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From SIR AGENCY (Servizio Informazione Religiosa - Italian Bishops Conference) May 26, 2020 (ANS - Tokyo) - Fr Gaetano Compri, a Salesian missionary, a pupil of Venerable Vincenzo Cimatti, says of his years of mission in Japan: "I learned f...

(ANS - Iwaki) - Last Wednesday, July 12, the sixth interreligious prayer meeting was held on the coast of the Fukushima Prelature in Ena Harbor, Iwaki, to commemorate the victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in eastern Japan. The meet...

Turkey, Istanbul - interview with fr. Andres Calleja, SDB Salesian Bulletin - Italia, September 2015 Istanbul-Andres Calleja MOR-ITM.docx Istanbul  - Don Bosco bussa alla porta d'oriente Incontro con don Andrés Calleja direttore dell'unica o...

Israel’s top court has blocked the controversial planned extension of Israel’s separation wall through the historic Cremisan valley – home to two Salesian monasteries and a convent school – ending a high-profile nine-year campaign. Palestin...

(ANS - Taisha, Ecuador July 16, 2019) - During his initial formation phase, Fr Agustinus Togo had to make a fundamental decision for his life: abandon the path he had taken to become a professional footballer or follow God's call? This cros...

In Asia, a wide spectrum of anti-Christian persecution By John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martín Crux Staff December 20, 2015 Although Christianity represents just around 7 percent of Asia’s population, that’s still an enormous pool of humani...

Volunteers spring to action after fatal child abuse case Girl’s death sparks change in a society where such topics are often shunned ALEX MARTIN Staff writer Five-year old Yua Funato was found unconscious at a Tokyo apartment in March, her ...

Ordination of Fr. Carlos Cheung, Hong Kong Sunday Examiner, 2015- June 28 (front page)

CEBU City, Feb. 1, 2016 – Pope Francis’ representative to a global Catholic congress here called on Filipino families to re-populate and re-Christianize Europe and North America as well as countries where Christians are a minority, calling ...

September 10,2015And more

(ANS – Makati City) – We, Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) of the Philippine North Province (FIN) are deeply saddened by the spate of killings that have been going on in the recent past. Being at the forefront of youth pastoral ministry in the w...

Our new Project Europe missionaries arrived safely in Bolton this week to a warm welcome, despite the Northern weather. Br Po Tak Anthony Leung SDB, from China, and Br Martin Paul Pushparaj SDB, from India, are settling into the Thornleigh c...

Like St. John Bosco before him,  Francis calls the young to lead a ‘revolution of tenderness’ Don Bosco-Pope Francis 2017.docx Francis-Accompagnamento spirituale.docx This January 31, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. John ...

NZ Catholic - May 3-16, 2015

15/6/2015 - Italy - Pope Francis and Don Bosco FOR DOWNLOAD in ENGLISH:  Francis and Salesians-ENG final version.doc  (English version of the book in attachment) Related documents  Argentina - Presentation of the book "Francis and Don Bosco"...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 September 2019 the Holy Father erected the Ecclesiastical Province of Díli (East Timor), elevating the Diocese of Dili to Metropolitan Church; which will have as suffragan churches the Dioceses of Baucau...

http://sundayex.catholic.org.hk/node/3362 The communion of the Church in China with the universal Church John Cardinal Tong • Bishop of Hong Kong • 31 July 2016 Prologue The Catholic Church is founded by Christ and transmitted through the ap...