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The Focolare’s scholastic organisation committed to giving children a worthy future through education, was among the winners of the “Roland Berger Prize for human dignity.”

Only a few hours until the start of the worldwide relay for peace: sport events based on solidarity in some of the most tested regions of the world. Teens will be running in the Holy Land, Ukraine, Pakistan, Congo and 150 other points of the earth that will be touched by the race for unity.

Vilson Groh, a priest from Florianópolis south Brazil, for 34 years carries out his ministry in the poorest districts of the city.

“Fabric, Flavour, Festival – discovering fraternity” is the title of the Youth for a United World’s annual worldwide appointment. This year’s main events will be held in India, at Mumbai and Coimbatore, spotlighting and sharing the uncertainty of the young people from Nepal regarding their country that has been devastated, and the families that have been displaced.

Young environmental engineers specialising in renewable Energy, agronomists, architects, economists and artists, get together in Argentina for a two-day seminar on eco-sustainability.

Thousands dead, and the total count is forecasted to rise. Thousands of wounded and millions of people struck by the earthquake which on 25 April devastated this country. The Focolare Movement joins the choir of prayer and expresses its commitment to concretely support the victims of the disaster.

The Focolare community that has been in the country for several years is in regular contact with 33 Nahua ethnic communities in the Hausteca region in central northern Mexico. A mission at Santa Cruz.

«We need to intervene as soon possible!» This is the appeal launched for the Syrian population, burdened by a war that has been waging since 2011. How we can help?

High-Level Thematic Debate on Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation, promoted by top members of the United Nations, gained momentum during a panel discussion, moderated by BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan: the role of religions in today’s world.

The speech by the Focolare Movement’s president, Maria Voce at the High-Level Thematic Debate on “Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation”.

Ermanno Perotti, a 25 year-old Italian, who holds a Masters degree in Economic Development, is currently with Maria Voce at the United Nations. ‘Our generation is prepared for a multicultural future. I dream of a School of Dialogue at the UN headquarters.’

The President of the Focolare Movement, currently in New York, answers some questions on the eve of her participation as speaker at the United Nations High-Level Thematic Debate on Tolerance and Reconciliation, in which she declares her “optimism” for a future of peace.