[difl_contentcarousel speed=”2400″ loop=”on” autoplay=”on” dots=”on” dots_color=”#3FA3D6″ active_dots_color=”#FFB300″ large_active_dot=”on” wrapper_padding=”||||true|false” item_wrapper_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” item_wrapper_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” image_wrapper_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” image_wrapper_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||2%||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”1920″ sub_title=”Chiara Lubich was born on January 22 in Trent (Italy) and baptized with the name Silvia.” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/difl_contentcarouselitem][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”1943″ sub_title=”Attracted by St. Clare of Assisi’s radical choice of God, she chose the name in the Third Order of St. Francis. On December 7, she consecrated her life to God with a vow of chastity. This marked the beginning of what would become the Focolare Movement.” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2-1.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/difl_contentcarouselitem][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”1944″ sub_title=”After a devastating aerial bombardment, the Lubich family had to flee from Trent, but Chiara decided to stay in the city. Together with her first companions she will share an apartment in Piazza Cappuccini. This became the “focolare” .” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3-1.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/difl_contentcarouselitem][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”1949″ sub_title=”From 1949 to 1959, every summer Chiara went to the Trentino Dolomites with her first companions and an increasing number of people. Thus was born Mariapoli, the city of Mary.” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/5-1.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/difl_contentcarouselitem][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”1961″ sub_title=”In Darmstadt (Germany) Chiara meets several Lutheran pastors who want to know more about her Gospel-based spirituality. This was the start of the ecumenical dialogue” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/6-1.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/difl_contentcarouselitem][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”1962″ sub_title=”First pontifical approval ad experimentum: John XXIII recognises the Movement, with the name Work of Mary.” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/timeline-2.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/difl_contentcarouselitem][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”1977″ sub_title=”At the Guildhall in London, attended by representatives of various faiths, Chiara receives the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. Thus, dialogue with the members of various religions officially began.” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/7-1.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/difl_contentcarouselitem][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”1984″ sub_title=”John Paul II visited the International Centre of the Movement in Rocca di Papa near Rome (Italy).” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8-1.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/difl_contentcarouselitem][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”1990″ sub_title=”The Pontifical Council for the Laity approved the updated General Statutes of the Focolare Movement.” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/pontificio.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/difl_contentcarouselitem][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”1991″ sub_title=”In Brazil, in the Mariapolis Araceli, near São Paulo, Chiara launches the project of the Economy of Communion.” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/9-1.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/difl_contentcarouselitem][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”1996″ sub_title=”In Paris, Chiara was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education. She receives an honorary doctorate in Social Sciences from the University of Lublin, in Poland 15 more will follow.” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/11.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/difl_contentcarouselitem][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”1997″ sub_title=”Chiara recounts her personal experience to 3000 African American Muslims from the American Society of Muslims in the Malcolm X Mosque in Harlem, New York (USA).” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/12-1.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/difl_contentcarouselitem][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”1998″ sub_title=”At the first international meeting of the Ecclesial Movements in Rome (Italy), in St. Peter’s Square, Chiara felt impelled to commit herself and the Movement to embark on a journey toward communion among Catholic movements.” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/13-1.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/difl_contentcarouselitem][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”2004″ sub_title=”In Stuttgart (Germany) takes place %22Together for Europe%22, a daylong celebration leading to a greater communion among more than 150 movements and ecclesial communities from various Christian Churches. 9,000 people were present.” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ipe.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/difl_contentcarouselitem][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”2007″ sub_title=”On 7 December, by Pontifical Decree, the Sophia University Institute was established in the Focolare town of Loppiano (Italy). This is the last official act signed by Chiara Lubich.” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sophia.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/difl_contentcarouselitem][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”2008″ sub_title=”After a long illness, Chiara died on March 14 at her home in Rocca di Papa, near Rome (Italy).” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/16-1.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/difl_contentcarouselitem][difl_contentcarouselitem title=”2015 – 2019″ sub_title=”On 27 January 2015, the opening ceremony of the diocesan phase of the Cause of Canonisation and Beatification of Chiara Lubich took place in Frascati Cathedral, which ended on 10th November 2019. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints at the Holy See, continues the study and evaluation of what has been gathered.” subtitle_tag=”p” df_cci_image=”https://www.focolare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/InizioCausa.png” df_title_bg_bgcolor=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” cc_button_button_url_new_window=”1″ image_wrapper_margin=”||5%||false|false” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” cc_title_text_color=”#FFB300″ cc_subtitle_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Cause of Canonization
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