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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea  May 2019 - 538 young people from various parishes, schools and university institutions in Port Moresby gathered in the shrine of Mary Help of Christians from 25 to 26 May for the "Marian Camp", an annual activ...

Bangkok (Agenzia Fides)  In Asia we must preach peace, promote reconciliation, practice non-violence, to counter religious extremism: said Burmese Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon and president of the Federation of Asian Bisho...

(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...

ANS - Honiara)  August 13, 2019 Poverty, illiteracy and unemployment characterize families living near the Ranadi dumps, a suburb east of Honiara. The families who live here deal mainly with collecting materials that can be recycled: they d...

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...

Action for the Salesian Mission Day 2019 - Refugee in Africa (UGANDA) Contribution from Vietnam to Uganda (Salesian posting) Salesian PDO Director (Vietnam) receiving contribution from all SDB communities (ANS – Ho Chi Minh City) – Every yea...

Matters India Reporter Yangon, Feb 8, 2020: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), appealed to brother bishops of 26 member countries to seek the intercession of Blessed Virgin Mary to st...

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...

Pope grateful to Salesians for formation received as boyOn Sunday, the feast of Mary Help of Christians, Pope Francis recalled his childhood as a sixth-grader in a Salesian school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. By Robin Gomes Perhaps it wouldn...