November 20, 2016
Promoting reconciliation and forgiveness, Salesians remain in Syria
DAMASCUS 鈥 Fr. Alejandro Le贸n is a Salesian missionary who has lived more than 13 years in the Middle East, and in Syria since 2011 鈥 precisely when its civil war began. He has said that being there during the war is 鈥 a sign of mercy and the love of God,鈥 even though it involves risking his own life and often being close to death.
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