(ANS – Gwangju) – As in every Don Bosco School, lunch time is the most precious time for the accompaniment of the young - being present among students as a father, an older brother and a friend. Even at the “Salesian Junior & Senior High School” in Gwangju, Korea, that has just recently celebrated its 60th anniversary, this 'golden time' with youngsters is both lively and extremely interesting.

(ANS - Rome) - For many people, October 5th is a date like any another. But like every year since 1994, October 5 is World Teachers' Day, and this year's theme was: "Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers." And what are the Salesians doing in 132 countries? What Don Bosco, Father and Teacher of Youth, taught all his life: educating.

(ANS – Aleppo) – Despite difficulties and the possibility of emigrating, Rania Salouji, a 40-year-old Christian in Aleppo and her family. Neither the violence of war and fear for an increasingly uncertain future, nor the two-month and half captivity of her husband by an extremist group specialised in abductions for ransom, or what she calls her "most difficult time", the death of a child at a catechism school killed by a rocket, were able to get them to leave.