Current Events - 2023 - Page 3

Emanuela Vismara in the oncology ward

"Infinitely, will you be here?"

Current EventsAnna Leonardi

A work “within” her work. From the May issue of Tracce, the experience of Emanuela Vismara, a young nurse in a pediatric oncology ward.

Jim Foley (© Ansa)

The forgiveness of a mother

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Diane Foley lost a journalist son, kidnapped and beheaded by Isis in Syria. But resentment did not have the last word: "God teaches us mercy. We all need mercy.” She met his murderer, and convinced the U.S government to intervene in defense of hostages.

The visit to the Shrine of Our Lady Consolata in Paljurska during the vacation of the Balkan communities in Macedonia

"That common thread that binds us"

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From Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Romania... The small communities of the movement from the Balkans gathered in Macedonia at the end of March for a vacation.

Monsignor Paolo Martinelli (Photo: Massimiliano Migliorato/Catholic Press Photo) Photo: Ansa Photo: Ansa Did you manage to meet these people? Although it is a great desire of mine, so far I have not yet been able to meet the community of Yemen. But we hav

Christians in Yemen, a tenacious presence

Current EventsMaria Acqua Simi

The lingering war, the glimmers of peace. And dialogue with the Muslim world. One year after taking office, the Vicar Apostolic in Southern Arabia, Monsignor Paolo Martinelli, speaks of what is happening there.

A Via Crucis in the symbolic place of the Holocaust to respond to Pope Francis’ appeal for peace. Anna from Krakow, who had not dared to visit the concentration camp for a long time, recounts the event.

At the Golgotha of Auschwitz for peace

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A Via Crucis in the symbolic place of the Holocaust to respond to Pope Francis’ appeal for peace. Anna from Krakow, who had not dared to visit the concentration camp for a long time, recounts the event.

Fr. Branson baptizing Alvin during the 2023 Easter Vigil

“It Was 3:59”

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Traveling to Atlanta for work, Steve meets the CL community and Alvin, who shared with him the specific moment when he “first bumped into Christ”.

The presentation of "The Religious Sense" at the Dal Verme Theater. Milan, May 2, 2023 (Pino Franchino/Fraternity CL)

Bergoglio on Giussani's The Religious Sense

Current EventsJorge Mario Bergoglio

On May 2 The Religious Sense was presented in Milan. Here is a 1998 speech by Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the then Archbishop of Buenos Aires, during a meeting on the book in the Argentine capital.

During the testimonies of Hans Van Mourik Broekman and Fr. Michael Carvill

"A life lived to the full": happening now in Dublin

Current EventsSilvia Baldazzi

In Dublin, the CL community commemorated the centenary of Giussani's birth with a series of testimonies from speakers across the world on who Fr. Giussani is for them, and how his charism is still relevant today.

Fr. Pier Luigi Maccalli

Maccalli: The chains, the desert and freedom

Current EventsAnna Leonardi

Kidnapped for more than two years by Islamic terrorists, Fr. Pier Luigi Maccalli, a missionary in Africa, recounts his dialogue with his captors. And with God. From the March issue of Tracce.

Announcement of School of Community

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Notes on the Announcement of School of Community with Davide Prosperi and Monsignor Filippo Santoro in video conference, March 15, 2023.

C.D. Friedrich, Easter Morning, detail (c.1828-1835). Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (© Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza/Scala, Florence).

Easter 2023: The videoposter

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The words of Pope Francis and Fr. Giussani accompany a canvas by Caspar David Friedrich this year, "Easter Morning"

A History of Mercy

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Br. Angelus reflects on his journey that led him to St. Benedict’s Abbey, and that accompanies him now.

Eric Varden during the dialogue in New York (Photo: NY Encounter)

Bringing forth the fountain

Current EventsLuca Fiore

A dialogue with Erik Varden, Cistercian monk and Bishop of Trondheim, a guest for the first time at the New York Encounter. From the March issue of Tracce.

Fr. Michael Carvill, John Cavadini, and John Zucchi

The True Frontier of Human Dignity

Current EventsVincent Petruccelli

Fr. Michael Carvill, John Cavadini and John Zucchi discuss The Religious Sense at the 2023 New York Encounter.

Munich (Photo: Daniel Sesslet/Unsplash)

Munich: "Our commitment (not alone) to peace"

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Public moments of prayer, together with other movements, the local church and other friends. Munich also responds to the Pope’s invitation from October 15.

Silvia Simoncini

“For a love that I always had inside”

Current EventsIgnacio Carbajosa

Silvia died at the age of 28 from cancer. She had got married just over a year ago. In between, she had begun helping sick women like herself. Here are the words of Fr. Ignacio Carbajosa during his homily at her funeral (Florence, March 1, 2023).

Fr. Luigi Giussani (Photo: Fraternità CL)

Fr. Giussani: "What is life? It is to be loved"

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The founder of CL died on February 22, 2005. A video from the exhibition for the Centenary of his birth (Spiritual Exercises of CL University Students, December 9, 1995).