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The mission of the CARF Foundation

To pray for seminarians and diocesan priests; to spread their good name throughout the world; and to promote their integral formation.

The CARF Foundation (acronym that stands for Centro Academico Romano Fundación) promotes activities of a cultural nature, aimed at the promotion and development of the humanities in all its manifestations, and, primarily, the specific formation received by seminarians, diocesan priests and religious of the Catholic Church. 

We believe that it is possible to improve people's daily lives through the integral formation of young men with a vocation to serve through the priesthood. For this reason, the CARF Foundation, thanks to its benefactors, contributes financially so that seminarians, diocesan priests and religious from all over the world can receive a solid academic, theological, human and spiritual preparation.

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Sacred vessels

To reach the farthest corner of the Earth

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Bequests and wills

The future of the Church depends on you.

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Annual Report

Learn about the activities of the CARF Foundation

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Excellent training to support vocations worldwide.

Thanks to generous people like you, candidates can complete their academic, theological, human and spiritual formation in universities and seminaries in Rome and Pamplona.

Serving the Church

Each year, more than 800 bishops from around the world apply for grants to help them train their students to become bishops. PUSC and in the UNAVMost vocations today are born in African or American countries, which lack the means.

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131 countries send candidates to universities and training centers

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134 beneficiaries have been ordained bishops since 1989.
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2,170 beneficiaries trained by 2023.

Universities supported by the CARF Foundation

The social action board and its volunteers' assistance

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18/09/2020
"Gabon needs pastors trained in Institutional Communication."

Wenceslas Lengoma is a priest from Gabon (Central Africa). He studies Institutional Social Communication at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.

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18/09/2020
Why baptize small children? Isn't it better to wait until they can decide?

Hoy día hay padres que prefieren esperar a que sus hijos crezcan para que, cuando tengan suficiente capacidad de tomar decisiones propias, puedan decidir libremente si se bautizan o no. La razón parece lógica: las decisiones que tienen consecuencias importantes han de ser libremente tomadas, y pocas cosas hay más importantes en la vida que incorporarse o no a la Iglesia, que ser cristiano o no.
En cambio, muchos padres católicos bautizan a sus hijos a los pocos días de nacer, y no piensan que estén coartando la libertad de sus hijos, ni condicionando injustamente su futuro. Parecen personas razonables. ¿Lo son realmente?

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09/09/2020
José Luis Mangué, from Equatorial Guinea: "Go to the lost sheep".

José Luis Mange is a priest from Equatorial Guinea, who has been in Madrid for a few days and has visited CARF headquarters.

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Mass schedules and information to attend the Eucharist.