Dili, East Timor - July 2016 - The inauguration of the new Superior of the Vice-Province of Indonesia-East Timor (ITM), Fr Maria Apolinário Ormai Neto, took place on 11 July 2016. Fr Václav Klement, Councillor for the East Asia-Oceania Region, presided. Present at the celebration Bishop Virgilio Da Silva, SDB, of Dili, was present at the ceremony along with about 500 people including Salesians, members of the various groups of the Salesian Family, young people and the faithful. The ITM Vice-Province has more than 200 Salesians and 11 novices.

(ANS - Villena) - In one of his speeches to politicians the Holy Father told them to seek justice and peace. He asked Christians involved in politics to seek the common good, to be salt and light of the earth, and he added: "in a culture of lawlessness, corruption and conflict, you are called to seek the common good through the work of people who identify with the policy." Vicenta Jimenez, teacher at the Salesian Institute of Villena, is leaving the classroom for the Senate.

(ANS - Juba) - The situation remains tense in the country in the aftermath of the ceasefire between the two warring factions. New details are emerging about the three days of violence that marred the celebrations of the 5th anniversary of independence and the consequences for the frightened population. The Salesians report: