Events

United Nations members States have renewed their commitment to ending child labour by declaring 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of child Labour. In 2021, the international community will need to address the challenges posed by COVID-19 in tackling child labour and accelerate progress towards target 8.7 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aims at eli...

The theme of this year’s World Communications Day is summed up in the invitation to “Come and See,” Jesus’ method which has allowed to spread the Gospel up to our days. Going to see is always necessary, says Pope Francis, in any authentic communication: in journalism, on social networks, on the web. Here is what the Pontiff tells us: The invitation to “come and see”, wh...

Saint Joseph: The Dream of Vocation Saint Joseph is an extraordinary figure, yet at the same time one “so close to our own human experience”. He did not do astonishing things, he had no unique charisms, nor did he appear special in the eyes of those who met him. He was not famous or even noteworthy: the Gospels do not report even a single word of his. Still, through his ordinary life, he accom...

According to information gathered by Agenzia Fides, in 2020 20 missionaries were killed in the world: 8 priests, 1 religious man, 3 religious women, 2 seminarians, 6 lay people. We use the term “missionary” for all the baptized, aware that “in virtue of their Baptism, all the members of the People of God have become missionary disciples. All the baptized, whatever their position ...

VALUING WATER | IL VALORE DELL’ACQUA “….access to safe drinking water is a basic and universal human right…” Pop Francis, LS 30 Bilions of people live every day without clean, save or enough water. Our oceans, rivers and lakes are polluted and conflicts over water resources are more than 500 in the world. In this context movements and associations are struggling to ensure this fundamenta...

The International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking 8 February- Mermorial of Saint Bakhita On February 8, 2019 let’s turn on a light against the trafficking of persons, to celebrate the 5th edition of the International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking. In these years, gathering in prayer has facilitated collaborating and overcoming the boundaries within w...

The UN General Assembly adopts a resolution declaring 4 February as the International Day of Human Fraternity. It comes as the result of Christian-Muslim cooperation to promote peace, harmony and intercultural dialogue in the world.

A culture of care as a path to peace This is the theme chosen by Pope Francis for the 54th message on the occasion of the world day for peace: a culture of care as a way to combat the culture of indifference, waste and confrontation so prevalent in our time. Promoting a culture of care calls for a process of education that begins in the family, the natural and fundamental nucleus of society, in ...

“Here am I, send me” World Mission day 2020 This is how the motto of this year’s world mission day resounds, which takes up the theme of the Extraordinary Missionary Month of 2019 (“Baptized and sent”). This appeal, taken from the book of the prophet Isaiah, concerns us all: “are we prepared to welcome the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives, to listen to the call ...