“Marta, Marta, tu ti affanni e ti agiti per molte cose, ma di una cosa sola c’è bisogno” (Lc 10, 41-42).
Centennial of Brother Roger Schutz
We remember the founder of Taizé a hundred years from his birth. Interview with Gabri Fallacara who worked with Igino Giordani at the Focolare’s Centro Uno for the unity of Christians
1400 young people at the Loppiano Meeting
From political commitment against war and corruption in Congo, Iraq and the Middle East; to projects assisting migrants and the homeless in Turin and Florence, Italy; to Caritas’s “Food for All” campaign. The 42cnd Loppiano Meeting concludes, but action continues.
Congo: Petite Flamme receives award
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.”
Run4Unity at the starting line
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.
India: United World Week 2015
“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.
Smiling on the world; safeguarding creation
Summit on Climate Change at the Vatican in expectation of the encyclical on the envirornment. Ban Ki-Moon, who met with Pope Francis, invites everyone to a change of lifestyle. Maria Voce relaunches The Earth Cube, presented on Earth Day in the United States, on April 22, 2015.
UN Debate. An extremism in dialogue
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.
Igino Giordani and the perfection of love
April 18 is the anniversary of Igino Giordani’s death. He was the first married focolarino and was considered by Chiara Lubich to be a co-founder of the Focolare.
Ukraine: A war in silence
In the course of several conferences, Roberto Catalano from the Focolare’s Centre for Interreligious Dialogue, meets students from Ukranian universities. He is struck by the religiosity of the people who are about to celebrate the Orthodox Easter.