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- Rev. Vincent Souly visited 90-year-old parishioner Carlo Martini in Prato hospital.
- Souly has served the mountainous province of Prato, Tuscany, for 15 years.
- He was born in Burkina Faso, ordained in Ivory Coast, and now holds Italian citizenship.
- Souly says his Italian passport does not always make others see him as Italian.
- He prefers being called an “African priest” rather than “priest of color.”
