Statement by Maria Voce, President of the Focolare Movement following the military intervention in Syria on the night of 13th April 2018
In preparation for the October Synod, young people from all over the world give the Pope and bishops a document that expresses their ideas about the Church and what they hope to receive from it.
The results of a strong experience of fraternity between Muslims and Christians, inspired by the charism of unity, were presented April 21 at Castelgandolfo in Rome. Here’s the story of Schéhérazad and Farouk, a couple from Tlemcen, Algeria.
As part of a series of celebrations commemorating the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Jesús Morán, Focolare Co-President addressed a Conference “WCC, Chiara Lubich and the Focolare” held in Geneva, Switzerland on 18th April. His talk examined cultural, anthropological and ecclesial aspects of dialogue. In summary:
Great expectations for the visit of Pope Francis, next 10 May. Interview with Daniele Casprini, one of the heads of the first town of the Focolare, which today counts about 1,000 inhabitants.
An emergency aid project promoted by Action for a United World (AMU) and New Families Association, both of which are non-profit organisations of the Focolare Movement.
ithin the framework of the World Youth Day of 2000 held on 17 August at the Flaminio Stadium of Rome, 25,000 young people from all over the world had given rise to the new Genfest. Among them was Sandro Rojas Badilla from Costa Rica, author of the song dedicated to Blessed Chiara Badano: “Light.”
A new episode of the history of the Genfest. 1985. Fifth edition, “Many roads towards a united world,” at the Palaeur in Rome, with 20,000 youths from all over the world. The music group “Factor One” formed by three students of Dublin participate with the unforgettable “Yes to You.” The words of Padraic Gilligan, the group’s vocalist and guitarist.
Ecclesiastic movements and communities side by side in a study day entitled “Charisms and institutions,” dedicated to the relationship between “hierarchical gifts” for the life of the Church..
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At the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, we are proposing the story of Peter Grimheden: a Swedish pediatrician, Lutheran and a focolarino. An example of concrete unity.
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This month’s Word of Life invites us to build bridges and heal fractured relationships.
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The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an invitation to find throughout the year, the opportunities to share in the progress of the communion between churches and pray together for the fullness of unity. In (Italy) an ecumenical cycling event to give respect to all creation.
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A Brazilian actor’s career is interrupted through a sudden illness which progressively leaves him immobilised. “My life was re-modelled by God’s hands.”
Through a voluntary gesture of solidarity, Dino Impagliazzo, a member of the Focolare Movement, gave rise to RomAmor, an association dedicated to the care of homeless people. The initiative, which started out from the Tuscolana Station in Rome. has reached other points in the city, creating spaces of mutual love and solidarity.
Today, 14 March, marks the 10th anniversary of Chiara Lubich’s passing. We publish a short video showing her extraordinary life: from the little city of Trent, in the north of Italy, right up to “the very ends of the earth”. It illustrates her discovery of God as Love, during World War II, and the development of a spirituality of communion suited to today’s times, fruit of the gift of the charism of unity for the Church and humanity.
The travel diary of Adriana Avellaneda, a focolarina from Colombia who lives in Italy. Her diary takes us to her own land to meet people who experience and promote peace processes in very complex situations.
Gisella Calliari, one of the first focolarinas, passed away today, on January 20 at the age of 97. Her long life was continually aimed at the realization of Jesus’s dream: that all be one.
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During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity we offer some thoughts from the Catholic theologian Klaus Hemmerle (1929-1994), who sees in the reciprocal aspect of the Christian life a common path for all Christians who are in search of unity in the one Spirit.
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The guidelines and characteristics of the Focolare Movement’s ecumenical commitment in the reflection, “universal brotherhood is an irreversible path,” of the Co-President, Jesús Morán.
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