From 28th January to 5th February, the diocese of Paris led by cardinal André Vingt-Trois will promote the Festival of Charity. The whole of the planned events is reviewed in a 25-page file, which will be handed out in the parishes. They include a photographic exhibition, a "Forum on commitment" and a round table with young people aged 16 to 25 about serving the poorer. In presenting the initiative, father Olivier Ribadeau Dumas, vicar general for solidarity, said that approximately 75% of the parishes of Paris will promote one event as part of the Festival and that the initiative as a whole has a threefold goal: "making what exists visible" as the commitment of the Church to the poorer; "measuring what remains to be done" regarding the emergency of the new poverties; and "calling new people to respond to these new needs". In the file, which is in the press for the presentation of the Festival, the diocese also included some indicators of poverty in Paris. In the city, 12% of the families live below the poverty threshold (817 euros). Many poor people are young: 16% of under-20 boys and girls live in uncertain economic conditions.
