

Dearest benefactors and friends:
As we conclude 2024 in which we have celebrated the 35th anniversary of the CARF Foundation, I gratefully share with you some milestones of the year. Your prayers and generosity make possible this priceless work in favor of the integral formation of our children. priests diocesans around the world, a work for the entire universal Church.
The international context remains complex. In spite of this challenging environment in 2024, the CARF Foundation has remained firmly committed to the Church throughout the world and to the integral formation of seminarians, diocesan priests and religious men and women.
Asia, 14 countries: China, South Korea, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Africa, 22 countries: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.
Europe, 25 countries: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, and Hungary.
America, 21 countries:
Northern, 3 countries: Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
Central, 7 countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic.
Southern, 11 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Oceania, 2 countries: Australia and New Zealand.