(ANS - Rome) - "The profound communion that exists among all Groups and with all continents and that nourishes our common spirituality in the service of the mission." This is what gives form and content to the Salesian Family Spirituality Days among all those who take part. In a few days' time, in Turin-Valdocco, (January 12-15, 2023) a new edition will take place, the 41st since the start of this beautiful and successful Salesian tradition, which will focus on the theme of the Rector Major's Strenna for this new year: "AS THE YEAST IN TODAY'S HUMAN FAMILY. The Lay Dimension in the Family of Don Bosco." Below, all the information to experience it fully.

(ANS – Nairobi) – The Provincial Development Office (PDO) – AFE Province, through the Provincial Youth Delegate office, has organized a four-day training for Don Bosco TVET trainers on the Don Bosco’s Pedagogy for 21st century. The training is being held in Nairobi and has brought together 45 instructors from the five Don Bosco TVET Centres in Kenya: Nairobi, Makuyu, Embu, Kakuma and Marsabit. It is facilitated by Rev. Dr Sahaya G. Selvam – PYD AFE Province and Mr. Ngure Githinji.

(ANS - Macerata) - "I like Italy very much; in Macerata, I feel fine. I don't want our children's future to be like mine. Everything I had was wiped out. Destroyed in an instant. For them, I wish a peaceful life full of joy," says Mustafa Alizada, just 24 years old but with an already very troubled past: he is a young Afghan refugee in Italy, taken in, with his family, by the Salesians of Macerata.

(ANS – Rome) – On the occasion of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s funeral, ANS, the Salesian iNfo Agency, offers its readers a collection of the many occasions when Joseph Ratzinger, as Roman Pontiff, visited Salesian works, homes, and facilities or those animated by the Sons of Don Bosco. Leaving his mark everywhere.

(ANS - Vatican City) - On the parvis of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican this morning, January 5, 2023, the funeral Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was celebrated, presided over by Pope Francis. In the presence of some 60,000 faithful and more than 3,700 concelebrating priests, 400 bishops and 130 cardinals, the final farewell to Joseph Ratzinger took place as scheduled. At 8:45 a.m. (UTC+1) the coffin with the remains of Benedict XVI was transported from the basilica to the parvis in St. Peter's Square. This was followed by the recitation of the Rosary and Mass at 9:30 a.m.