MEETING OF ASSEMBLY OF “ALMAMED” NETWORK

Roma | 15 May 2017
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The Assembly of the Network of Euro-Mediterranean Universities "ALMAMED", an autonomous section of the Fondazione Mediterraneo and member of the Italian ALF network, met in Rome. Among the topics are the recognition of curricula and student exchanges in a sort of "Mediterranean Erasmus" with strong government intervention for the issuing of visas: a problem that actually slows down and prevents exchanges and cooperation.

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MEETING WITH FAROUK HOSNY

Roma | 15 May 2017
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President Michele Capasso had a cordial meeting with Forouk Hosni, artist, formerly Minister of Culture of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
After the invitation to exhibit his works at the Museum of Peace - MAMT, Capasso recalled 25 years of friendship and common battles to spread dialogue and culture in the Mediterranean Region.

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SHEPHERDS FRANCESCO E GIACINTO ARE SAINTS

Fatima | 13 May 2017
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Great emotion in Fatima when Pope Francis, with the images of the two shepherds Francesco and Giacinto Marto behind him, canonizes them "SAINT" of the Church.
The applause of the oceanic crowd gathered around the Fatima Shrine wing exploded at the announcement.
Born in Alijusterel, less than two years apart, they died shortly after the apparitions (the first 100 years ago, on 13 May 1917) as Our Lady had announced. Short lives but sufficiently valid for the Catholic Church to recognize, for the first time in its 2000 years of history, the"heroic virtues and the maturity of the faith of non-martyr children".

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THE FOUNDATION PRESENT AT THE CELEBRATIONS FOR THE CENTENARY OF THE APPARITIONS OF THE MADONNA OF FATIMA

Fatima | 13 May 2017
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Great emotion for the presence of Pope Francis at the celebrations for the centenary from the apparitions of Madonna of Fatima to the 3 little shepherds Giacinta, Francesco and Lucia. More than one million people attended the vigil and Holy Mass celebrated by Pope Francis.
As on the occasion of every ten years, the Fondazione Mediterraneo has participated in a co-organized meeting dedicated to inter-religious dialogue and peace.

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