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The road to Dublin
In preparation for the World Meeting of Families that will take place in Ireland August 21–26, the Focolare community put itself at the service of the local Church. One event was a day entirely dedicated to families.
Judge Shaheed’s Reform
A Muslim Afro-American judge from Indianapolis is inspired by the charism of Chiara Lubich to institute a special tribunal for people with mental problems or psychological dependence. “I learned as a judge to experience compassion.”
Love is never on the move
Married for 50 years, 7 children and 17 grandchildren: these are the “statistics” describing Anna and Claudio’s family. “We want to be instruments of God’s love.”
Coffee: an opportunity to go beyond
“Beyond Go Coffee”, the initiative relaunched by the youths of the Focolare Movement of Milan, in tune with the theme of Genfest 2018: going beyond oneself, to place the other in the centre.
Maria Voce at Green Attica
An international ecological symposium organized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, 5-8 June. “Toward a Greener Attica, Preserving the Planet and Protecting its People”.
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..
Thought of the day
Allow yourself to be wounded by compassion
Allow yourself to be wounded by compassion