Current Events - 2021 - Page 4

Marcel Uwineza

Rwanda: inexplicable freedom

Current EventsLuca Fiore

At 14, he lost his parents and siblings in the genocide. Fr. Marcel Uwineza found himself face to face with the man who killed them, who asked to be forgiven. "I stopped being a prisoner.”

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Carrón's letter to Cardinal Farrell

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The letter sent by Fr. Julián Carrón, President of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, to Card. Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastry for the Laity, Family and Life.

Friar Cristoforo, Renzo and Lucia (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

The rest of That Bread

Current EventsFranco Nembrini

Love that precedes guilt through the eyes of Manzoni, Milosz, Dante... “When one truly forgives, there is nothing left to forgive.”

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A flower that blossoms among books

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An Indian girl asks for help in maths. Her friends also sign up for the classes with her. A volunteer speaks of the surprise of a change that happened before his eyes.

The cover of the Japanese edition of "The radiance in your eyes"

The adventure of the "radiance" in Japanese

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Marcia has just finished translating Carrón's book, which came out last year. It was a long and complicated job, forcing her to get to the bottom of what the text was saying. But it was worth it, even if it were just for one person.

Margaret Karram © CSC Audiovisivi

Unconditional love

Current EventsAlessandra Stoppa

It is not forgetfulness, nor indifference, but “looking reality in the face”. Even pain for her homeland. A dialogue on forgiveness with Margaret Karram, of Palestinian origin and the new president of the Focolare Movement.

The statue of the Virgin at the Holy House of Loreto

Macerata-Loreto: “You are the living fountain of hope”

Current EventsJulián Carrón

Message on the occasion of the Macerata-Loreto Pilgrimage, June 12, 2021. This year it will again be in a special format with a live moment of prayer from the Basilica on Saturday, June 12 at 9 pm (CEST).

Vincent van Gogh, "Lilac Bush", Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

Is There Hope? The fascination of the discovery

Current EventsJulián Carrón

The third chapter of the book that gathers the contents of the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation (April 16-18, 2021).

Photo: Unsplash/Jorel Zapata

Brazil: among the stars and lasagna

Current EventsFilippo Matteo Cavaleri

Seven years of marriage, including the last year amid the difficulties of Covid. But it has also been an opportunity to discover what keeps you on your feet. Filippo recounts the story of his family.

Fr. Giussani, towards the centenary

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2022 will mark the anniversary of the birth of the founder of CL. It is an opportunity to deepen and to make known the novelty that he continues to bring into the lives of many. Here is how you can contribute.

Les Murray

Les Murray, the Poet from Bunyah

Current EventsBrian O'Donnell

Les Murray, Australia’s most loved poet of the 20th century, remembered on the second anniversary of his death.

Photo: Brian O'Donnell

Memories of Australia - Part 2

Current EventsAndrea & Cecilia Trianni

Among fellow international students and young professionals visiting Australia, some CL visitors have met a different companionship that provided them with a different perspective. They very simply describe their experience of happiness and gratefulness.

Sophie Scholl (Photo: Jürgen Wittenstein/akg-images/Mondadori Portfolio)

Sophie's living heart

Current EventsBenedetta Quadrio

Sophie Scholl, protagonist of the adventure of the White Rose, a group of young people that fought against the Nazi regime in Germany, was born on May 9, 1921. This is her story.

Julián Carrón

Is There Hope? The fascination of the discovery

Current EventsJulián Carrón

A preview of the first two chapters of the book, about to be published, which gathers the contents of the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation (April 16-18, 2021).

Takashi Paolo e Midori Marina Nagai

Nagai: The gift of two newlyweds

Current EventsGabriele Di Comite, Paola Marenco, Massimo Morelli

We got to know them in an exhibition at the Rimini Meeting and in the book "A song for Nagasaki". 70 years after his death, a committee had been established to promote awareness of the exceptional life of the Japanese doctor Takashi Nagai and his wife.

Julián Carrón

“The origin of our hope"

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The message sent by Pope Francis to the Movement on the occasion of the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity and the telegram for the Holy Father at the end of the gesture, in which 40,000 people from 94 countries all over the world participated.

Fr. Luigi Giussani (1922-2005)

A presence ensures us: we are not made for death

Current EventsJulián Carrón

Corriere della Sera has published an extract from the introduction of Giussani's recently published book: Attraverso la compagnia dei credenti [Through the companionship of believers].

The generation of affection for Christ

Current EventsJulián Carrón

Notes from Fr. Julián Carrón’s meditations during the 2021 Easter Triduum for university students in Communion and Liberation, by video conference. A preview of the May issue of Traces.

Way of the Cross, Dublin

Dublin: living asking Christ to reveal himself

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Churches in Ireland are still closed due to the pandemic. Organizing the Good Friday gesture was a bit of an odyssey, but also an opportunity for new encounters and to enjoy the wonder of the latest arrival to our community.

Graham Greene (Photo: © AFP/AFP via Getty Images)

The dangerous edge of things

Current EventsAndrea Fazioli

Graham Greene died thirty years ago, on April 3 1991. From the April issue of Italian Tracce, a journey through the works of one of the most renowned British and Catholic authors of the twentieth century.