(ANS – Rome) – Salesian, bishop and pastor among the best known internationally, Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga is the tenth Son of Don Bosco to have received the call to serve the Church with the office of Cardinal. A multifaceted and talented character, known for his commitment to fighting inequality, he is also one of Pope Francis' confidants.

(ANS - Rome) - The Salesian Missionary Expedition is not only a noble and ancient Salesian tradition, inherited directly from Don Bosco; rather, it is a moment of grace during which many young Salesians take their first steps to dedicate themselves even more generously to young people and to respond to the new needs of the Church and the world. This very important event will be renewed for the 154th time in the history of the Salesian Congregation, this Sunday, 24 September 2023, with the handing over of the Missionary Cross in the Eucharistic celebration presided over in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians by the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime. A celebration that, because of its significance, will be live streamed on ANSChannel.

(ANS – Venice) – The national Cinecircoli Giovanili Sociocultural" (CGS) association, active since 1967 and promoted in Italy by the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, has renewed its presence at the Venice Lido for the 80th edition of the International Film Festival (30 August – 9 September 2023), with the work of cultural animation linked to the critical study of film language and web review promoted within the Venice Film Workshop. This is a qualifying step of the CGS national training course, reserved for cultural animators aged 18 and over and modified over the course of its forty years of existence, up to the formula today aimed mainly at young people and attentive to the dissemination of film culture via the web.

(ANS – Addis Ababa) – Welcome is the first phase of the pilot project launched in Addis Ababa by the Global Solidarity Fund, in collaboration with 5 religious congregations. Internally displaced people from the countryside and from Tigray, others repatriated from Arab countries in the Gulf, refugees, marginalised people and street children from the capital, are welcomed by the Missionaries of Charity, the Jesuit Refugee Service and the Salesians of Don Bosco, and then receive education and find work or open their own business in Ethiopia.

(ANS– Rome) – In the first consistory of the third millennium 21 February 2001, Pope John Paul II appointed two other Sons of Don Bosco as cardinals, both Latin Americans: Venezuelan Antonio Ignacio Velasco García and Honduran Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga. Today we remember the former of the two: a distinguished scholar, active in the Salesian Congregation as a Provincial and Regional Councillor, then a zealous and dynamic pastor.