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Suffering from leprosy, he “cleared the road to Heaven” for others

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Robert Naoussi à son arrivée à la léproserie de la Dibamba, 1969.

Marthe Taillée - published on 05/22/22
Robert Naoussi offered his life for the happiness of everyone around him.

It was October 1, 1970, 12:15 a.m. In the heart of a tropical night, the bells of the Dibamba leprosarium, in the west of Cameroon, rang out. Outside, the patients were singing and dancing. At the age of 23, Robert Naoussi had just given his soul back to God. "St. Therese of Lisieux came to get him," Fr. Raymond, who accompanied him during his illness, would later write. It’s a joyful image of all that Robert sowed in that place, where an inexplicable peace still reigns today. 

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