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With the pandemic, discrimination against Christians increases: the new report by Open Doors
The NGO Open Doors recently presented their annual report on the persecution of Christians, underscoring that in 2020 the faithful killed for their faith rose to 4,761.
What did Giovanni Bosco read to his friends and neighbors at the Becchi when he was 11 years old?
In 1826, as we can read in the Memoirs of the Oratory of St. Francis de Sales, Giovanni Bosco used to bring together children and farmers from the Becchi.
The origins of the Nativity Scene: historical notes
The term derives from the Latin praesaepe, meaning crib, manger. Another hypothesis that gives rise to the term is from praesepire, that is to enclose.
The tradition of setting up the nativity scene originated at the time of St. Francis of Assisi who in 1223 made the first representation of the Nativity in Greccio.
The annual report of "BREADS"
The Planning and Development Office of the India-Bangalore Province (Bangalore Rural Education and Development Society - BREADS) provided the annual report for the period 2019-2020.