(ANS – Krakow) – Even after about 10 days, the memories of the 2025 Jubilee of Youth in Rome remain vivid and joyful in the hearts of the young Polish pilgrims from the “Saint Hyacinth” Province of Poland–Krakow (PLS).
(ANS - Rome) - The Pontiff celebrated the Youth Jubilee Mass at Tor Vergata, on the outskirts of Rome, and encouraged people not to be content. The fullness of existence does not depend on what one accumulates, he said in his homily, but resides in what ‘with joy we know how to welcome and share’. And he invited people to seek Jesus: it is he who quenches the thirst of the heart and the answer to restlessness.
(ANS - Rome) - How to find sincere friendships? And the courage to make important choices? How to ‘truly encounter’ Jesus Christ in life ‘and be sure of his presence’ even amid ‘difficulties and uncertainties’? In the Tor Vergata esplanade, as evening fell, three young people presented to Leo XIV some questions that linger in the hearts of their peers.
(ANS – Vatican City) – For the first time, the Church has dedicated a Jubilee to those who evangelize through social media and the web. Two intense days in Rome offered space for reflection on the language, opportunities, and challenges of Christian proclamation in the digital age. In greeting the participants, Pope Leo XIV invited them to "mend the nets" and become "agents of communion." Here are some voices from those who live this mission between feeds and authentic relationships, including in the Salesian world.
(ANS – Vatican City) – At the opening of the Jubilee of Youth, the Holy Father welcomes young people to St. Peter’s Square, inviting them to pray for peace: “Let us walk together with our faith in Jesus Christ.”
(ANS – Vatican City) – Below is the message that Pope Leo XIV addressed this morning in St. Peter's Basilica to influencers and digital missionaries on the occasion of their Jubilee:
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Great Britain – ABBA star in exclusive interview with “Faith Matters”(ANS – London) – It is not every day that a world-famous rock star dedicates an interview to a school newspaper, moreover talking about rather unusual topics such as the relationship between music and politics. Yet that is what happened with Swedish singer songwriter Björn Ulvaeus - from the supergroup ABBA, who features in the Christmas edition of “Faith Matters”, just published by student reporters at St John Bosco College in Battersea, south London, under the guidance of editor-in-chief Fr Andrew.
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RMG – Don Bosco: “The Fascinating Saint”(ANS - Rome) - Don Bosco is perhaps the most amazing and fascinating saint, history has ever produced. The humble work which he began for the welfare of his poor and abandoned boys in Italy has produced astonishing results, and today there are nearly 14000 Salesians working in 138 countries, and there are more than 200,000 members belonging to the 32 groups of the worldwide Salesian Family sharing the charism of Don Bosco and reaching out to the needy young people.
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South Korea – Catechist Formation, From Theory to Practice: Symposium Held on “The Wise Use of the Guidelines for Catechist Formation”(ANS – Seoul) – A symposium titled “The Wise Use of the Guidelines for Catechist Formation” was successfully held on Saturday, 8 November, at the Salesian Provincial House in Shingil-dong, Seoul, to diagnose the current state and seek the future of catechetical education in the Korean Catholic Church.
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RMG – The feast that gave Birth to the Oratory and the Salesian Mission(ANS – Rome) – The solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is like a “birthday” in Salesian history: it marks the beginning of Don Bosco’s Oratory, the foundation of the Congregation, and a permanent Marian key for Salesian spirituality and mission. All the successors of Don Bosco have repeatedly returned to 8 December to rediscover in it the style, hope, and maternal presence of our Immaculate mother that continues renewing the Salesian Family today.
MESSAGES OF THE RECTOR MAJOR
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The Christmas Grotto, where Heaven Meets EarthTHE MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR MAJOR, Fr Fabio Attard, SDB
The mystery of Christmas begins with a “scandal of love”: the Great One who makes Himself little. It's not a poetic image, but the most shocking reality in human history.
God, the Infinite, chooses to become finite; the Almighty chooses the fragility of a newborn baby who cannot yet speak, walk, or defend Himself. It is pure gratuitousness made manifest, a gift that seeks nothing in return, that imposes no conditions in order to gain access.