The 17th edition of Communications Week was held from 21-29 May this year. The initiative, organized by the FSPs and SSPs to bring the theme of World Communications Day to the attention of the general public each year, promotes the values expressed by the Pope in the Message he publishes for this occasion. Designed to… Read more »
A dozen sheets printed in black and white and disseminated at 20 cents per copy: this was how Famiglia Cristiana magazine, ardently desired by Blessed James Alberione, made its debut. The first issue, produced by the Daughters of St. Paul, was printed on 25 December 1931. Ninety years of presence in the publishing field. Ninety…
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The 34th edition of the Turin International Book Fair, entitled Wild Hearts, took place from 19-23 May 2022. The annual Fair selected its roster of themes and events through the lens of the goals of sustainable development, offering the public a map and compass to orient themselves with greater awareness with regard to what is…
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On 19 May, the encounter The Church Listens to the City: Journalists and Communicators Pursue the Synodal Path, was held at the Church of the Artists in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo. The event was organized by the Social Communications Office of the Vicariate of Rome in collaboration with the Pauline Communications and Culture Association and…
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Sr. Nadia Coppa has been elected the new president of the International Union of Women Superiors General (IUSG) and to a place on the Assembly’s Board of Directors, whose members will serve until 2025. The election took place just days after the conclusion of the XXII Meeting of the IUSG Plenary Assembly, during which all
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From 2-6 May, the XXII Plenary Assembly of the International Union of Superiors General was held at the Ergife Hotel in Rome, Italy and also online. About 700 Superiors General, 520 of whom reside in Rome, took part in the event.
The participants were from 71 different countries. The continent most represented was Europe, where
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3 May, World Press Freedom Day, was celebrated all over the world this year as an occasion to reflect on the importance of defending the principles of freedom of speech and the right to information, pluralism and media independence. The anniversary also serves as a reminder to ask what we can do to strengthen journalism
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On the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day 2022, the Daughters of St. Paul were invited to an important event for the publishing world, organized by the French Institute of Madagascar. Those invited to participate were publishers who had completed a training course on books for children and young people with the aim of promoting
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The documentary film With This Light recounts the life and heritage of Sr. Maria Rosa Leggol, who, in her more than 70 years as a Franciscan nun, helped almost 90,000 Honduran children escape from abject poverty. Prior to the film’s public release, a private screening of it was held in Rome by the Honduran Embassy
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Earth Day is the day when we focus on the environment and the preservation of planet Earth. The United Nations celebrates this event every year on 22 April, one month and one day after the spring equinox. Celebration of the Day aims to involve as many nations as possible and presently 193 countries take part
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