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Father John T. S. Mao, director of the Ishih Catholic News Service, rear, second left, is shown visiting the chief of the Aborigines, left, and his three princesses at Sun-Moon Lake, Formosa, Taipeh. With Father Mao are four Chinese nuns of the Society of the Immaculate Heart. Religion News Service file photo

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