On 8 May 2021 at a traffic light in the city of Porto Alegre (Brazil), Lorenzo, aged 24, and his mother, Themis, saw a poor man with a sign: “I’m hungry, help me”. This is how the project “Troque-a-fome-por-flor” (Swap hunger for a flower) began. The result is a network of florists and volunteers that now employs more than 70 people and is also spreading to other cities in Brazil. https://vimeo.com/619912229
Today I will smile more!
Accompanying Europe to realise its vocation – 75 years since the Schuman Declaration, in the European Parliament building in Brussels, a panel of experts, representatives of various Christian Movements and young activists gave voice to the vision of European unity as an instrument of peace. A meeting promoted by Together for Europe and MEPs.
According to most historians, the first ecumenical council of the Church began on 20th May, 1,700 years ago. It was the year 325, in Nicaea, present day İznik in Turkey, a small town 140 km south of Istanbul, surrounded by the ruins of a fortress that still speaks of those times.
A group from the International Centre of Focolare attended the Mass for the beginning of the ministry of Pope Leo XIV. It was an emotional occasion which called for reflection. It’s a new beginning.
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