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Happy Birthday, Twitter!

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 »

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Giffoni Film Festival

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 »

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V American Missionary Congress Dedicated to the Joy of the Gospel

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 »

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URUGUAY
Book Fair for Children and Youth

From 28 May–10 June, the city of Montevideo held its annual Book Fair for Children and Youth, promoted by the Uruguayan Book House, a civil association founded in 1944 and based in Montevideo. The organization, which brings together booksellers, publishers and distributors, is striving to defend the important role of books in the country. During… Read more »

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SINGAPORE
Blessing of the New Media Center

The Daughters of St. Paul of Singapore recently inaugurated their new Pauline Media Center in the Church of St. Joseph, in the presence of its parish priest Fr. Christopher Lee, his assistant Fr. Peter Zhang and collaborators and friends. From the media center, the sisters preach the Word of God in the specific way described… Read more »

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Proclaiming the Gospel via the Radio, Press, Internet and Cable TV

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 »

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Paolo Ruffini: New Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication

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 »

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ARGENTINA
The Pauline Family Manifests Its Faith

The entire Pauline Family present in Buenos Aires participated in the great manifestation of faith held to celebrate the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. The long Corpus Christi procession that wound through the city streets ended in front of the Plaza de Mayo Cathedral, where Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli, Archbishop of Buenos… Read more »

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