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LOPES (Fr. Félix). MISSÕES Franciscanas em Moçambique: 1898-1970. Braga. 1972. - LOPES (Fr. Félix) MISSÕES Franciscanas em Moçambique: 1898-1970 . Braga: Editorial Franciscana, 1972. 656 pp.; 225 mm. Institutional and apostolic history of the Franciscan presence in Mozambique from the re-establishment of the mission in 1898, entrusted to the Portuguese Province of the Order of Friars Minor, until 1970, on the eve of the final transformations of the colonial period. The volume traces the evolution of the missions in the diocese of Beira and in the territories of Manica and Sofala, documenting the founding of missionary posts, schools and hospitals, the evangelizing activity among the local populations, and the successive institutional and political frameworks in which the Catholic mission took place during the Portuguese colonial administration. Based on archival sources and internal documentation of the Order, it constitutes an irreplaceable contribution to the history of Catholicism in Mozambique and to the study of the relationships between mission, colonialism and African society in the 20th century. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate