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Cardinal Vlk has passed away
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.
Kenya: bordering with South Sudan
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.
Among the Rural Populations in Argentina
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.
Scotland: Giving unity wings
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
A family break-up that turned into gold
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 Nigeria, a high school becomes a Mariapolis
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.”
Dubai’s first Mariapolis
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.
Uganda. Proofs of the Economy of Communion
In a country made up mostly of young people, saving money is turned into loans for setting up small manufacturing activities that become the leaven of change, with the encouragement of Pope Francis
A White Father in Africa
Jos Van Boxel, Belgian, who lived for 23 years in Zambia, Tanzania and Uganda with the White Fathers, tells of his first encounter with the Focolare and the choice to become a missionary.
One More Step in Ecumenical Dialogue
From Nigeria to Germany, from Italy to Bolivia, inumerable initiatives fruit of an ecumenism of life that took place during the recent Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, January 18-25.
The wildfires have not devoured the solidarity in Chile.
It was the worst forest fire in Chilean history. A series of earthquakes, tsunami, eruptions, floods, wildfires and droughts in recent years, has not been able to win against the tenacity of the Chilean people.
Algeria: fidelity of love
20 years after the massacre of the “monks of Tibhirine” and Bishop Claverie. The memories of Giorgio Antoniazzi, one of the focolarini men who was their friend for many years in Tlemcen. The common choice of remaining faithful to the Gospel.
Thought of the day
Know how to take risks for others
Know how to take risks for others