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Living the Gospel: “Test everything but hold on to what is good” (1 Thessalonians 5: 21)
Trying to put the words of the Gospel into practice in everyday situations or when making important decisions, naturally leads to transforming effects which are sometimes really surprising. It’s like this: give and you will receive, put love into your actions and you will find love and friendship, make decisions with the common good in mind and you will find the way forward.
One Jubilee, many Jubilees
2025 is full of significant anniversaries for ecumenism – from the Jubilee of Hope announced by the Catholic Church to the celebration of the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and the 60th anniversary of the abolition of the mutual excommunications that had previously existed between the Church of Rome and the Orthodox Church of Constantinople. The Focolare Movement is taking the opportunity to celebrate these anniversaries with an international ecumenical conference from 26 to 29 March.
Apostles of hope against human trafficking
XI International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking, a problem that affects 50 million people around the world, with women and children being the most affected. Why is it important to celebrate this Day?
Closeness, the Style of God
The latest book on Chiara Lubich is a collection of writings and talks by the founder of the Focolare Movement on the theme of closeness and proximity.
The journey has begun
On 23 January, we experienced the first appointment of ‘Called to one hope - Youth on the way’. A journey to immerse ourselves in the heart of the Jubilee through the riches of the Charisms. Animating this first evening were the young people of Nuovi Orizzonti and the...
Dialogue: a path to search for what is good
Idea of the month – February 2025
Test everything but hold on to what is good. (1Thess 5:21)
Word of Life – February 2025
Goma Emergency (Democratic Republic of Congo)
The Emergency Coordination of the Focolare Movement has launched a fundraising campaign for the region of Goma, in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in aid of the increasing number of hundreds of thousands of displaced people whose city has been under siege for a fortnight.
Bishop Krause (1940-2024): “Brother, how wonderful it is that we meet”
The late German Lutheran Bishop Christian Krause, former President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), was a passionate advocate for ecumenism and the experience of unity in diversity and variety.
How do we find hope in a suffering world?
24th of January 1944
Wildfires in California: The Focolare Community in the suffering and devastation
California, USA. Over 200,000 people displaced, more than 10,000 buildings destroyed, $150 billion in damages and 10 million people under evacuation alert.
Peru: Taking care of the loneliest people
“Let’s start from the least, from those who are rejected and abandoned by society.” This is how the “Chiara Lubich” Hogar Centre for the elderly began in the Peruvian Amazon.
Thought of the day
Listen to the inner voice
Listen to the inner voice