We call this final purification of the elect purgatory, which is completely different from the punishment of the damned.
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
We call this final purification of the elect purgatory, which is completely different from the punishment of the damned.
Discover the vocational story of Ajo Joy, a seminarian from India, whose faith and love for his mother propelled his priestly journey at the University of Navarra. Inspired by the religious coexistence of Kerala, Ajo seeks to respond to the challenges of a secularized world.
Candles play an important role in the Catholic Church and their origins go back many centuries. In the Old Testament, light was a symbol of faith. With the advent of Jesus, this symbolism has been enriched with new meanings fundamental to the life of the Christian. The light, reflection of the Spirit of God.
