[:fr]Une vie au service de l’unité de la famille humaine[:]
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Cette biographie de Chiara Lubich (1920−2008) se fonde à la fois sur les témoignages récemment recueillis de ses premières compagnes et de ses premiers compagnons qui ont partagé avec elle une longue aventure humaine et spirituelle, et sur des documents écrits. A partir de là, l’auteur avance dans un récit chronologique qui part de l’Italie du Nord pour aller jusqu’aux confins de la terre. Le style ne se veut pas hagiographique et le propos ne confond pas la figure de la fondatrice des Focolari avec son œuvre. Pour la première fois, dans un livre accessible à tous, prend forme une existence à la fois extraordinaire et très simple, dans laquelle l’Évangile a été l’indiscutable point de référence. Le lecteur pourra ainsi rencontrer « personnellement » Chiara Lubich, sa foi et sa volonté, ses réalisations et les reconnaissances obtenues, mais aussi les doutes et les souffrances qui ne lui furent pas épargnés et que chacun de nous peut rencontrer. Armando Torno, né à Milan en 1953, est éditorialiste d’un des principaux quotidiens italiens, Il Corriere della Sera. Il a dirigé pendant douze ans les pages culturelles de Il Sole 24 ore et pendant trois ans celles de Il Corriere della Sera. Il a déjà écrit de nombreux livres, dont une quinzaine chez Mondadori. Source: Nouvelle Cité[:]
“Igino Giordani was a giant among 20th century Italian religious and civic writers, with over 100 books and some 4000 published articles. The eminent Dominican theologian, Garrigou-Lagrange OP, acclaimed Giordani as “a master among Italian writers”. Important as his theological writings are, even more important is the story of Giordani’s personal journey to God. Giordani’s true genius is that he imbibed the words of Scripture and the reflections of the patristic writers, treasured their words in his heart, and endeavoured to live them heroically in the ordinary occurrences of daily life: as a soldier on the front line; as a journalist in Fascist Italy; as a parliamentarian; as a husband and father; and in his work with the Focolare Movement building unity especially in ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue. Giordani witnessed to the fact that, by loving in each present moment, any lay person can transform their day into a liturgy and their human existence into a divine activity. I see Christ in my neighbour; I unite myself with him in the name of Christ, and Christ sits in our midst.” With the process of Giordani’s beatification underway it is most timely that this biography is made available in English. A valuable addition to this translation are expanded footnotes which give the historical context to persons or events which, whilst well known in continental Europe, are largely unknown in the Anglo-Celtic world. The author of the book, Tommaso Sorgi, is the foremost expert on the thought and life of Igino Giordani having published, aside from a number of essays and articles about him, the biography “Giordani, Segno di Tempi Nuovi” (1994) and “Un’anima di Fuoco” (2003) of which this volume is its English translation.” 
