News
A long journey in the Middle East
Gianni Ricci, a focolarino priest, spent 23 years in the Middle East to give a hand in spreading the spirituality of unity in the lands martyred by wars and strife
Miles of hope
For two weeks, between May and June 2017, Fazenda da Esperança and Gen Rosso undertook an original tour in Germany together.
Living the Gospel: Going against the current
The Word of Life for this month encourages us to go towards Jesus recognising him as the source of peace and hope. We publish two experiences anchored in the strength of His words.
A Life Dedicated to Peace in the Holy Land
Excerpts from an interview by Italian public television’s Sulle vie di Damasco, with focolarina Margaret Karram from the Holy Land.
Run4Unity: Global relay race 2017
News from New Caledonia, Malaysia, Guatemala and Mexico regarding the “race for peace and unity” that was organised worldwide.
Buddhists and Christians in dialogue, Part 2
The second chapter of the Taiwan symposium-pilgrimage brought the group to Dharma Drum Mountain, the monastery of a Chan Buddhism reformer one hour from Taipei. Following are some passages from the travel diary.
Ecuador: an intercultural laboratory
The meeting on the Pacific coast with the Afro-Ecuadorians of Esmeraldas,marked by poverty but rich in human dignity and values: a premise for a real intercultural school.
Central African Republic: Siding with the wounded
After an attack of the so-called Christian militias against peaceful Muslim cowhands, a Catholic priest of the Central African Republic, not heeding the threats, went to help the wounded in the hospital.
Myanmar: Towards a Church-Communion
The Asian Bishop-friends of the Focolare held their meeting in the first days of June, during which they were introduced to the spirituality of unity in an in-depth manner.
Rwanda: “Land of a Thousand Hills”
An Brazilian seminarian’s recount of his journey to the suffering African country of Rwanda where he visited other seminarians who, like him, want to live the spirituality of unity.
Athenagoras and Chiara Lubich
Fifty years ago, on 13 June 1967, the first meeting between the founder of the Focolare Movement and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I took place in Istanbul. It became a bridge of unity between this outstanding religious figure and Pope Paul VI.
Educating towards fraternity: a collective challenge
408 participants from Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina and Colombia, in the 1st International Congress for Educators of the Southern Cone,held in Rosario (Argentina).A wealth of educational practices to be shared.
Thought of the day
Signs of hope!
Signs of hope!