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Rome prays for China

The call issued in Benedict XVI's letter to Chinese Catholics for a Day of Prayer for China was answered in Rome, and the Pontifical Urbanianum University held the first meeting of Catholics of Sino-Italian descent. The Coordinator of the Italian...

from YouTube on Fri, May 30 2008

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