The Pan-African Film Festival (FESPACO), which takes place annually in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, brings together all the main actors in African cinema. The international visibility of the event has allowed many young African directors to make themselves known throughout the world. This year, to celebrate the Festival’s 50th anniversary, the theme was Cinema at the Service…
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A “Wall of Kindness” has recently appeared in Sweden. Free-standing “walls” with pegs attached have been set up on the snowy streets of Uppsala where you can take–or else leave as gifts–items such as jackets, scarves, hats, sweaters and anything else that can be used as a defense against the region’s rigid winter…
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One in five: in all, 420 million children live in combat zones–30 million more than in 2016. This information is contained in the Stop the War on Children report, presented by Save the Children, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. We read that in 2017 over 10,000 children were killed or mutilated due to bombing, and it is estimated that at least 100,000 newborns lose their lives every year due …
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On 13 February 2019, UNESCO celebrated the 8th edition of World Radio Day, which this year centered on the theme, Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace. “This day”–a statement reads–“marks a time where people around the world celebrate radio and how it shapes our lives. Radio informs, transforms and unites us. It brings together people…
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What was intended to be a small meeting among friends to pray together blossomed into an event in which over 2000 people from all over Italy participated. The first “general chapter” of Wi-fi Monastery, as it was nicknamed, took place on 19 January in St. John Lateran Basilica, Rome, Italy. Organized by Costanza Miriano, a journalist…
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On 5 February, more than 140 countries around the world celebrated Safer Internet Day, an international event organized by the Insafe/Inhope Network, with the support of the European Commission. The purpose of the initiative is to promote greater awareness in using the Internet and help its users foresee and handle the risks associated with navigating
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Since 2007, sixteen religious Congregations in England and Wales have provided safe accommodations for children, women and men rescued from prostitution, forced labor and other forms of violence and exploitation, settling these people on a total of 29 properties, with an overall value of 18 million euros. These are the findings of a survey conducted… Read more »
Pope Francis now has his very own user profile in Click to Pray,, the official app of the Worldwide Prayer Network. Available in six languages (Spanish, English, Italian, French, Portuguese and German), Click to Pray, (www.clicktopray.org) has three main sections: Pray with the Pope, which contains Pope Francis’s monthly prayer intentions; Pray every day, …
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For the first time in the history of India, two women about 40 years old managed to enter the Hindu temple of Sabarimala, Kerala and pray in its “sancta sanctorum”–the inner part of the temple accessible only to men. Last September the country’s Supreme Court abolished the ban that prohibited access to this temple to… Read more »
In 2018, 40 missionaries (most of them priests) were killed throughout the world, almost twice as many as the 23 of the previous year. According to the data collected by Fides News Agency, 35 priests, 1 seminarian and 4 lay missionaries were killed in 2018. We use the term missionary for all the baptized, aware… Read more »
