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"Our journey of faith requires that we accompany our brothers and sisters who migrate, voluntary or forced.... We have a profound sense of friendship and empathy." These words from Church leaders in Bangladesh are a call to action in facing the crisis of the more than one million Rohingyas who have fled across the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh and now live in refugee camps between the two countries. Read more in this FIDES missionary news service story.

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THIS WEEK IN THE POPE'S MISSIONS - AUGUST 13, 2019

'Be God's instruments of healing'

Continuing his teaching on the Acts of the Apostles during the weekly General Audience, Pope Francis focused August 7 on the first account of healing in that Scripture book (Acts 3:3-6), Peter and John's healing of the paralytic man. Read more of the Pope's reflection ~ and the call to each of us to be the hand of Jesus in our world ~ in this Vatican News story.

BANGLADESH 'It is urgent to face the Rohingya crisis'

Sisters at the Canossa Health and Social Center are providing treatment for tuberculosis, and helping malnourished children. This MISSIO project is just $415 away ~ just 17 people giving $25 would do it! ~ from support it needs to collect food, and pay for the necessary equipment and medications. ROME The miracle of snow in summer    Find out why "snow" falls every year in the middle of summer in Rome ~ and exactly where that happens in this RomeReports video story.

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