Current Events - 2024

Called, that is, sent: the beginning of mission

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Notes from the Beginning Day of the adults of Communion and Liberation of the Lombardy Region, Italy, which was held in Assago (Milan) , September 21, 2024. Notes from the words by Francesco Cassese and Davide Prosperi.

Joseph Ratzinger (April 16, 1927-December 31, 2022), in 1996, when he was Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Catholic Press Photo)

The experiment of experience

Current EventsUlrich Hommes

A previously unpublished dialogue from 1980 with Cardinal Ratzinger. “One of the most beautiful demonstrations of the power of Christianity is the encounter with people who live in faith."

In Lebanon, there are 1.2 million displaced people sheltered in makeshift shelters such as schools and convents (Photo Volpi/AVSI Foundation)

Beirut. An unexpected gesture of generosity

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As the displaced persons crisis becomes increasingly difficult to manage, events are happening in Lebanon that instil confidence – even while waiting in line at an ATM. As Jihane Rahal, an AVSI worker, recounts

The restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris (AP Photo/Christophe Ena/La Presse)

The prophecy of the world

Current EventsStefano Filippi

“How to make the Gospel reach a society that no longer hears it?": this is the question with which the Pope presented the Synod. One of the participants, Bishop Paolo Martinelli, recounts his experience. From the November issue of Tracce.

Father Ignatius De Francesco, left, in the chapel in the village of Ain Arik Father Ignatius De Francesco, left, in the chapel in the village of Ain Arik

Ignazio De Francesco. "With God and with history"

Current EventsMaria Acqua Simi

A monk of the Little Family of the Annunciation and one of the leading experts on Islam, he shares what it means to 'live' inter-religious dialogue. From Palestine to Syria, and even in Italian prisons

The CL Christmas poster

Christmas 2024. The Communion and Liberation poster

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“Who and what, in the midst of hell, are not hell.” This year, a nativity by William Congdon accompanies the words of Italo Calvino and Fr. Giussani. The video-poster is also available online

Guatemala City (Photo: Unsplash/Juan Carlos Pavón)

Guatemala: A unity of life

Current EventsIngrid Lopez

The Beginning Day was held for the first time in the Central American country. The community responsible: “So many questions have opened up. What am I called to?”

The meeting in Rimini (Photo: Meeting Rimini)

Compagnia delle Opere: A Story in progress

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The text of the meeting at the Rimini Meeting with Davide Prosperi, President of the Fraternity of CL, Andrea Dellabianca, President of the Cdo, and Giuseppe Frangi, journalist at Vita.

Waiting for election results in New York (Ansa/Michael Nigro/Pacific Press via ZUMA Press Wire)

What America is looking towards

Current EventsMattia Ferraresi

Trump's victory, the unprecedented mosaic of communities and minorities –including a good portion of Catholics – who voted for him, and the new face of the United States.

Mishy Harman at the Rimini Meeting (Photo: © Archivio Meeting di Rimini)

The podcast of dialogue

Current EventsMaria Acqua Simi

Mishy Harman is Jewish, and Federica Sasso is Catholic: a unity that is reflected in their way of looking at things and at work, telling the stories of everyone’s struggles. Their story in the October issue of Tracce.

In the devastated streets of Valencia (ANSA/EPA/Emanuel Bruque)

Only love turns mud into a miracle

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A group of university students in Valencia are helping clean up areas devastated by the flood. “Where do you come from, Heaven?” Here is their testimony.

AVSI: Education in the far corners of the world

Current EventsMatteo Rigamonti

From Uganda to Ecuador to support the hope of young people and those challenged by war and violence. The launch of the AVSI Tents campaign with a speech by Davide Prosperi.

Dialogue: agreeing to disagree or sharing our humanity?

Current EventsTom Gourlay*

Tom, the President of the Christopher Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture wrote a piece on how the public square would benefit from approaching dialogue from the point of view of Monsignor Luigi Giussani.

Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete

A living seed in the heart of the American dream

Current EventsGiorgio Vittadini

The figure and legacy of Lorenzo Albacete ten years after his death. A refined theologian, his “Chestertonian” irony, and a father to many, who prophesised the crisis of American society.

Cormac McCarthy (Photo: Professor Productions/ Jones, Dawn/ Album/ Mondadori Portfolio)

On a journey with McCarthy

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The great American writer who gave the title to this year’s Rimini Meeting, as recounted by Stas’ Gawronski, author and TV host. From the October issue of Tracce.

He Li

From Piero della Francesca to the Meeting

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He Li's journey in search of the essential. Fed up with everything around him, he set out in pursuit of beauty in the companionship of the Renaissance painter. Until he encountered the Christian community in Rimini.

Alberto at a presentation of his book.

The Ethics of AI

Current EventsJohn Kinder

A new book on AI places morality and ethics at the centre of its reflection on the latest revolution in data science. The author moved recently to Sydney and found a receptive audience for this new approach.