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Barnabite Father Giovanni Scalese holds a baggage trolley, right, as he arrives with five Missionaries of Charity nuns at Rome's Fiumicino airport Aug. 25, 2021, after the group was evacuated from Afghanistan. Father Scalese, who was head of the sole Catholic mission in Afghanistan, told the Vatican newspaper that now is a time of waiting for God to indicate a new path for the missionary church in Afghanistan. (CNS photo/ANSA)
Barnabite Father Giovanni Scalese holds a baggage trolley, right, as he arrives with five Missionaries of Charity nuns at Rome's Fiumicino airport Aug. 25, 2021, after the group was evacuated from Afghanistan. Father Scalese, who was head of the sole Cath