San Salvador, May 12 – The XXXVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Communications Commission of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) was held in the capital of El Salvador from the 9th to 12th of May. The Assembly was attended by bishops of the 22 countries that make up CELAM, bishops of the Episcopal Conference of the Canadian Church and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as some delegates of the Latin American Religious Conference

Thanks to the strong collaboration with Susan G. Komen Italia, an Association that promotes the fight against breast cancer worldwide and in Italy, Casa Scalabrini 634 launched the Women’s Health Program. The program aims at promoting women’s health by raising awareness on the importance of healthy nutrition and early detection in relation to breast cancer and to some major women’s health issues. The program occurred at Casa Scalabrini 634 with three different training sessions and one day of free mammograms and ultrasounds