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Sisters begin missionary work with migrants on Lesbos
August 19, 2020
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CWN Editor's Note: In 2016, Pope Francis visited the Greek island of Lesbos (Lesvos), to which thousands of refugees have fled (map). Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini founded the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) in 1887 to assist migrants and refugees.
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