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Father Opeka, CM, meets Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano
We share this message we received from Fr. Pedro Opeka, a vincentian missionary in Madagascar, who, during his visit to Barcelona (Spain), had the opportunity to meet and share moments with two world football stars: Dear friends of Akamasoa! This morning we had the...![‘City of friendship’ unites poor of Madagascar, Argentina](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/03/pope-francis-and-pedro-opeka-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
‘City of friendship’ unites poor of Madagascar, Argentina
According to Argentine missionary Father Pedro Opeka, “it will be very difficult to rebuild” after the country was hit by four cyclones with winds of 130 miles per hour.
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Catholic missionary priest nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
The Prime Minister of Slovenia, has announced that he nominated Opeka for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for his dedication to “helping people living in appalling living conditions.”
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Learning From a Vincentian Nobel Prize Nominee
A Vincentian priest has made it his life’s work to “go out to the margins” of society and try to restore dignity to the “living scraps” of a “throwaway culture”. Pedro Opeka CM, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize… again.