{"id":66356,"date":"2025-10-15T23:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T23:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=66356"},"modified":"2025-10-15T23:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T23:54:08","slug":"father-kontehs-mission-healing-sierra-leones-wounds-through-faith-and-caritas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/father-kontehs-mission-healing-sierra-leones-wounds-through-faith-and-caritas\/","title":{"rendered":"La missione di Padre Konteh: guarire le ferite della Sierra Leone attraverso la fede e la Caritas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Father Peter Konteh, a Catholic priest in Sierra Leone, is the subject of a new book called \u201cSent to Heal a Wounded Nation: The Story of Father Peter Konteh.\u201d \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Peter Konteh CNA Staff, Oct 12, 2025 \/ 06:00 am (CNA). Sierra Leone is a small, west African country located along the Atlantic Ocean known for its rich cultural heritage, diverse landscapes, and complex history. Despite enduring a brutal civil war from 1991 to 2002,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father Peter Konteh, a Catholic priest in Sierra Leone, is the subject of a new book called \u201cSent to Heal a Wounded Nation: The Story of Father Peter Konteh.\u201d \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Peter Konteh CNA Staff, Oct 12, 2025 \/ 06:00 am (CNA). Sierra Leone is a small, west African country located along the Atlantic Ocean known for its rich cultural heritage, diverse landscapes, and complex history. Despite enduring a brutal civil war from 1991 to 2002,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":66686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-66356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38778,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/catholic-church-strives-to-reduce-violence-in-mexico\/","url_meta":{"origin":66356,"position":0},"title":"Catholic Church strives to reduce violence in Mexico","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Maggio 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Bishop Francisco Javier Acero with the mothers of the disappeared and priests. \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of Bishop Acero Puebla, Mexico, May 23, 2025 \/ 08:00 am (CNA). 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