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Three women take on human trafficking
Diana, Argia and Jane donate their time every day to help other women escape the repulsive phenomenon of human trafficking and slavery. Their stories were told for this year’s International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking.
DialogUE Project: Practicing the Art of Dialogue
Immerse yourself in the sense of dialogue and confront each other in order to be able to live it concretely every day. This is the main objective of the 8 webinars promoted by the project “DialogUE: Diverse Identities ALlied Open to Generate a United Europe”. A way to deepen and grasp the beauty of this art, open to all.
Giulio and Pina: falling in love again, day after day
Loving each other in marriage is a great challenge. It means getting lost in each other’s paths, sharing life, sowing patiently and reaping the fruits; it means choosing each other every day even when we do not recognize each other, if necessary, learning to slow down to keep up with each other.
Peru: Feliciano, a new guest of the “Hogarcito”
La missione dell’Hogarcito “Chiara Lubich”, il Centro per Anziani nella foresta amazzonica peruviana, è quella di accompagnare gli anziani e coloro che vivono la malattia. Un luogo dove il servizio è mosso dall’amore, dove si trovano persone che fanno del bene, capaci di mettere tutto nelle mani di Dio.
Synod in Europe, a new way of being Church
The primacy of listening, a shared journey open to dialogue and encounter, the challenges of secularization, of lasting peace, of welcoming the many diversities of humanity are at the centre of this phase. Margaret Karram, President of the Focolare is one of the participants at the European Synodal Continental Assembly.
Moonlight shines on the ruins: eye witness accounts from Turkey and Syria
On 6th February, powerful earthquakes struck southern and central Turkey and Syria. A disaster that has caused the destruction of entire cities. Many people are missing and thousands have died. Here are two eye witness accounts.
Earthquake: “Financial embargo suspension to Syria for humanitarian organizations”
Call from the Politics for Unity Movement – Focolare
Living Gospel: “You are the God who sees me” (Genesis 16: 13)
In a time considered the age of anxiety where no one ever feels up to the expectations of the world, the One who calls us to do great things is a Father who rests his gaze on us as on the day of Creation; a God who looks at that indestructible core of beauty that is...
Earthquake emergency in Turkey and Syria
The donations, collected through the NGOs Azione per un Mondo Unito (AMU) and Azione per Famiglie Nuove (AFN), will be used to provide with basic necessities the people of Turkey and Syria affected by the strong earthquake on 6 February 2023, also in collaboration with the local Churches.
Chiara Lubich: The Resurrection of Rome
Resurrezione di Roma è uno degli scritti più famosi di Chiara Lubich, frutto di una sua esperienza poi trasmessa in un articolo apparso sulla rivista “La Via” nel 1949.
Mariapolis in the Holy Land: vocation to community
Being a community is more than just being together.It means responding to a call to build: giving life to a family sustained by the Word and meeting each other. Here, in this video, is what some people who participated in the Mariapolis of the Holy Land last July told us.
Living the Gospel: becoming instruments in the hands of God
One of the greatest sufferings for human beings is to feel worthless when faced with the realities of life, to accept that at times we cannot do anything. To be an instrument in God’s hands means to make ourselves available, rediscover our own value in letting someone else do something, and learn the art of entrusting ourselves to others.
Thought of the day
Let’s look around and offer help
Let’s look around and offer help