News
Giving hope in Ecuador and Japan
First news from Focolare communities in countries that have been hit by earthquakes. The extent of the damage is different in each country, but the suffering is the same for the people who have lost everything and had their lives completely distrupted.
Pope Francis: You transform the deserts into living forests
A surprise visit from Pope at Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy where the “Village of the Earth” event is being held (April 22-25, 2016), promoted by the Focolare Movement and Earth Day Italy.
South Africa: The fruits of forgiveness
It’s hard to image the effects that an act of forgiveness can have: the experience of Welile Shasha in Pretoria
Argentina. Sustainable tourism in rural indigenous communities
In the Northwest Region, a sustainable solidarity project that promotes rural communities
In Brazil the Focolare’s stance for fraternity
In this delicate moment the highly divided Brazilian society is undergoing, the Focolare Movement is strongly committed to dialogue, to overcome the differences. The Bishops air their views.
Giving wings to hope in Moscow
The heart of the Russian Orthodox church joyfully witnessed the recent embrace between Patriarch Kirill and Pope Francis. The Focolare community, spread out among Moscow’s 18 million inhabitants, nurtures the dream of unity.
Ecuador Emergency
The Focolare Movement around the world expresses its closeness to the populations that have been hit by earthquakes in Ecuador and in Japan. Our special thoughts go to the victims and their families. A coordinated effort has already been launched in Ecuador while the local solidarity has been overwhelming.
Francis, Bartholomew and Ieronymo embrace the immigrants
Solidarity, hope and mutual love are the powerful words that reverberate from Lesbos across the Aegean Sea.
Amongst refugees in Greece
There is expectation in the tent camps of Piraeus for the upcoming visit of Pope Francis, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, and the Archbishop of Athens Hieronymos II.
Guaranì Project of the Focolare in Paraguay
A small citron tree, it is the sacred symbol of Yary Mirì, the Avà Guaranì community with which a group of the Focolare Movement in Paraguay came in contact. The story of a friendship which resulted in concrete and important actions.
Stories from Bosnia
“After the tragedy of the last years, Sarajevo, can become a city with positive stories to tell, where step by step the people are building a reconciled humanity.” The words of Zdravka Gutic, a Bosnian woman and politician.
City in Dialogue: Networks of light to inhabit the planet
The meeting that was promoted by Focolare’s New Humanity Movement, Youth For A United World and the United World Project dealt with the challenges and futures of cities around the world.
Thought of the day
Want the good of others
Want the good of others