JUSTICE AND PEACE - The promotion and the protection of the Personal Freedom of Migrants and the Right of Freedom of Movement of all persons throughout Mexico. Several tables made up of experts in the area of migrations discussed the implications of the application of the Migration Act and its implementation, in light...

FORMATION - The national CRI is working on two other areas of training: Legal Aid and Media Education (with special emphasis on web-based media). We shall keep you informed. Your suggestions are most welcome—by way of topics, venue and resource persons for seminars, as well as other services the national CRI team can offer...

BEIRUT - The group of Orthodox nuns kidnapped last December in Maaloula were released last night around midnight. In return, the Syrian regime released 153 rebels held prisoners.The 13 nuns and three of their assistants were received by a convoy...

MESSAGES - Pope Francis has sent a message to the participants of a Vatican Symposium on "The management of the ecclesiastical goods of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, for the service of humanity and for the mission of the Church."The two-day event, which was organized at the request of Pope Francis...

NEWS 2014 - 11 March, the first group of young people who have been invited to take part in the project Con i tuoi occhi(See for yourself) will arrive at the Generalate. This is an initiative that will involve many young people from Italy taking turns as special envoys to the Chapter. This project was planned in order to offer young people...

JUSTICE AND PEACE - Reducing gender inequality is fundamental to eliminating hunger and developing more sustainable food systems, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told international experts and country representatives at an International Women’s Day event in Rome. “This year we are celebrating Women’s Day...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has asked the treasurers of the thousands of Catholic religious orders around the world to meet in Rome this weekend to discuss how they can use their orders' financial assets "for the service of humanity." The first-of-its-kind summit puts an unusual focus on the wealth of the orders...

UISG – Letter of the President UISG, sr Carmen Sammut: “On behalf of all the sisters on the Board of Directors and those working in the secretariat of the UISG, I wish to present you our deep concern about the situation in your beloved country. I was personally very happy at the idea of coming for the General Assembly... 

ROME - At this first ever Voices of Faith storytelling event, 11 remarkable women will share their personal stories demonstrating how their unwavering faith has positively impacted their life, greater society and the world. Narrated live and interlaced with conversations among these amazing women, Voices of Faith...