(ANS - Vatican City) - Next January 1, on the occasion of World Peace Day, the 30th edition of the Vatican Christmas Concert, the event sponsored by the Pontifical Gravissimum Educationis Foundation of the Dicastery for Culture and Education together with other entities, will be aired on the Italian network "Canale 5." The Christmas Concert, which this year will be under the banner of peace and solidarity, supports the Turin Mission Office, "Missioni Don Bosco," and will feature the Salesian missions in Ukraine and all the Houses that find themselves in conflict/war-related contexts.

(ANS - Rome) - After consultations that took place among the confreres of the ACC VP in September, and with the consent of the General Council, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians, has appointed Fr. Aurélien Mukangwa Mwana Ngoy, SDB, as Superior of the Vice-Province "Africa Congo Congo" - covering part of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo - for the six-year period 2023-2029.

(ANS - Rome) - Today, Dec. 18, 2022, the entire Salesian Congregation remembers when, exactly 163 years ago, on Dec. 18, 1859, Don Bosco founded the "Pious Society of St. Francis de Sales" in Valdocco, Turin, with 17 members in addition to the founder. And it is precisely on this anniversary that the Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, launches his missionary appeal to all his confreres to emphasize that since its foundation the missionary spirit and commitment are and have been essential elements of the Salesian Congregation.

(ANS - Turin) - Today, 16 December 2022, in Turin-Valdocco, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, the Rector Major of the Salesians, met early in the afternoon, all the journalists who took part in the “Press Tour” organized by Fr Giuseppe Costa, the Co-spokesperson of the Salesian Congregation. It was a very enriching moment of dialogue and confrontation between the group of 30 journalists accredited to the Vatican Press Office and the Italian Foreign Press. The Rector Major during this occasion illustrated to them the current reality of the Salesian Congregation and answered all their questions with frankness and openness.

(ANS - Rome) - As part of the work of the General Council last Dec. 13, the Rector Major of the Salesians, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, with the consent of his Council, confirmed Fr. Reinhard Gesing as Provincial Superior of the "St. Boniface" Province of Germany (GER) for a second six-year term (2023-2029).