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Italy - Honorary Degree for Fr Luigi Melesi, the priest of mercy and dialogue (ANS – Roma) – On Friday 24 May, the Salesian priest, Fr Luigi Melesi, will be conferred with an Honorary Degree in Sciences of Social Communication by the faculty of Communications and Education. The event will be part of the celebrations for the Feast of Mary Help of Christians organized by the Salesian Pontifical University together with the “Incontro dei Popoli”, the traditional event marking the end of classes for the academic year.

Spain - “Take the Reins” Social Action Days (ANS – Madrid) – On Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 May, seventeen teachers and fourteen young people from Social Action Groups from the whole of Spain came together at the Arlep Centre of the De La Salle Brothers in Madrid, to take part in a course called “Take the Reins”.

Mexico - Bishop Gallardo: There is less violence, but still no social action. (ANS – Veracruz) – Last Monday, Salesian Bishop Luis Felipe Gallardo Martin del Campo of Veracruz, released a statement on the security situation in the territory of his diocese. The Bishop acknowledges the work done by the authorities, but says at the same time, that greater efforts are needed to eliminate crimes such as assault, robbery and abduction with a view to extortion, which are considered “minor” crimes compared to homicide.

Haiti - Third “Bosco-Culture” Exhibition (ANS – Port-au-Prince) – The Combined Salesian Youth Ministry Commission of Haiti (formed jointly by the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians) organized the third Bosco-Culture Exhibition from 17 to 19 May. More than300 young people took part from the various works of the Salesians and FMA in the country.

Morocco - 75 years of Salesian work at Kenitra (ANS – Kenitra) – The Salesian work at Kenitra is celebrating these days its 75 years in existence. The first Salesians led by Fr Leon Beissiere, arrived in the city in 1937. Kenitra is about 30 km north of Rabat. Then it was just a small town. Now it has 800,000 inhabitants.

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DIGITAL TRUTH The digital world, everything that has to do with information technology, social networks and the use of “gadgets” is always under threat from behaviour which is less than “honest” and truthful, a use which is “dehumanised”; and this is one of the concerns expressed by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in the message which every year sets the scene for the World Day of Social Communications which this year reaches its 45th anniversary.

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CROATIA – PE: THE CHALLENGES OF THE YOUNG Also in Croatia, young people are called upon to win, like their peers from other European countries, the new challenges posed by society and culture. This is what educators, and therefore also the Salesians, must consider in order to listen to and walk together with the young.

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