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ALA_5473 World, 22 September 2020 -- Today, 22 September, we celebrate the Feast of 95 Blessed Spanish Salesian Martyrs (beatification 2001 and 2007) from three provinces of Madrid, Seville and Valencia: 38 Salesian Priests, 25 Salesian Br...

ALA_5474 Beatification of Carlo Acutis (1991-2006) coming soon By our own correspondent Rome, 24 September 2020 -- The beatification of 15-year-old Italian youngster Carlo Acutis on 10 October 2020 in Assisi is fast approaching. Born in Lo...

ALA_5476 Pope Francis Apostolic Letter on St Jerome (420-2020) By our own correspondent Vatican City, 30 September 2020 -- On 30 September 2020, Pope Francis published his Apostolic Letter 'Scripturae Sacrae Afectus' on the 1600th annivers...

Pope Francis' third encyclical By the austraLasia Team Assisi, Italy, 4 October 2020 -- The long-awaited third Encyclical (Circular Letter) of Pope Francis on Universal Human Fraternity (Fratelli Tutti) was signed by the Pontiff in Assi...

ALA_5479 By our own correspondent Valdocco, Turin, 4 October 2020 -- After the deliberation of General Chapter 27 (2014) and focused attention over the past 3 years, the Museum - Casa Don Bosco - at the Valdocco Motherhouse of the Salesian...

By our own correspondent Vatican, 18 October 2020 -- As for every year on the third Sunday of October the Catholic Church celebrates (this year already for the 94th time) World Mission Sunday. In some of the EAO provinces this also an occas...

ALA_5491 By Deacon John Baptist Nguyen Duy Tan Vietnamese missionary in Brazil Manaus, Amazon, Brazil (BMA Province), 23 October 2020 -- On 5 December 2020 three Vietnamese missionaries will be ordained to the priesthood in Sao Paolo (Braz...

ALA_5495 By our own correspondent Adwa, Ethiopia (AET Viceprovince), 28 October 2020 -- On 20 October 2020, the Vietnamese Embassy in Tanzania sent an appreciation letter to (Duc cha = Father) Joseph Trinh Kinh Luan, Vietnamese Salesian mi...

ALA_5496 By our own correspondent Rome, 29 October 2020 -- As with every year, today (29 October) we celebrate the liturgical memory of Blessed Michael Rua, the first successor of Don Bosco (1937-1910). It is another good opportunity to di...

ALA_5500 By our own correspondent Salesian world, 3 November 2020 -- Some 44 years ago a Jesuit provincial in Argentina, Fr Jorge Maria Bergoglio, asked his confreres to pray through the intercession of Salesian Brother Artemide Zatti to o...