NEWS
(ANS – Rome) – Dear Salesian Cooperators, today our hearts are in pain for news that touches us deeply: the Holy Father has returned to the Father’s House.
(ANS – Rome) – Pope Francis was a true shepherd who now left his flock to return to our master and Father - the place where we all belong. His departure from this world for eternity left a fertile void - a deep loss - a world in mourning and honouring the accomplishment of his pastoral mission on earth.
(ANS – Vatican City) – The world mourns for Pope Francis at his ‘transitus’, to use a word that is both rich in meaning and familiar to the Church and the Franciscan spiritual tradition to describe one’s passing. His death, no doubt, is the end of a remarkable era. He leaves behind a great legacy. Pope Francis has many firsts to his credit: the first Latin American Pope, the first Jesuit to become the successor of Peter, the first to assume the title of one of the world’s most loved saints, St Francis of Assisi, the first Pope to publish a candid autobiography.
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INTERVIEWS
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Spain – Easter 2025, the Witness of Salesian Brotherhoods: “It Is the Lord Who Shows Us the Way”(ANS – Valencia) – During Holy Week, countless sacred events take place across the world, especially in countries with deep Christian roots. These events, shaped by diverse traditions, aim to bring the faithful closer to the mystery of Christ’s Passion, Death, and Resurrection. In Spain, many brotherhoods (confraternities) keep this popular form of spirituality alive. On this Holy Thursday, we hear from Inmaculada Pérez Pizarro, a Salesian Cooperator from Algeciras and, for about a year now, the coordinator of Salesian confraternities in the Salesian Province of Spain–Mary Help of Christians (SMX).
EDITORIAL
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RMG – Don Bosco: “The Fascinating Saint”(ANS - Rome) - Don Bosco is perhaps the most amazing and fascinating saint, history has ever produced. The humble work which he began for the welfare of his poor and abandoned boys in Italy has produced astonishing results, and today there are nearly 14000 Salesians working in 138 countries, and there are more than 200,000 members belonging to the 32 groups of the worldwide Salesian Family sharing the charism of Don Bosco and reaching out to the needy young people.
EVENTS
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Malta – Face to Face with the Man of Sorrows: Teatru Salesjan, Malta(ANS – Sliema) – From April 13 to 18, Teatru Salesjan opens its doors to an encounter that transcends time, inviting the public to come Face to Face: Encountering the Man of the Shroud. This extraordinary Holy Week event offers a rare opportunity to contemplate a life-sized replica of the Holy Shroud of Turin—a silent yet deeply moving image that has stirred faith, awe, and mystery for centuries.
SPECIAL REPORTS
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Peru – Kuyuntsa, the Village Loved by Fr. Bolla(ANS – Kuyuntsa) – As the diocesan phase of the beatification and canonization process of the Servant of God Fr. Luis (Luigi) Bolla, SDB, nears its conclusion, attention turns to the village he loved so dearly: Kuyuntsa.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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With Don Bosco - AlwaysTHE MESSAGE OF THE VICAR OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Fr Stefano Martoglio
To celebrate a General Chapter in one place or in some other place is not an indifferent matter. Certainly, being at Valdocco, in the "cradle of the charism", we have the opportunity to rediscover the beginnings of our history and rediscover the originality that constitutes the heart of our identity as consecrated persons and apostles to the young.
