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Listen to the voice of your conscience
Listen to the voice of your conscience
Genfest 1990
"A United World: An Ideal Which Makes History" was the title of Genfest 1990 which also gathered young people from Eastern Europe for the first time, following the fall of the Berlin Wall. Chiara Lubich invites the young people to cooperate in giving a soul to the world. Sports Stadium, Rome - 31 March 1990.
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