(ANS - K'LONG) – Taking place in Vietnam, K'Long, two important meetings: for the Delegates of Social Communication (CS) and the Delegates for Youth Ministry (PG) of the Asia East-Oceania region. The participants met on Sunday, November 12, for a day of sharing and joint discussions.

(ANS – Vatican City) – Taking place at the Vatican from 27 to 29 October was the Congress “Re-Thinking Europe: Christian contributions to the Future of the European Project,” an event aiming to promote dialogue between high-level Church & political representatives on the fundamental challenges facing the European Project. Among the Congress's participants: His Holiness Pope Francis, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and several other Cardinals and representatives from all EU Bishops Conferences. EU institutions were also well-represented and included the European Parliament, via President Tajani and Vice-president McGuinness, and the European Commission, through Vice-president Timmermans, while the Salesian Family had five of its members taking part in the event.

(ANS - Jerusalem) - On October 28, the Studium Theologicum Salesianum (STS), Jerusalem Branch of the Faculty of Theology of the Salesian Pontifical University, inaugurated its 2017-2018 academic year. Among the many participants, the Middle East Provincial, Fr Munir El Rai, and Fr Rosario Pierri, the new Dean of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF). STS Principal, Fr Gustavo Cavagnari, opened the meeting, after which Fr Fabio Attard, General Councilor for Youth Ministry, delivered a lectio magistralis entitled: "Preparatory Document for the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops and the Salesian Youth Ministry – Points of Convergence."