Migrants, families, young people: these are the central points of the concluding message of the 19th Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conferences of East Africa (Amecea), which took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A re-evangelization of Africa is needed! This is one of the strongest cries of the final message, which says that the continent is… Read more »
Twitter is celebrating its 12th birthday this year. In fact, it was created in March 2006 and officially launched in July of that year. To celebrate this event, the social networking service has undertaken a review of how many people use it, removing from the count profiles that refer to automatic services or those that… Read more »
From 20-28 July 2018, about 250,000 visitors flooded the Piana Valley in the province of Salerno, Italy, to participate in the 48th edition of the Giffoni International Film Festival, a cinema event for children and teenagers. 100 films (11 of them Italian) were in competition this year, judged by 5,601 children and teenagers from 52… Read more »
An impressive number of people attended the Fifth American Missionary Congress, which took place in Bolivia on the theme: America on Mission, the Gospel is joy! In fact, the event drew almost 3 thousand participants: 1,200 national delegates from all the dioceses of Bolivia; 1,100 international delegates from 25 other countries; 400 organizers and volunteers;… Read more »
Catholic Peace Broadcasting Corporation (CPBC), the official media organization of the Catholic Church in Seoul, is celebrating its 30th anniversary of foundation by re-launching its role of proclaiming the Gospel message of peace in Korea. Founded in 1988 in the Archdiocese of Seoul, Catholic Peace Broadcasting Corporation is a media network that is striving to… Read more »
Paolo Ruffini is the new Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication. Pope Francis appointed him to the position after the resignation of Monsignor Dario Edoardo Viganò as head of what was formerly known as the Vatican Secretariat for Communication. Ruffini, the first lay person to direct a Vatican Dicastery, was up until now director of… Read more »
From 21-24 June, amateurs and professionals, bands, groups, DJs and choirs all took part in Rome’s 2018 Music Festival, held in many different parts of the city to celebrate the summer solstice. The event was promoted by the city of Rome’s Cultural Growth Department in partnership with the Zètema Cultural Project. The program included a… Read more »
Recognize, Interpret, Choose: the Instrumentum Laboris of the Synod of Bishops on Young People centers on these three verbs. The document is divided into three parts: the first analyzes the condition of contemporary youth; the second offers reading keys for carrying out a discernment on important questions, and the third offers orientations “to help the… Read more »
The migration phenomenon and the tragedy of thousands of migrants and refugees forced to flee from wars, hunger, persecution and environmental disasters caused by climate change, are depicted in a video presented at the twelfth edition of Madrid’s Publifestival, an International Social Advertising Festival that promotes positive change in society through social advertising. Available in… Read more »
On 15 June, at the conclusion of a memorial service for Stephen Hawking held in Westminster Abbey, England, a message of peace and hope written by the great British theoretical physicist was released into space. Hawking died in March 2018 at the age of 76, after a long disabling illness (Lou Gehrig’s disease) that was… Read more »
