Still under shock because of the attack in France and for its relevance, we propose excerpts of an interview released by Chiara Lubich following the collapsing of the Twin Towers in New York in 2001.
USA: Christians and Muslims – on a journey together
Over 200 participants coming from different Muslim communities, Jews and Christians, at Fordham University in New York, for an event showing the shared journey at the service of the human family.
Maria Voce has returned to the house of the Father
The first President of the Focolare Movement, after the foundress Chiara Lubich, Maria Voce passed away yesterday, 20th of June 2025, at home. Margaret Karram and Jesús Morán share some memories. The funeral will be held on the 23rd of June at 3:00pm at the International Centre of the Focolare Movement in Rocca di Papa (Rome).
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Idea of the Month – June 2025
AI: A Pathway to Global Peace and Integral Human Development
NetOne, an international association of media and film professionals and communications operators and information technology, together with New Humanity, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), realities founded on the spirit and values that animate the Focolare Movement, in collaboration with the Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, launched the initiative ” AI: A Pathway to Global Peace and Integral Human Development”, a reflection on the ethics of artificial intelligence and its implications.
About Us
About UsThe Focolare Movement: a large and varied family a “new people born of the Gospel”, as Chiara Lubich, its founder, defined it. It is a movement of spiritual and social renewal, founded in Trent, Italy, in 1943, during the Second World War wants to bring the...
Chiara Lubich: Mary, architect of fraternity
Così come ha avuto cura e amore per suo figlio Gesù, Maria vuole il bene di ogni persona. Lei, creatura umana, è il modello di ogni cristiano e, rispecchiandoci nelle tappe della sua vita possiamo dare il nostro contributo per un mondo nuovo.
Chiara Lubich: communicate
On 2 June 2000, the first conference on ‘Communication and Unity’ was held, in which Chiara Lubich presented to those attending, the model of the ‘great communicator’: Jesus in the moment of his forsakenness, the mediator between humanity and God. She then listed the guiding principles of communications inspired by the charism of unity.
Chiara Lubich: God alone is all!
In October 1946, Chiara Lubich wrote to Sister Josefina and Sister Fidente who were trying to put into practice the spirit of the emerging Movement. This excerpt from the letter captures the enthusiasm and ardour of the early days and spurs us, even today, to put God first in our lives.
Chiara Lubich: there is only one way
Not only freedom and equality. Twenty years after the collapse of the Twin Towers, Chiara Lubich’s comments on the attack that changed the fate of the world are more relevant than ever, reminding us of the only possible way to peace.