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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.
The freedom that comes from facing up to your own history
Interview with Eugenia Álvarez, General Councillor of the Society of Apostolic Life, “Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi”
Dilexi te: love for the poor, the foundation of Revelation
The first Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Leo XIV has been published. It was started by Pope Francis and focuses on love and service to the poor. It is a precious legacy, an image of continuity and unity of the Magisterium of the Church. Here are some reflections by Prof. Luigino Bruni.
The first important step towards peace
Declaration by Margaret Karram, President of the Focolare Movement
New publication: “A Magnificent Garden”
Religious men and women in the history of the Focolare Movement: a contribution to the spread of the charism of unity, told in the pages of a book just published by Città Nuova
With strong commitments made, Raising Hope concluded
Around 1,000 participants from 80 countries gathered at this unprecedented conference in Castel Gandolfo, Rome, to mark the tenth anniversary of the encyclical Laudato Si’ and to address some of the most pressing issues surrounding the climate crisis.
Chiara Lubich at Genfest 1990
“What would Jesus say? What would Jesus do at this moment?” And it is precisely this question that Chiara Lubich started from in this excerpt taken from Genfest 1990.
Pope Leo XIV opens the Raising Hope Conference: What remains to be done after Laudato Si’?
A block of glacial ice from Greenland took center stage at the opening of the Raising Hope Conference, where Pope Leo XIV urged those present to “return to the heart,” for only there can a true ecological conversion take place.
Silent Help
Idea of the month – October 2025
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‘My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.’ (Ps 121 [120]:2)
Word of Life – October 2025
Thought of the day
Creating communion
Creating communion