Dearest Friends, At the end of a complex year that was filled with significant challenges that required so many people around the world to call upon extra resources of energy and hope, here we are in the run-up to the Christmas holidays, with the perfect opportunity to be able to decrease our anxieties and worries and focus on the beauty and poetry of this holy holiday that expresses triumphant life.

On December 7 the tree that will light up Piazza di San Firenze for the holidays was turned on and the “ABF: “Christmas of Hope and Opportunity” video will be distributed from today

From private initiatives to charitable donations, there are many ways you can make the holidays an occasion to give opportunity and hope to many communities in Italy and around the world and this December 7 there is the tree lighting event at San Firenze.