Focolare Movement
Prevention of Abuse
Media Area
Contacts
Non categorizzato

Pope Francis Turns Eighty-One

Dec 17, 2017

On Sunday, December 17th, Pope Francis will turn 81. He is in good health and working with great intensity. As everyone knows, he recently returned from a very demanding trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh and is preparing for his 22cnd trip to Chile and Peru in January. Last year, on his 80th birthday, he confided: […]

On Sunday, December 17th, Pope Francis will turn 81. He is in good health and working with great intensity. As everyone knows, he recently returned from a very demanding trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh and is preparing for his 22cnd trip to Chile and Peru in January. Last year, on his 80th birthday, he confided: “For several days a word has been coming to my mind that can sound bad: old age. It frightens. At least it gives a little scare. But when you see it as a phase of life that is meant to give joy, wisdom, hope – then you can start to live again.” With great gratitude for the gift his life has been, all focused on loving God and people, with a special preference for the most weak and marginalized, we wish him our most heartfelt happy birthday wishes. We assure him of our daily prayers as we ask the Holy Spirit to give hims strength and light to carry foward his task with peace for the joy of all. https://youtu.be/WMVIMp7Eg8I

0 Comments

Submit a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Subscribe to Newsletter

Thought of the day

Related post

Remembering the 60th anniversary of the revocation of the excommunications between Rome and Constantinople.

Remembering the 60th anniversary of the revocation of the excommunications between Rome and Constantinople.

Dec 12, 2025

Messages from Pope Leo XIV, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Margaret Karram, vice chancellor of the Sophia University Institute and President of the Focolare, opened an international seminar in Loppiano, the international little town of the Focolare Movement, organized by the Patriarch Athenagoras – Chiara Lubich Ecumenical Chair of the Sophia University Institute.

Seed Funding Program 2025-2026

Seed Funding Program 2025-2026

Dec 2, 2025

The “Seed Funding” programme aims to promote initiatives for an integral ecology within Focolare communities, aiming to change lifestyles to pay greater attention to the environment. Ten projects were funded in the 2025-26 round.