(ANS – Aleppo) – Close to 220 people in Aleppo, Syria, were provided critical cardiovascular medical care thanks to support provided by Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. These patients were impacted by the February 2023 earthquake in Syria and Turkey. The patients who were supported needed life-saving surgeries and medical care. This project enabled 20 patients to access the surgery they needed. Other patients were able to access follow-up medical appointments, testing and medications.

(ANS – Annecy) – From 6 to 13 April 2024, 37 Salesians from the four Polish Provinces took part in their annual Retreat held this year in the form of a pilgrimage to France on the theme “Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart (Mt 11:29). With St Francis de Sales in the school of Divine Love.” Most participants were Rectors of communities and responsible for presences in the Province of Krakow (PLS), accompanied by the Provincial, Fr Marcin Kaznowski, his Vice-Provincial Fr Zygmunt Kostka, and the Provincial Economer, Fr Piotr Pawelec.

(ANS – Rome) – Journalist Carlo Di Cicco died yesterday in Rome, at the age of 79. A professional who can rightly be counted among the communicators "of and for peace", and of social matters, he has always been close to Salesian spirituality – having been a professed Salesians for a period – he worked first at the ASCA agency (Agenzia di Stampa Cattolica Associata) and then at L’Osservatore Romano, where he became Deputy Director, a role Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone wanted him in. He was also for many years a close collaborator of the iNfo Salesian Agency (ANS) and also of the Salesian Bulletin.

(ANS – Venice) – On Sunday, 14 April 2024, as many as 7,500 members – and a total of over 8,000 people, also considering the 330 volunteers and the 200 individuals and companions of guest folk groups – participated in the traditional Solidarity Walk called "Su e Zo per i Ponti di Venezia" (Up and Down Veneticn Bridges, in Venetian dialect): a sustainable tourism initiative organised by the Salesian TGS Eurogroup NGO, which also associates a solidarity project with the event every year, aimed this year at Salesian works in the Holy Land.

(ANS – Rome) – On Friday, 12 April 2024, the General Councillor for Social Communication of the Salesian Congregation, Fr Gildasio Mendes, began an Animation Visit to Our Lady of the Assumption Province Central Africa (AFC). Welcomed by the Provincial Superior, Fr Guillermo Basañes, the General Councillor did not take long to get to work and on the same day of his arrival he had a private working session with Fr Basañes and then with  a small group from the Provincial Commission for Social Communication.