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
Luis Navarro, rector of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, the personal seal of the institution is the personalized attention to students and the academic level. He especially emphasizes the prestige of the Faculty of Institutional and Social Communication, of vital importance for learning how to communicate the Church's message to the world.
Coming from Indonesia, Binsar is the youngest seminarian in Bidasoa at the age of 21. His full name is Alexander Binsar Tampubolon, but everyone calls him Binsar. He belongs to the diocese of Surabaya. He has finished his first year at the International Ecclesiastical Seminary of Bidasoa in Pamplona. He tells us about his vocation and how a girlfriend led him to surrender to God and his idea of "digital evangelization".
"Eighty % of the population identifies itself as Catholic, and it is impressive to see the number of people who fill the churches every Sunday. The immigration of many Filipinos has also been a considerable factor in religious life in other countries. In fact, Pope Francis called us the 'smugglers of the faith'."
