Every family is a sacred entity, and deserves the veneration and solicitude of its members, of civil society and of the Church. "The Christian proclamation concerning the family is truly good news." Amoris Laetitia, 1
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.
Thanks to generous people like you, candidates can complete their academic, theological, human and spiritual formation in universities and seminaries in Rome and Pamplona.
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.
131 countries send candidates to universities and training centers
Every family is a sacred entity, and deserves the veneration and solicitude of its members, of civil society and of the Church. "The Christian proclamation concerning the family is truly good news." Amoris Laetitia, 1
Don Manuel Guzmán Murguía, a young diocesan priest of Bolivia, in the Archdiocese of La Paz, was born on November 17, 1996 in one of the highest cities in the world, located at 3600 meters above sea level. At only 28 years of age, he is one of the youngest priests in his diocese.
Christmas and war are opposed to each other. In the face of hope and love, we grieve and suffer when we see countries devastated by the horror of the lack of peace.