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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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05/02/2025
Pablo López: "Those who evangelize in networks see the disproportion between work and fruits".

In a world where ephemeral content seems to reign, the priest Pablo Lopez bets on social networks to evangelize and talk about God and the transcendent.

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01/02/2025
Fernando Puig, new rector of Santa Croce, now in its 40th year

On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (PUSC), known in Italy as the Santa Croce, we took advantage of a congress being held in Rome to speak with Fernando Puig, recently appointed rector of the university.

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28/01/2025
The backpack of sacred vessels for celebrating Mass in rural areas

Hanzell and Pedro Antonio are two priests who studied at the University of Navarra and were trained at the Bidasoa International Seminary. It is customary in the CARF Foundation to give a backpack of sacred vessels to seminarians who finish their studies and return to their country of origin. Both thank the Patronato de Acción Social for this.

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