(ANS - Cairo) - During his missionary animation visit to Egypt’s Salesian communities, Fr. Alfred Maravilla, General Councilor for Missions, had several meetings with Sudanese refugees who attend the Salesian presence in Zeitun, near the country's capital, Cairo.

(ANS - Lahore) - Monsoon rains, this year of particular intensity and duration, combined with melting glaciers in the Himalayas and the widespread presence of garbage clogging the sewers have generated a deadly situation in Pakistan for thousands of people, who have lost everything they had to flooding. Nearly half the country was flooded. The Salesians have offered their cooperation from the beginning; the presence in Lahore was not affected, but from the house in Quetta, several aid projects were started to help the population most damaged by this calamity.

(ANS - Buenos Aires) - Argentine priest Fr. Eduardo Meana, a Salesian and author of numerous songs that for decades have been helping young people and adults throughout Latin America to encounter God, wrote the lyrics of the hymn for the canonization of Artemide Zatti: "¡Creí... prometí... sané!" (I believed... I promised... I was healed!)

(ANS - Rome) - We are just five days away from the fateful date of October 9, the day Pope Francis proclaims saint the first non-martyr Salesian in the history of the Congregation, in the person of Salesian coadjutor Artemide Zatti. Continuing the journey of preparing for this event and discovering the resources available at www.zatti.org, today we present the large photographic archive regarding Zatti.

(ANS - Viedma) - In the presence of the mayor of Viedma, Pedro Pesatti, the local bishop, Monsignor Esteban Laxague, SDB, and Fr. Pedro Narambuena, SDB, pastor of the local Salesian community, the Deliberative Council of the city of Viedma named Artemide Zatti Patron of the city, capital of the Province of Rio Negro.