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At the request of the bishop there, three focolarini open a focolare house in the Lesser Himalayas, with the challenge of bringing the light of the Gospel with their lives to those fertile mountain lands.

The 5th centennial of Luther’s Protestant Reformation is an event of great ecumenical importance for Catholics and Lutherans. An in-depth study of the New Humanity magazine on the Report of the Catholic-Lutheran Commission for Unity.

During the convention of the Bishop Friends of the Focolare (Castel Gandolfo 7-10 March) on the theme of “Jesus Forsaken as the key to the culture of encounter,” Archbishop Giorgio Lingua recounted his story as a Vatican diplomat in landlocked countries.

25 March 1957: Rome is a witness to the signing of the treaty that instituted the European Economic Community. We commemorate this moment with some insights of Igino Giordani on Europe and its long-awaited unity.

From window-washer, during the Socialist period, to Archbishop of Prague. For eight years he moderated a group of some thousand Bishop Friends of the Focolare Movement.

During the congress of the Bishops–Friends of the Focolare, representatives from the diocese of Lodwar, Kenya, gave their testimony of how, in times of shortage and guerrilla warfare, the diocese hosts 200,000 refugees.

Sustainable tourism as a response to unemployment and the creation of new job opportunities. A strategy for the preservation of nature’s riches, as well as local development.

An open lesson on Christian-Muslim dialogue at the University of Glasgow, brought about by a deep friendship between the Sophia University Institute and the Islamic Centre of Great Britain

Federico and Laura, new parents in crisis, attend a course at the international center of Loppiano. There they discover the art of healing wounds with the gold of forgiveness.

In Jos, Nigeria, 600 high school students experience, together with their teachers and families, the shared lifestyle of the Focolare Movement, discovering how “God truly exists and is alive.”

Sixty-five people from 12 different countries came together at Ras Al Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates, on January 27–28 to bring to life a typical Focolare gathering that features people living the Gospel lifestyle together, young and old alike.