A Catholic missionary father sits outside a thatch hut, leaning in to show a crucifix to an elderly woman. A small child sits nearby. The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Missions des Oblats de Marie Immaculee" "Zoulous - "Bonne grand'mere, sais-tu bien pourquoi quelqu'un a sur cette coix, les deux bras eternellement etendus et son coeur eternellement ouvert?"
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