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The General Assembly of the Focolare Movement is about to begin
320 representatives of the Focolare Movement communities around the world will take part in the fourth General Assembly since the death of the foundress Chiara Lubich, from the 1st to the 21st of March. The Assembly will elect the new members of the governing body and will approve the guidelines for the next five years.
A little miracle in just 27 hours
Four years after the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, we share a story of proximity, a diary that tells how quickly generosity can move. At the beginning of February, a couple from Lower Austria received a request for help from Kiev appealing for winter clothes for people facing great hardship. Twenty-seven hours later, over a ton of clothes and shoes had reached the collection point. It was an overwhelming wave of willingness and solidarity.
Chiara Lubich: “God needs us”
‘See, I am making all things new.’ Chiara Lubich commented on the Word of Life for February 2026 in April 1989. Here is a brief excerpt.
When Illness Becomes Communion
Brian is from Ireland. He is 62 years old, married, with two daughters, a university professor who lives in Taiwan. Out of the blue he discovered he has a serious disease that has changed his whole life.
2025 Annual Report: moving from policy to culture
The 2025 Annual Report on activities for safeguarding as well as data relating to cases of abuse within the Focolare Movement is now available. Below you will find the introduction, accompanied by an interview with Bishop Alí Herrera, Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors of the Catholic Church.
Ottmaring, a Laboratory for Europe
Three days of listening and dialogue between cultures, faith and politics took place at the Focolare’s little town of Ottmaring in Germany, to reflect on Europe in the light of the charism of unity.
Human trafficking: taking action for justice
Message from Margaret Karram for the Online Pilgrimage of Prayer – for the 12th World Day of Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking, 8 February 2026
Global solutions beyond crises
From 26th January to 1st February 2026, Rome hosted 100 young political leaders from 36 countries for the conclusion of the first year of the two-year political formation programme “One Humanity, One Planet: Synodal Leadership”—a challenge to develop a different style of governance, starting from the paradigm of fraternity.
35 years of Economy of Communion (EoC): a global event in Latin America in May 2026
The event will be divided into two phases and will include an immersion in Latin American communities, followed by a congress in Buenos Aires
For a Politics of Fraternity
From 25th January-1st February, 100 young political leaders from 36 countries worked on a politics based on fraternity. Pope Leo: fraternity among you is already a new sign.
Let Justice Flow Like Rivers: A Call to Integral Ecology in Ireland
The “Let Justice Flow Like Rivers” Creation Care Conference, held in Newry on 17th January 2026, brought together church leaders, community activists, educators and faith-based organisations from across Ireland for a day of prayer, listening, and shared commitment to care for creation.
Closeness: a bridge to shorten distances
The presentation of the book “Closeness, a path to peace. Pages of life” written by Margaret Karram, President of the Focolare Movement, took place in the Jubilee Hall of LUMSA University (Rome) on the 30th of January 2026. It was a unique opportunity for exchange and dialogue, which aimed to offer a tangible experience of “closeness” with an outlook of hope towards the future.
Thought of the day
Want the good of others
Want the good of others