Before travelling to East Timor, I went to a bank to exchange euros for US dollars. The clerk said to me:
‘Are you going to spend Christmas or New Year's Eve in Times Square?’
‘No,’ I replied, ‘there probably isn't room for the Baby Jesus to be born there.’ I'm going to spend Christmas a few metres from the Tíbar rubbish dump, on which many families still depend, with many boys and girls who need to be sent to school so that one day they can try to break out of the cycle of poverty.
She swallowed hard and wished me a good trip.

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Ataque chocante no Capuchin Day Centre em Dublin: Frade brasileiro Ademir Marques esfaqueado durante o café da manhã. Felizmente, ferimento superficial. Solidariedade em ação. #Solidariedade #Capuchinhos #Dublin

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