Argentina – Fr Pietro (Peter) Berruti visiting the Salesian Pius X school in Cordoba
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Cordoba, Argentina – 1949 – In 1949 Fr Pietro Berruti visited the Salesian Pius X school in the city of Cordoba. Fr Berruti, here portrayed together with a large group of students, was Superior of the Salesian Province of Chile for five years and, subsequently, held the position of Vicar of the Rector Major with Fr Peter Ricaldone. He was also Extraordinary Visitor for the Salesian world. He was called "the aristocrat of kindness", since charity was the most important characteristic of his work. During the Second World War, he wanted every Salesian House to open its doors to abandoned, orphaned and struggling young people. This earned him the title of "Father of street children". He died in Turin in 1950.