Idea of the month – February 2025
Goma Emergency (Democratic Republic of Congo)
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.
Bishop Krause (1940-2024): “Brother, how wonderful it is that we meet”
The late German Lutheran Bishop Christian Krause, former President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), was a passionate advocate for ecumenism and the experience of unity in diversity and variety.
How do we find hope in a suffering world?
24th of January 1944
Wildfires in California: The Focolare Community in the suffering and devastation
California, USA. Over 200,000 people displaced, more than 10,000 buildings destroyed, $150 billion in damages and 10 million people under evacuation alert.
Peru: Taking care of the loneliest people
“Let’s start from the least, from those who are rejected and abandoned by society.” This is how the “Chiara Lubich” Hogar Centre for the elderly began in the Peruvian Amazon.
May the family of Nazareth be a source of inspiration and hope
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.
Look for unity in diversity
Look for unity in diversity
Reading the present and looking to the future to make the Charism shine out
The annual meeting of the Zone Delegates and the General Council of the Focolare Movement took place in Loppiano (Italy) from the 15th to the 30th of November 2024. A family experience where deep listening, closeness and working together were the method, richness and newness that characterised all they did.
A culture of peace for the unity of peoples
“We must believe, therefore, that we are loved by God so that we can throw ourselves with greater faith into the adventure of love and work together with him for a New Humanity.” This was affirmed by Chiara Lubich, foundress of the Focolare Movement, during an International Conference at Castel Gandolfo (Rome – Italy) on the 11th of June 1988.