The strongest flame
Current EventsThe message of Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, for the 2025 edition of the New York Encounter
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Twelve years of Pope Francis
Current EventsOn March 13, 2013, Jorge Mario Bergoglio ascended to the See of Peter. Davide Prosperi's message on the anniversary of his Papacy
Fr. Giussani. The passion of the encounter
Current EventsCardinal Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, remembers the founder of CL on the 20th anniversary of his death in his homily during Mass celebrated at the New York Encounter
José Gregorio Hernández. Venezuela's first saint
Current EventsPope Francis has signed the decree of canonization of the “doctor of the people.” A challenge for all in a difficult moment in the country's history
Pope Francis on Lent: “Between memory and hope”
Current EventsThe Holy Father's homily for Ash Wednesday, read by Cardinal Angelo De Donatis in the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome, March 5
A shared responsibility for “Traces” and the CL website
Current EventsStefano Filippi is the new editor of the movement's international magazine. Joining him are Valentina Frigerio, head of clonline.org and digital activities, and Mattia Ferraresi, editorial consultant
Beyond the river, a heart that burns
Current EventsEmily, a mom from Kentucky, met Hannah in Cincinnati, Ohio. A friendship was born that led her to meet Fr. Giussani and the School of Community: “He helps me understand myself more and more.”
“A free yes to the Father's love”
Current EventsThe homily of the Bishop of San Miniato, Monsignor Giovanni Paccosi, during Mass on the 20th anniversary of Fr. Giussani's death and the 43rd anniversary of the pontifical recognition of the Fraternity of CL, delivered on Wednesday, February 12
That “healthy interference”
Current EventsThe Fraternity is 43 years old. What kind of experience is being lived today in the many groups that continue to form? Francesco Cassese, the CL responsible for Lombardy, tells us in the February issue of Tracce
Germany. Free in judgment
Current EventsA group of friends working to prepare for elections, the adventure of engaging with different viewpoints, and the gratitude for help in delving deeper into reality
“Giussani was able to speak to the human person”
Current EventsRemembering founder of CL, 20 years after his passing, in an interview with Davide Prosperi published in Milano Sette, the weekly supplement of Avvenire
Prosperi: "We pray for Pope Francis"
Current EventsThe President of the Fraternity of CL invites prayers for the Holy Father, “grateful for how he lives out his total entrustment to Christ in his own flesh.”
New York Encounter. The beginning of a new life
Current EventsLives marked by an encounter, witnesses of hope, artists and writers in dialogue with the present. Three days discovering a unique place of “cultural resistance” in the United States
Fr. Giussani 2005-2025
Current EventsTwenty years after his death, letters, testimonies, and contributions about the the founder of Communion and Liberation. Also, a selection of homilies from the hundreds of Masses celebrated worldwide for the anniversary
“He took the human person seriously. He took Christ seriously”
Current EventsTwenty years after Fr. Giussani's death, the contribution of Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life (download the PDF)
At the lectern with Giussani
Current EventsBorn in Canada and raised an Evangelical, he now teaches in Australia. 20 years after Giussani’s death, theologian Taylor Glass shared how he crossed paths with the Italian priest
Enzo Piccinini. The diocesan inquiry concludes
Current EventsThe Diocesan Phase of the Cause for beatification and canonization of Enzo Piccinini will close on February 22. Postulator Francesca Amedea Consolini explains what is happening
Cameroon. From the streets to tailors and carpenters
Current EventsIn Yaoundé, the Edimar Center welcomes in homeless children and young people by offering medical care, education, and a second chance – with the support of AVSI
"If politics chooses to renounce God"
Current EventsLaw and institutions can be read according to man’s ultimate questions: this is the hypothesis proposed by one of the leading American legal scholars. From the January issue of Tracce.
Jubilee. The power of stories
Current EventsJournalists and communicators from around the world gather in Rome to hear the words of the Pope and “storytellers of hope” Maria Ressa and Colum McCann
MEMORIES OF AUSTRALIA – Part 3
Current EventsAmong international students and young professionals from various countries visiting Australia, some have encountered a unique companionship that offers them a fresh perspective. Here they share their feelings of joy and gratitude from this experience.