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Rome, Italy - October 2021 - The 24th General Chapter of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians at the FMA Generalate in Rome ended yesterday, 24 October. In the morning, Mother General, Sr. Chiara Cazzuola, presented her concluding speech to the Chapter members, thanking them "for their passionate and serene participation". At 11am, the Rector Major of the Salesians, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, presided over the Eucharist. Before the conclusion of GC 24, the Chapter members also received a special visit on 22 October from Pope Francis who met the participants and exhorted them to be "generative communities" and "women of hope". The Holy Father lauded the ministry carried out by the FMA throughout the world, especially in the current multicultural and multireligious social context. 

Spain - October 2021 - The Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, visited Spain from Friday 15 to Sunday 17 October. On 15 October, the 10th Successor of Don Bosco had a meeting with the Salesian Family of the city of León and with the Salesians of the house of health in Santiago el Mayor. The following day, Saturday 16 October, the Rector Major inaugurated the Don Bosco Park and blessed a commemorative monument to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Salesian presence in the city of Valladolid. On the same day, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime met the Archbishop of Valladolid, Cardinal Ricardo Blázquez. Fr Fernando García, Provincial of the "St James the Greater" Province, and Fr Rogelio Arenal, Rector of the house in Valladolid were also present. Finally, on the last day, the Rector Major celebrated the Eucharist for the 50th anniversary of Salesian presence in the parish of Mary Help of Christians.

Vatican - The Synodal path Opened

Vatican City - October 2021 - On Sunday 10 October Pope Francis officially opened the Synod, the Consultation on Church Reform that will lead to the celebration of the Synod of Bishops, scheduled for 2023. After the meetings in plenary sessions and the consultations in linguistic groups on Saturday 9 October, the Pontiff presided over the opening Mass yesterday, October 10, in St. Peter's Basilica. During the Mass, the Holy Father exhorted us to listen in order to meet the Lord and the others, "without soundproofing our hearts, without barricading ourselves in our certainties". Furthermore, before the Eucharistic celebration, Pope Francis greeted the Colombian nun Gloria Cecilia Narvaez Argori, kidnapped in Mali and released recently.

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Bratislava, Slovakia - September 2021 - Pope Francis returned to Rome, concluding his 34th Apostolic Journey, which began on 12 September. Among many significant moments of this journey, the meeting with young Slovakians at the Lokomotiva Stadium in Košice deserves a special mention. The Holy Father urged the new generations not to allow themselves to be conformists but instead to be unique and free. The words of Pope Francis imprinted themselves in eyes full of hope and oriented towards the future. The story of Blessed Anna Kolesárová, killed during the Second World War to defend her purity, also served as a background to the Pope's meeting with young people.

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