Traces, no. 5, October 2024
Current EventsEncountering the world. The latest issue of Traces magazine.
Encountering the world. The latest issue of Traces magazine.
At the International Assembly of Responsibles held in Italy in August, John Kinder gave a testimony on his encounter with CL and the life of the Movement in Australia. This was part of an evening of testimonies with the theme ‘Mission and presence’.
The youngest bishop in the United States, serving in the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, recounts his encounter with the movement and his choice of the episcopal motto “Veni per Mariam”.
The youth protests and violence last June, a provocation that has raised many questions and a common judgement, in a flyer signed by the CL university students in Kenya.
The Paderno Dugnano tragedy and the questions it opens: “The problem is not to educate them in a way of life, but to educate them to ask why we live and what we live for.” The Communion and Liberation flyer.
The Holy Father's words at interreligious meeting with young people in Singapore, the last stop on the apostolic journey to Asia and Oceania
“Without forgiveness hatred and enmity grow. St. Paul, however, teaches us that one can change evil into good.” Anba Ermia, Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo, talks about himself and the road to coexistence.
The crisis of an entire generation. The fear of adults. And the path to a “total” and “living” educational relationship. From the September issue of Tracce, notes from a dialogue with Franco Nembrini and Matteo Severgnini.
The great writer Colum McCann was a guest speaker at this year's Meeting. Stories like those of Israeli Rami and Palestinian Bassam “help us tell the story of light even in the darkness of contradictions."
She has gone from being a self-taught student to directing a work that educates thousands of children in Pakistan. From the Meeting, the story of the winner of the Global Teacher Prize 2023.
The Holy Father's words at a meeting with authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, during his trip to Asia and Oceania.
A Russian lady who has known the Meeting for some time is at the fair for Navalny's book presentation. Thanks to a borrowed smartphone she is able to listen to the live broadcast. Then the tears: “Here you are talking about my country.
Both a diplomatic and an apostolic visit, during which two words have emerged clearly: “dialogue” and “reconciliation.” A priest from the CL community in Indonesia comments on Francis' trip to Asia and Oceania.
The booklet of the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation. 2024
“Today it is essential to stop and ask ourselves: is there something worth living and hoping for?” Holy Father Francis' words on the occasion of the XLV Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples (Rimini, August 20-25, 2024).
The economic and political crisis and the threat of a new violent escalation. Yet at the Franciscan Convent in Tripoli, help continues to be offered to all. The report of the meeting a few weeks ago with Fr. Toufiq and Fr. Quirico.
The magazine of the movement is turning fifty and will be celebrated at the Rimini Meeting with a dedicated booth and a series of live meetings with friends and witnesses of its history. And with all its readers
The absence of the father, the scandal of racial hatred, questions about evil, and the structural need for God: A portrait one hundred years from his birth of the American writer James Baldwin, one of the most voice of his era. From August Traces
Davide Prosperi's message to the high-school graduates, undergraduates and recent graduates of Communion and Liberation on pilgrimage to the Polish shrine.
The anti-power
A large family, a disabled daughter and the path within the movement. Anna recounted her story at the vacation of the Lombardy leaders of the movement.