U.S. first lady meets children at Missionaries of Charity home

Published: 2006-03-03

NEW DELHI (CNS) -- Amid tight security, U.S. first lady Laura Bush visited a Missionaries of Charity home for handicapped children in the Indian capital. "The first lady was extremely pleased with her visit," Peter Watkins, spokesman for Laura Bush, told Catholic News Service March 2. Watkins said that after visiting the sick children at Jeevan Jyothi (Flame of Life), the first lady told the nuns she was impressed by "how you have changed the lives of these children." He quoted her as saying, "I thank you for loving these children." The first lady accompanied President George W. Bush on his first visit to India, where he signed a nuclear energy agreement with India. If Congress supports the agreement, the United States would share its nuclear intelligence and fuel with the country.

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