NEWS
(ANS – Rome) – “It has come to our notice that some unverifiable and unconfirmed reports have been circulating these days especially in the electronic media on the present status and condition of Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, who has been abducted in Aden, Yemen, on 4th March by unidentified gunmen. We, Salesians, are not responsible for the content or its authenticity” said Father Mathew Valarkot, spokesman for the Salesian Bangalore province to which the kidnapped priest belongs.
(ANS – Masaya) – On February, 2016 for the sixth year “Don Bosco Prep”, Ramsey, USA, sent a group on a youth ministry trip to Nicaragua. The 23 seniors and 12 adults on this year’s trip traveled again to the town of Masaya, the center of the Mama Margarita Foundation. There they built a house, the third constructed by Don Bosco students.
(ANS - Aden) - Two weeks after the massacre perpetrated by a terrorist commando in the nursing home of the Missionaries of Charity in Aden - which killed four sisters along with 12 others - there is still no definite news of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, the Salesian priest who disappeared, allegedly abducted by the assailants. However, new details are emerging on the internet about the events of 4 March.
(ANS - Cusco) - Cusco, in the south-eastern region of Peru, is one of the main tourist attractions in the world, thanks to its history, its architecture and the fact that it houses one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Machu Picchu. Among its inhabitants, about 1.3 million people, 400 thousand are children and adolescents under 15 years. The Salesians in the city are very active through schools, missions, shelters, a nursing home and oratories, The Salesian Oratory is one of the most important places in Cusco.