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Guatamala’s Fuego Volcano Tragedy
Among the street children
In the outskirts of Mexico City, the Focolare community works in an environment of extreme poverty, sharing the Gospel message with children who live with drugs and trafficking. Here’s Nicola Nicoletti’s article in Vatican City’s L’Osservatore Romano newspaper.
New rector of PLU
There is great satisfaction also in the Sophia University Institute of Loppiano. The new Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University (PLU), recently appointed by Pope Francis, is also a “visiting professor” at the University Institute. Vincenzo Buonomo, jurist and...
Extraordinary guests
The social and humanitarian crisis that is occurring in Venezuela is forcing hundreds of thousands to flee toward bordering countries, searching for shelter, medicine and work. Here is an experience of welcoming people from the Focolare community in Lima, Peru.
Belfast: Going beyond invisible walls
20 years after the signing of the Peace Agreement, we went to Belfast to see for ourselves the divisions that still exist but also the efforts on the path to peace.
A welcome at the border
Known as the western gates of Italy, the city of Ventimiglia, at the border between Italy and France, has seen tens of thousands of migrants come through from the Mediterranean and into Europe. Here’s the story from Paola of the local Focolare community.
Tommaso Sorgi
On the 30th day of his passing, we are commemorating the great figure of a man, father, deputy, and focolarino, who in the rowdy world of politics and beyond was able to bear witness to the values in which he believed and for which he worked to the very end..
Music unites Christians
On May 16th, the 18th edition of the Noite Musical ecumenica was held at the Focolare’s Mariapolis Centre in San Leopoldo, Brazil on the occasion of the Week of Prayer for the Unity of Christians. Marina Silva, who is in charge of the Mariapolis centre, explained:...
Ecumenism: Dialogue and Cooperation
While the week of prayer for Christian unity is being celebrated in the southern hemisphere, we publish excerpts of Maria Voce’s address at a recent ecumenical convention in Palermo.
A Message of Unity from the Pampas
As Loppiano was being visited by Pope Francis, Mariapolis Lia in Argentina was celebrating the 50th anniversary.
Signs of unity and peace
The Buddhist monks who gathered around the Holy Father at Loppiano on May 10 have become a visible sign of the unity of the human family. Here is the story of their journey there.
Palermo, Builders of Unity
The Palermo Catpital of the Culture of Unity and Brotherhood Project has concluded. It had been launched by 300 young people and attended by Maria Voce, Jesus Moran, Archbishop Lorefice, students of Sophia University Institute (IUS) and Gen Verde Band.
Thought of the day
Instill hope
Instill hope