After the rise of interest in The Day of Five Billion on July 11, 1987, the General Assembly of the United Nations decided to continue the project to increase awareness regarding the connections between population size, environment and human development. World Population Day was celebrated for the first time on July 11, 1990 in over 90 countries.
Mutual love
In the trust that Jesus places in us, each one can find the strength to love as he teaches and the ability to bear witness to that love as the disciples did.In love it is possible to go beyond ourselves and our weaknesses. When Jesus dwells in us, what he works is nothing short of wonderful.
Eliminate every desire of power. In a world constantly torn apart by conflict and in following Pope Leo XIV’s invitation to build an “unarmed and disarming” peace, we want to share a reflection by Chiara Lubich that is extremely relevant for us today, taken from a 1981 Word of Life.
How can we become peacemakers in our everyday lives, right where we are? Anibelka Gómez, from the Dominican Republic, shares her story, showing how education can build human networks that sow beauty for the good of entire communities.
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