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Patriarch Bartholomew’s message to the Genfest
MESSAGE By His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Youth for a United World International Genfest 2018: Beyond All Borders (Manila, July 6-8, 2018) "It is with particular joy that we greet all of you, the participants of the 11th edition of the Genfest held...
In the school of change
On the second day of the Genfest, for the 6,000 “Beyond all borders” participants, there will be more than a 100 forums and workshops, besides social, intercultural and ecological activities. From the correspondent, Stefania Tanesini.
Stories From Beyond Borders
Six-thousand young people from more than a hundred countries have arrived in Manila for one of the most expected events of the year: the eleventh edition of Genfest 2018 for the first time in Asia. A report from Clara Ramirez.
Ecumenical meeting in Bari
Pope Francis will be in Bari (Italy) on Saturday, 7 July, for the ecumenical meeting of reflection and prayer with the Patriarchs and Heads of Christian Churches of the Middle East. The event will be introduced by Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the...
Bread and so much more
The “Espiga Dourada” (Golden Corn) bakery, to the west of Saõ Paulo, Brazil, offers bread, pastries and a long experience of the Economy of Communion.
The practicality of dialogue in a democracy
On June 13 in Rome, a meeting was held in the Senate on dialogue as the “soul of democracy,” promoted by the Movement of Politics and Policy for Unity, which Chiara Lubich founded in 1996. Here’s our excerpt from an interview with Silvio Minnetti, president of MPPU in Italy.
Gen Verde in Manila
It’s countdown to the start of the Genfest! (Focolare Youth Festival in July 2018). Together with all the young people present at the Genfest in Manila and those who will follow the event live around the world, we want to be a “Wave of Love” going beyond all barriers...
Vision of light over the city
It’s Mariapolis time, especially in the Boreal Hemisphere. One of the first, from 14 to 17 June took place in Piedmont (Northern Italy). Some insights on how the Mariapolis impacts on city life.
Mind, heart and hands for fraternity
The Genfest is coming soon and young people from all over the world are getting ready to experience how to go beyond all borders.
Bomb- Making and the Longing for Peace
An arms factory provides jobs to many people, a committee fights to reconvert it to civilian purposes and an entire community works for peace. Paolo Balduzzi’s interview with Cinzia Guaita, one of the committee members.
[:it]Papa Francesco al CEC di Ginevra[:es]Papa Francisco al CEC de Ginebra
Pope Francis has embarked on an ecumenical pilgrimage which is taking place today at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva (Switzerland), on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the World Council of Churches (WCC). The theme of the celebration:...
Journalism and Migration
A seminar on the Journalism of Dialogue took place in Bodo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso from 9 to 13 June. Michele Zanzucchi from Italy, Guy Roland from Benin, Armand Djoualeu from Cameroon plus many Christian and Muslim professionals and students from Niger, Mali, Ivory...
Thought of the day
Allow yourself to be wounded by compassion
Allow yourself to be wounded by compassion