News
Cuba prepares to welcome Francis
The Island will soon welcome the first Latin American Pope. The expectation of the people, State-Church relations and the thawing in Cuban-USA relations. Message from the bishops and the Focolare’s contribution.
The words I could never say to you
Italy has finally promulgated a law dedicated to autism, inserting it among the essential levels of assistance for treatment. Federico De Rosa is autistic. At the age of eight he learned to write with the computer. His story talks about autism from the viewpoint of those suffering from it.
Thailand: Remembering a special friend
Sister Benedetta, amicably called ‘Sister Bene’ was known to everyone in the Church of Thailand: priests, nuns, bishops and laity from north to south of the country.
USA: Earth, Faith and Peace 2015
Young scientists, engineers, environmentalists and community leaders in an interreligious conference-debate (Teach-in) at Hyde Park, USA, sponsored by Religions for Peace of USA and the Focolare Movement of North America.
At the Jardin de Montbrillant
They wanted to massacre everyone and burn the place to the ground. But after listening and being heard something changed.
I discovered joy in Baobab
The testimony of an Italian volunteer at a welcoming centre for North African refugees. When love becomes concrete as August’s Word of Life proclaims.
Argentina: the unusual loot of a burglary
This is the ongoing adventure of Anita, a girl from Córdoba who, after an aggression in the house of friends, is making an effort to forgive. She has discovered that every reconciliation is a brick in building peace, even in one’s own country.
Cuba: Redemption of historic memory
In dialogue with the Spanish architect José Andrés Sardina Pereira, the coordinator of an architectural, historical, and artistic research project in Santiago de Cuba. In anticipation of the Pope’s upcoming visit in September.
Nigeria. Yakoko and the gift of rain
In the rural villages of North-Eastern Nigeria, the drought is creating huge problems for the population. From Onitsha (a 24-hour journey away), some youths and adults of the Focolare went to visit to share the situation and bring some material and spiritual help.
ROM, from evicted to included
Mayor of Alghero, Italy, Mario Bruno, recounts how they dealt with the necessary removal of a camp, working with the ROM to find a better answer.
Burundi: a suffering that generates love
Several months ago, Jean Paul, a young man from Burundi who lives the Focolare spirituality, would never have imagined the adventure that was about to begin. . .
The Basque region: a workshop where peace is taught
An idea of Gipuzcoa, the Basque Independence Community in Euskadi in the Basque province (Spain), with its own culture, tradition, language, and heritage of a millenary history #politics4unity
Thought of the day
Be instruments of mercy
Be instruments of mercy