Luciana Scalacci, who passed away last March, embodied a deep social and political commitment, a profound faith in humanity and its potential, and a passion for dialogue. Together with her husband, Nicola, she made an enormous and invaluable contribution to fostering dialogue within the Focolare Movement, especially with, and among, people of non-religious convictions, through her dedication, generosity, and intelligence.
An interview with Margaret Karram, President of the Focolare Movement, conducted by Peter Forst for the Neue Stadt magazine on closeness, the topic that we are deepening and living this year in the Focolare Movement. This is not only a religious or spiritual attitude, but also a civil and social one, in support of peace and helping the poor, to improve the quality of relationships between people and to respect the other person’s freedom and conscience.
2025 is full of significant anniversaries for ecumenism – from the Jubilee of Hope announced by the Catholic Church to the celebration of the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and the 60th anniversary of the abolition of the mutual excommunications that had previously existed between the Church of Rome and the Orthodox Church of Constantinople. The Focolare Movement is taking the opportunity to celebrate these anniversaries with an international ecumenical conference from 26 to 29 March.
The Emergency Coordination of the Focolare Movement has launched a fundraising campaign for the region of Goma, in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in aid of the increasing number of hundreds of thousands of displaced people whose city has been under siege for a fortnight.
A long message from the Holy Father addressed to a group of young families of the Focolare Movement who participated in a formation course. The Pope encourages each one to become an instrument of love, manifesting the richness of sincere and loving fraternity.
German Lutheran Bishop, Christian Krause, former President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), died on 28th November. Bishop Brendan Leahy, Coordinator of the Bishops Friends of the Focolare Movement, remembers him.
Every day we are bombarded by images that emphasise the value that our society places upon appearance. Globalization imposes a model in every part of the world whereby wealth, power and physical beauty seem to be the only values. Yet it is enough to stop and observe...
Word of Life – October 2024
Testimonies from the “La Sorgente” Mariapolis Centre of Ain Aar, 20 kilometres north of Beirut where people fleeing from the bombs that are devastating the South of the country, knocked on doors and found them wide open.
The ecumenical group “Pasqua Together 2025” went to meet the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and Pope Francis to offer their commitment so that all Christians may celebrate Easter together. Next year, the date of the Orthodox Easter and the one of the other Christian denominations will coincide and the 1,700th anniversary of the Nicaea Ecumenical Council will also be remembered.