(ANS - Lviv) - The invasion of Ukraine and bombing have now lasted for 57 days and the conflict has already caused more than 11.3 million refugees, of which more than 4.3 million are refugees in neighboring countries. The priority for the Salesians continues to be the care of minors, some of whom are orphans, and of the many women and elderly people fleeing the war. To all of them, the Sons of Don Bosco continue to offer emergency aid, psychological, moral, and spiritual attention, and education.

(ANS - Udine) - On Friday, April 29, the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella shall visit the Salesian Institute "G. Bearzi" in Udine. "The teachers are surprised, happy, and at the same time a little worried, because it is certainly not easy to organize such an appointment," commented Fr Lorenzo Teston. The Head of State's visit to the Salesian institute will serve as a commemoration of Lorenzo Parelli, the 18-year-old student who lost his life in an accident on January 21 while working in a factory. "From a tragic event like this, however, it is necessary to find a seed of hope for other people. And even the President's visit should be read in this way, as a sign of hope," adds Fr Teston.

(ANS - Vatican City) - Just as after a fast one eats more to recover lost energy, so St. Peter's Square, after abstinence from crowded celebrations due to the pandemic, was filled yesterday, Easter Monday, April 18, 2022, with a flood of Italian teenagers - about 100,000, according to estimates - who came on pilgrimage to Rome from all the dioceses of the peninsula. It was Pope Francis himself, with the simple and engaging language he uses with teens, who used the metaphor of fasting at the opening of his friendly and fatherly address to the participants.

(ANS - Rome) - After more than two weeks spent between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, the Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime is preparing to return to the African continent for a visit of animation to the Salesian presence in Zambia and Zimbabwe, scheduled from Thursday, April 21 to Friday, April 29. Great is the enthusiasm already felt among the Salesian communities and the Salesian Family of those countries.

(ANS - Rome) - The third issue of "ANS News Video", the monthly video news bulletin that reviews the most important events of the Congregation and the Salesian Family, is currently being published. This new video features the appointments for March.