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Saint Sophronius the Sophist
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The Seven Founders of the Servite Order
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In...
Saint John Baptist of the Conception – The Reformer of the Trinitarians
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The Incorrupt Life of Saint Catherine de Ricci
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Homily at the Mass of Blessed Josephine Bakhita
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY
TO BENIN, UGANDA AND KHARTOUM (SUDAN)
EUCHARISTIC CONCELEBRATION
IN HONOR OF BLESSED JOSEPHINE BAKHITA
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II
Green Square, Khartoum (Sudan)
Wednesday, 10 February 1993
"Come...
