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ITALY Donating a Book Doubles Its Worth
From 22-30 October 2016, more than a thousand Italian book stores (including 20 FSP Book and Media Centers) participated in the second edition of an initiative promoted by …
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About 10,000 people flocked to Rome from all over the world to participate in the Jubilee for Choirs and Liturgical Animators, which took place from 21-23 October 2016. …
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Feast of the Divine Master
Sr. Anna Maria Parenzan, Superior General
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GERMANY Frankfurt Book Fair
The Frankfurt Book Fair–the world’s most important international publishing event–took place from 19-23 October this year. The Fair is an ideal “show window” for thousands of publishing houses…
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ITALY Paper Arcades 2016
From 8-9 October 2016, Turin celebrated the 10th edition of its annual open-air book fair, entitled Paper Arcades. The world’s longest “book center,” the display wound through the arcades …
Read more » ITALY St. Brochero: the “Gaucho Priest”
“Woe to the devil if he tries to steal a soul from me!” exclaimed José Gabriel Brochero, an Argentine parish priest known to everyone as el Cura Crochero, “the Gaucho priest,” who was canonized on 16 October along with several other Blesseds….
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