SPECIAL REPORTS
(ANS - Koplik) - “Many times we are afraid of diversity. They scare us. Why? (...). It is more comfortable not to move, it is more comfortable to ignore differences and say: we are all equal, and if there is someone who is not so 'equal', let's leave them aside, we will not go to meet them." With these words, Pope Francis knowledgeably described the mechanism of exclusion in a speech to the participants in the conference for disabled people promoted by the Italian Episcopal Conference in 2016. But the mechanism of exclusion can be stopped with personal and direct knowledge: The operators of the Salesian NGO "International Volunteering for Development" in Albania bear witness to this.
(ANS - São Pablo) - In a hyper-connected context, everyone wants to speak, have a voice, write what they think, feel, know, believe. Social networks are multiplying, there is room for those who want to write a complete text or just a few words that do not exceed 160 characters; or for those who want to share only a symbol, an image, an icon of what they are thinking. Thousands of voices that want to be heard amid the voices of the modern world.
(ANS - Rome) - The Salesians in Europe presented the "DB Wave" project (Don Bosco Web for a more Accessible and inclusive VET in Europe), as an educational response to increase the employability and social inclusion of young people through Vocational Training.
(ANS - Rome) - It is said that a woman once started asking people: "What is the most important thing in life for you?" The answers she obtained were predictable: health, love, money ... But when she asked the question to an elderly man, the answer was so simple and spontaneous that it did not require any comment: "To forgive." For this Lent, Pope Francis invites us not only to "forgive", but to allow ourselves to be reconciled with God. Even more, he invites us to "draw close to confessing our sins, to firmly believe in His mercy that frees us from our guilt."