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Rome, Italy - March 18, 2016 - Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians, was visited by the Ambassador of Panama to the Holy See, Miroslava Rosas Vargas. During the meeting various issues were addressed, such as the transfer of the casket of Don Bosco to the Temple of Don Bosco in Panama; and the visit of the Rector Major to the Province of Central America and Panama, in August.
(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 - Arequipa) - There are worrying data on the condition of children and adolescents in Peru. More than 120,000 teenagers are working instead of studying. Every day you can meet thousands of children working in the street. Some sell candy, others shine your shoes. The Salesians of Peru have chosen to change the lives of thousands of youngsters. Now after 33 years they have come together for a meeting in Arequipa, the city where the first Don Bosco House was founded in 1983.
(ANS - Ulan Bator) - "I'm worried when I think about the children I meet every day. Mongolian families do not take care of their children, they are interested only when the government gives them money. Often the lack of income causes families to break up. Children suffer the most because they remain on the street where they steal, are sexually abused or become prostitutes." This is the harsh reality recounted by Salesian Brother Krzysztof Gniazdowski, a missionary in Mongolia.