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The situation in South Sudan is the focus of a discussion between the Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya, Charles Daniel Balvo, and the president of the Focolare, Maria Voce.

“May you create many good laws for the common good” was the encouragement given by Maria Voce to the students in the Faculty of Law at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa during her talk on the 25th May.

During the 25th International Congress of the Economy of Communion being held from May 25 to 29, a worldwide linkup will celebrate the event.

Excerpts from an interview with Nicodème Bugwabari, professor of political sociology at the University of Burundi, who was amongst the presenters at the recent School of Inculturation in Kenya, May 17-20, 2016.

Expectations are high for the event which, from 27 July to 1 August, will see two million young people gather around Pope Francis, in the name of Mercy. Magda, a young Polish girl, talks about the intense preparations

Dialogue between Gospel and African cultures in the light of the Spirituality of Unity. A summer course held near Nairobi, Kenya with students, theologians and anthropologists. Focolare president Maria Voce and co-president Jesús Morán were also there.

Stories of couples who – out of love – go further beyond the obligations of tribal traditions, and discover a new dimension of their being engaged and married in freedom This also when they are unable to bear children.

Living the Gospel to the letter illumines the diversity of cultures and restores their dignity in the truth. Klaus Hemmerle (1992-1994) was convinced of this. He spoke of it in a speech he gave when he was the bishop of Aachen Germany in 1993. Below are excerpts from that talk.

The Italian Entrepreneurs’ Association for an Economy of Communion (AIPEC), is an organisation of businessmen who imbue their economic activity with the values of EoC. Livio Bertola, current president explains more.

A Muslim woman from Tunisia, who has lived in Italy for 18 years, recounts her story of an “interreligious friendship”, an experience which sustained her in moments of difficulty and in the period surrounding the death of her husband, involving the whole community.

Located at around 27km from the city of Nairobi, Mariapolis Piero spans 18 hectares of green land. Its characteristic: inculturation. Maria Voce and Jesús Morán visit the permanent Mariapolis.