had elected - typically, as a matter of fact, to worship. The greed, hate and conceit that underlie the events recalled above were in stark contrast to the selfless love shown by the reverend sisters to their elderly wards. Indeed, the way the reverend sisters easily care for people who were complete strangers to them stands as a beacon in a world where empathy has gone so terribly cold. How of
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