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New superior general for Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
July 09, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Participants in the 16th general assembly of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) have elected Father Francesco Rapacioli, a missionary in Bangladesh, as their new superior general.
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