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Sister María del Carmen, a Mexican Combonian missionary who served in Sudan. / Credit: Ana Paula Morales/ACI PrensaACI Prensa Staff, Mar 14, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).Sister María del Carmen Galicia, a Mexican nun of the Comboni Missionary Sisters who worked in Sudan, an African country with a 97% Muslim population, stressed that "peaceful coexistence" is possible between the followers of Islam and Christianity.Speaking with ACI Prensa, CNA s Spanish-language news partner, the nun related that Muslims "come, attend, and participate" in Catholic celebrations, such as marriages and confirmations."Then, when it s Ramadan," the month dedicated by Muslims to prayer and intense fasting during the day until sunset, "they also invited us to eat with them" in the evenings.Galicia explained that she lived in the Nuba Mountains region in central Sudan."It [was] an abandoned, isolated area: There are no roads, there s no electricity, there s no water, the

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