All Christians experience that the life of consecrated persons shapes the Church in a vital and sanctifying way.

It is the time to increase collaboration with African countries, and the opportunity to rethink a system that exacerbates inequality between and within countries, degrades the environment and endangers our humanity. Helping Africa is helping ourselves.

According to UN data, women represent nearly half of the world's population. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted, however, that their presence in public life is far from proportional to this percentage.