MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT CAPASSO AND RECTOR MAJOR OF THE SALESIANS D. ANGEL FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME

Roma | 18 October 2016
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It was held in Rome at the Salesians' Directorate General, a cordial meeting between the President Capasso - accompanied by Pia Molinari - and the rector major of the Salesians D. Angel Fernández Artime.
On this occasion, joint initiatives have been agreed to spread the teaching of Don Bosco and promote the education of young people to peace.
At the meeting he participated by telephone (from Subiaco) sister Maria Pia Giudici (FMA-House of Prayer "San Biagio").

ITALY - THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO AWARDS THE RECTOR MAJOR AND THE RECTOR OF THE UPS

Roma | 12 October 2016
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(ANS – Roma) On the occasion of the Inauguration of the new academic year of the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS), on Wednesday 19 October, the "Mediterranean 2016 Award - Special Edition for Peace Education", attended by the President of the Senate Pietro Grasso, will be presented to the Rector Major of the Salesians, Don Ángel Fernández Artime, Grand Chancellor of UPS.
Considered one of the most significant on an international level, the prize of the "Fondazione Mediterraneo" has been awarded in previous editions to important personalities such as King Juan Carlos of Spain, King Hussein of Jordan, Presidents Anibal Cavaco Silva and Abu Mazen, Leah Rabin, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal, Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, and others.
The motivations communicated by the President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, Prof. Michele Capasso, who will present the Award, reads:

For the activity in favour of peace and harmony among the peoples of the world, carried out by the Salesian Family, particularly in places where war is raging: here the Salesians are often the only point of reference for men and women of different faiths. The Rector Major Don Ángel Fernández Artime is a true' builder of Peace'; with his role as a Guide and Master of the entire Salesian Family - the Salesians, the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and Cooperators - he nurtures and spreads with humility and complicity hope in the young people who have to place themselves towards life as' Hunters of the Positive' and spread the' True'.

It should also be noted that during the Academic Act of 19 October also the Rector of UPS, Prof. Mauro Mantovani, will receive from the Fondazione Mediterraneo, on behalf of the University, the Prize "Bearer of Peace" 2016,"recognition of the role taken on by the entire Salesian Pontifical University for the education of young people in peace and coexistence among different peoples, in the perspective - according to the expressions of Pope Paul VI - of the new'.
In its main headquarters of the "Museum of Peace" in Naples, the Fondazione Mediterraneo has also set up 107 large videowalls through which it tells the history and actions of Salesians around the world.
Finally, it should be noted that the Mediterranean Award - in its "special edition" for the twentieth anniversary - consists of the original work "Totem della Pace" by the sculptor Mario Molinari, from Turin, very much linked to the figure of Don Bosco, a detail that reinforces even more the symbolic meaning of the Prize.

EMMA MARRONE VISITING THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO AND MUSEUM OF PEACE

Napoli | 10 October 2016
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Emma Marrone visited the Fondazione Mediterraneo and the Museum of Peace - MAMT with the itineraries dedicated to Pino Daniele and Mario Molinari.

President Capasso donated the volumes "Nostro Mare Nostro" and "Totem della Pace" by Molinari to the singer.
Alessandro Daniele has guided Emma in the path dedicated to his father Pino with images, objects and lots of emotions!
From the great videowalls, the singer has seen in high definition the highlights of her career.
Particular emotion the version of Napul'è is sung by her at the arena of Verona.

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FEDERATION ANNA LINDH PARTICIPATES AT THE 21TH MARCH OF PEACE AND FRATERNITY

Perugia -Assisi | 09 October 2016
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Almost 550 local authorities and associations represented and more than one hundred schools who joined in the March.
Among these, also the "Federazione Anna Lindh Italia": next to the students of Amatrice.
There are 100,000 total participants who have challenged the bad weather. The procession left around 9am in the morning from Perugia, to arrive in the early afternoon at Rocca Maggiore di Assisi.
The members of the Anna Lindh Foundation's Italian Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation (adherents to the Anna Lindh Italia Federation) have affirmed the indispensable values of dialogue and coexistence that must have in young people the main actors, protagonists of our future.
I wish to extend a warm greeting to the organizers and to all participants - wrote Sergio Mattarella in a message - especially to young people who express their hope to see the wars, violence and limitations of human rights canceled in every corner of the world. Peace - continued the Head of State - is an issue that does not only appeal to the heads of nations or restricted ruling classes. The peoples are suffering the consequences of wars. It is from them that a new season of cooperation, sustainable development and mutual respect can come.

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