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The fourth edition of Sulle rotte del mondo (On the Routes of the World) is back, a precious opportunity for confrontation and dialogue, an opportunity that missionaries, in their own countries of origin, are often unable to seize. An event that makes Trentino itself cohesive and active: almost 50,000 Trentino people, distributed in more than 270 associations, who often join the work of the more than 500 Trentino missionaries still active in the most difficult areas of the globe. And beware: even in countries with very high levels of development today, enormous pockets of poverty persist.
This year we are talking about Europe, although in reality this edition, symbolically closing the tour of the continents, constitutes a 'collective embrace' to all our missionaries.
We know that Europe, too, is not exempt from contradictions and problems, and this is why Trentino solidarity is also present here. In the scenario of the Balkans and the countries of the former USSR, first and foremost, where the initiatives are part of a process that involves a whole series of actors, institutional and otherwise, at various levels, which unlike others have not been dismantled when the emergency generated by the conflicts is over, but last over time, consolidating.
In these actions and in the interweaving of the relations arising from them, Trentino has much to give and just as much to receive. Starting with a renewed enthusiasm for the ability of cultures and religions to dialogue, to build bridges.
After Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania, Europe closes the geographical cycle of Rotte. However, this stage will not mark the end of the journey that the Province, the Archdiocese and the Trentino volunteer world have set in motion. On the contrary, it will be the occasion to take stock of the situation and to start again with renewed conviction and enthusiasm for the next stages of a journey that will continue in the coming years.
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