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At the community Deepalaya ("house of light"), founded in 2006 in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India, the Medical Mission Sisters cultivate food, welcome all creatures (except mosquitos) and care for Mother Earth.

Agenzia Fides: Organo di informazione delle Pontificie Opere Missionarie dal 1927

Duhovnik, redovnik Zavetnik: Ne omenja se noben poseben patronat, prav gotovo pa ga lahko štejemo med priprošnjike zoper kužne bolezni. Simon se je že kot deček posebej rad zatekal k Mariji in jo častil. Tako se je, ko je hodil v župnijsko šolo v domačem kraju, po igri redno umaknil v cerkev, da vpraša Marijo, ali je z njim zadovoljna. Bil je vesele narave, pri študiju pa priden in nadarjen. Hitro se je razvil v resnega, razmišljajočega mladeniča. Ob vpisu na krakovsko univerzo j...

Soon after his election in 2013, Pope Francis held his first workshop on human trafficking, and I went to the Vatican to take part in it. Before I left Paris, I asked the "survivors" living in our she...

The new European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Click to read more...

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This live webinar ‘Weighing According to Ph. Eur. from Mettler-Toledo explains everything you need to know to ensure compliance with the new Ph. Eur. General Chapter 2.1.7 ‘Balances for Analytical Purposes’, published on 1 July 2021. The European Pharmacopoeia is the single legally binding reference work for the quality control of medicines in its European member states, or any pharmaceutical company who exports into the European market. The new regulations, published in July 2021 must b...

1. The internal renewal of the Salesian Charism in Europe. 2. Restructuring our presences to make our mission more efficacious. 3. Sending missionaries to Europe. With regard to the first aspect, efforts are still going on and as you can guess, it is not easy to judge the results. With regard to the second aspect, �restructuring�, several initiatives have taken place. The number of provinces has been reduced. Some houses or activities of houses have been closed down or handed over to lay ad...

In its next cycle, the Packaging, Storage, and Distribution Expert Committee of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) will be addressing some of the challenges the pharmaceutical industry is facing in terms of supply-chain management, testing for extractables and leachables, and testing of glass, plastic, and metal container closure systems. The 2010–2015 committee will be led by chair Mary Foster, Pharm.D., vice president of quality for Catalent Pharma Solutions. “There are no written stand...

Singapore-born nun left everything for the Lord Sister Valerie Tseng Yeok Ying had a long, illustrious religious life spanning the globe Sister Valerie Tseng Yeok Ying with students in Malaysia. (Photo: Viala Tropica) Tributes have been pouring in for Sister Valerie Tseng Yeok Ying, a Singapore-born nun from the Infant Jesus Sisters who spent most of her life in community animation, education, social work and Biblical apostolate in Malaysia. Sister Valerie died on April 12 at the age of 96....