The city of Dillingen, Germany, has announced that the prestigious “European St Ulrich Award” 2014 is to be awarded to the ecumenical “Together for Europe” project.
On air in Ciudad Juarez
A small youth group makes a big impact on the Texas border — and manages to keep going even in difficult times.
In Cairo: “We will pray together in the streets”
Egypt, the world watches with bated breath. Latest news from friends immersed in the situation as it worsens.
Learning Fraternity: the Schools in Northern Ireland
3 Schools of Northern Ireland (two catholic schools and a reformed one) since 1993 created a “circle of schools”, in order to promote fraternity among their students.
Alejandro: A Trail of Light
The murder of a young Mexican member of the Focolare Movement, who was an inconvenient witness to a crime while visiting a cousin in hospital. Friends remember him here.
Light up the flame in the young
Today more than every we are posed the question of how to correct the evils of history. Hope turns to the young. Igino Giordani helps us to reflect on this in a passage taken from ‘La società cristiana’ [Christian Society]…
Van Thuan: ‘My Testament’
The diocesan phase of the Vietnamese Cardinal’s beatification is coming to a close. He was imprisoned for 13 years for his faith. He is a witness of hope for our times.
The liturgy of the neighbour
July’s Word of Life is an invitation to concentrate on love of neighbour. What follows is a description of the spiritual itinerary and stages of that path as experienced by a Conventual Franciscan.
Syria: in the painful night, the miracle of solidarity
A moving worldwide conference call with the members of the Focolare Movement to the country at the end of its tether calls our attention to the power of prayer and concrete help.
Francis: a culture of encounter
Maria Voce and Giancarlo Faletti, the Focolare’s President and Co-President, were at mass celebrated by Pope Francis at Casa Santa Marta today. At the conclusion of the mass, the pope emphasized the importance of a ‘culture of encounter’.