"Open the door of the domestic Church and of the big family of the Church, so that nobody in the world is without a family and the Church is the family for everyone. You must take charge of the service of deacons so that the Church becomes the home of people who suffer."
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"The Church becomes the home of people who suffer": Cardinal Tong to the new permanent deacons (20 July 2012) Fides News Agency
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