Italy: new Caritas centre opens in town recovering from earthquake

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Italy: new Caritas centre opens in town recovering from earthquake

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

Caritas Italy is launching a new community centre tomorrow, in an area devastated by a powerful earthquake in 2009. The disaster killed 309 people. Many more were injured and hundreds lost their homes. Continue reading

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