{"id":388712,"date":"2025-10-09T19:12:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/the-first-important-step-towards-peace\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T19:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:22:46","slug":"the-first-important-step-towards-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/the-first-important-step-towards-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"The first important step towards peace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#f1f9c0\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bdab1b8d616911f7efc93988001e7b49\">In the light of the recent positive news regarding the agreement for the Gaza Strip, I want to express my sincere hope that this represents a first step toward a just, comprehensive and sustainable peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-34a24a3cee2c72b99e79cf1d325ccb18\">There is certainly still a long way to go, yet in this moment my thoughts are with the hostages, the Palestinian prisoners and the residents of Gaza. We trust that they may begin again to glimpse a renewed hope for a life worthy of its name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-391ccea1059ddb81bd94c99f0e6dcfac\">We also hope that those entrusted with the fate of nations will continue to make decisions guided by the highest good we possess: life itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a6f1296ea04ff953b3a52fe9a6d75a35\">We commit to joining our efforts, both practically and spiritually, with all those who are working tirelessly for a better world. In this spirit, we want to unite to the Day of Prayer for Peace proclaimed by Pope Leo XIV, to be held on the 11th of October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>Margaret Karram<\/em><br>\n  <em>Image \u00a9 Pixabay<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:162px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Declaration by Margaret Karram, President of the Focolare Movement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":388691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2893,3166,2844],"tags":[3366,3349,3396,3196],"class_list":["post-388712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-centro-internazionale-2","category-margaret-karram-en","category-sociale-3","tag-margaret-karram-en","tag-notifiche-en","tag-peace-en","tag-ppg-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388712"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388714,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388712\/revisions\/388714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}