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Behind the scenes of the revolution: small jests of brotherhood between Christians and Muslims with the desire of giving back again to many the sense of their belonging to their country.

Within the context of a training course for the New Evangelization, a Pan-African Gen Congress will be held in Kenya on 27-31 December 2011. Two-hundred youths from 15 Sub-Saharan African countries are expected to attend.

In continuity with the ideal manifested with the conferment of the Degree Honoris Causa on Chiara Lubich on 25th October 2004 by the Claretianum of Rome, a meeting was held on the 3rd December, to celebrate consecrated life in the light of the spirituality of unity.

A United Nations conference on climate change was held in Durban, South Africa on 28 November-10 December. We interviewed Luca Fiorani who is responsible for EcoOne, an international network of professionals operating in the environmental field, asking him for his assessment.

On 10-14 December sixty Hindu and Christian scholars gather near Mumbai, in Lonavla at a symposium entitled: “Reading, interpreting and living the Scriptures as a way of bringing about universal fraternity and peace.”

Claritas, a new online journal connected with the Focolare’s Città Nuova publishing house, is being prepared for publication. Callan Slipper, an Anglican theologian and one of the editors and designers of this project, talks about it.

From Rio Grande, the most southern capital in the world, the generous commitment of young people: “We want to become main players in political action.”

Responding to a plea for help can sometimes have unforeseen consequences. This adventure of a community caring for the blind, gives rise to an original pilot experiment.