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2024 Communion in Action Report: the projects and initiatives of the Focolare Movement worldwide
With a focus on the active initiatives in various countries and their specific impact on people, communities and geographical areas
General Assembly 2026: contributions from the new generations
The journey towards the 2026 General Assembly of the Focolare Movement really involves everyone. Here are some contributions from the new generations, in particular we will hear the voice of some gen4, gen3 and gen2 (the children, adolescents and young people of the Focolare) from various countries of the world.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Mt 5:9)
Word of Life – November 2025
Working for Peace
Idea of the month – November 2025
Living the Gospel: “My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth”.
The author of Psalm 121 invites us to lift our eyes and trust in the Lord who provides for each one of us. We can also experience this love by discovering, in everyday life, that we are called to be instruments of God for those around us.
Prha Pittaya: dialogue as a way of welcome
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, we would like to share a short excerpt from the interview with a Theravada Buddhist monk from Thailand, Prha Pittaya.
New Course: embodying synodality in the realities in which we live
Beginning on 3rd November, 2025, for the fourth year in a row, the Evangelii Gaudium Centre (CEG) of the Sophia University Institute will offer a synodality training course on synodality entitled “Practices for a Synodal Church”. Maria do Sameiro Freitas, General Secretary of the CEG and Moderator of the Synodal Training Course shared her insights.
Integral and Ongoing Formation
What kind of pedagogy does the charism of unity inspire? Today, the first version of an open document on the Focolare Movement’s integral and ongoing formation is available online. It is a text designed to grow richer through the experience and contributions of all those involved in the fields of education and formation.
Safeguarding: the participation of the whole Church is necessary
Presentation of the second worldwide Annual Report of the Catholic Church on Church Policies and Procedures for Safeguarding. The pilot methodology has been applied by the Pontifical Commission for the first time to the Focolare Movement.
Vinu Aram: dialogue, space for humanity
Sixty years after Nostra Aetate, we share a clip from the Link-Up of June 13th, 2020. It’s taken from an interview with Vinu Aram, Director of the Shanti Ashram International Centre, an international Gandhian development organization that works in the poorest and most disadvantaged areas of Tamil Nadu in India.
Towards the 2026 General Assembly
Articles and contributions published in preparation for the General Assembly of the Focolare Movement, which will begin on 1 March 2026.
Nostra Aetate: 60 years of journeying in Interreligious Dialogue
The 28th October, 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of “Nostra Aetate,” the Second Vatican Council’s declaration on the Church’s relationships with non-Christian religions. After six decades, the document which has inspired and guided the steps of interreligious dialogue, invites us to renew our commitment to continue to build relationships of genuine brotherhood.
Thought of the day
Spread real love everywhere
Spread real love everywhere