CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - More than 300 deaths were caused by clashes carried out on December 5 and 6 between the Seleka rebels and anti Balaka militias in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic. The French troops and those of the African Mission in Central Africa (MISCA) have started...
MALTA - To tear down the barriers that cause the exclusion of immigrants in Europe which prevent them from taking part in the life of the hosting society and from developing a sense of belonging. It was the invitation to European Churches upon the conclusion of the meeting organized, December 2 to 4...
ROME - The Union of Superiors General held its 82nd General Assembly in the Salesianum in Rome from 27th to 29th November. The story of three experiences provided the basis for reflections and encounters of the various linguistic groups. Father Janson Hervé of the Little Brothers of Jesus spoke of “the light that...
NEWS 2013 - Dear brothers all, It is with sadness and shock that we announce to you the death of SISTER KATE CREEDON, our Superior General. She left Rome last Thursday morning, suffering from a bad cold and heavy cough. She had gone to attend the Africa Provincial Chapter in Uganda, but never arrived at our Convent...
MUMBAI - Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Indian Catholic Church, launched a campaign against hunger disease to mark the four-week preparation for Christmas, with a pastoral visit to the poor in Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum cluster. Bombay archdiocese launched the Advent campaign in collaboration with Caritas India...
NEW YORK CITY - Good Shepherd Services in New York City has networks of afterschool programs in very poor and often unsafe neighborhoods and we provide these programs in the public schools that the children attend. We care for the students from 3 to 6 pm and in some programs, into the evening keeping them...
ROME - On 8 December 1973, a young Fr Pascual Chávez was ordained priest in Guadalajara. Forty years later we asked him to share some reflections and experiences with us. Tell us about your call to Salesian life, the story of your vocation and the significant figures that helped you along the way. Among the key figures...
VATICAN CITY - 50-years-ago this month (4 December 1963), the Conciliar Decree on the Instruments of Social Communication, « Inter Mirifica », was promulgated.This special released by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications , 
GERMANY - The debate on the development of the media society and the Catholic Church highlights different choices and different paths in the various ecclesial realities. In Germany, the Office for Catholic television broadcasting activities (KFA, Katholische Fernseharbeit) is a newsroom of the German Bishops Conference...
