“In Ethiopia I really understood the Gospel.”

— Angelo Moreschi

Abba Angelo: A Life for Ethiopia https://zenit.org/2012/06/01/abba-angelo-a-life-for-ethiopia/ (1 June 2012)

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Italian Catholic Bishop 1952–2020

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