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== Health problems, death and burial ==
[[File:Memorial Irmã Dulce, objetos pessoais.jpg|thumb|left|Her room at OSID headquarters, preserved as a memorial after
During the last 30 years of her life, Pontes's lungs were highly impaired and she had only 30% breathing capacity. In 1990, her respiratory problems began to worsen and she was hospitalized. It was in her sick bed that she received the visit of [[Pope John Paul II]] (whom she had met, for the first time, in 1980).
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