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
"It is necessary to lean on the Eucharist, to look for strength and consolation in difficult moments". Miguel Mullen, an Argentinean priest ordained in the midst of the pandemic, explains the importance of the Eucharist, prayer and spiritual accompaniment in the life of a Christian.
On the occasion of Pope Francis' trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, from January 31 to February 5, we share the testimonies of Jean Baptiste Cyaba and Jean Bruno Kambala, two Congolese priests currently studying at the University of Navarra thanks to a scholarship from the CARF Foundation.
January 15 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of the French author, who was determined to distinguish true from false devotions and was sometimes called a libertine for it.
