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ITALY Theme of the 47th World Communications Day
Baobab: A Network Linking the Caritas Staff Worldwide
Being able to relay accurate information quickly is very important, especially in times of emergency. In view of this, a new information-sharing platform has been launched on the World Wide Web. Known as Caritas Baobab, it is an internal communication platform for the 160+ Caritas organizations around the world. The platform, which was set up… Read more »
PAKISTAN Drawing Closer to Sacred Scripture
Aleteia: A Worldwide Catholic Social Network for Sharing the Faith
Aleteia.org, a major evangelization initiative for the digital world, was launched in the autumn of 2011 from Rome. Supported by the Foundation for Evangelization through the Media (FEM), its purpose is to mobilize all meaningful institutions engaged in evangelization and the media. Aleteia, which is Greek for “truth,” is composed of about a thousand partners,… Read more »
COLOMBIA Together for the Faith¿
Young Europeans for a World without Violence
Two thousand young people gathered at Auschwitz, Poland from 20-23 September 2012 to say no to violence. The occasion for the turnout was the Third International Meeting of Young Europeans for a World without Violence. The young people, who came from Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, listened to testimonies… Read more »
Year of Faith: Documentary on Vatican II
At a press conference on 17 Sept. 2012, Bishop Claudio Maria Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, presented a special initiative for the Year of Faith: a documentary on Vatican Council II, made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Council, which opened on 11 October 1962. “The objective of the film… Read more »