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On August 20, 1914, he put two teenagers, Desiderio Costa and Tito Armani, to work in a small pressroom under the guidance of a printer friend of his. Thus began the "Little
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On the night of 31 December 1900, the night that divided the 19th and 20th centuries, he prayed for five hours before the
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the Way, the Truth, and the Life" through the most modern means of communications, press, cinema, television, radio and other modern media.
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