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16.06.2020

Yemen on its knees amid war, poverty and Covid-19

By Bruno Cantamessa The already war-torn country has faced the arrival of Covid-19, which has made its first victims and is spreading without control. The complex political and military situation does not bode well. And there is the risk of...

12.06.2020

20 June: #daretocare Pathway live launch

The launch of Pathway 2020, entitled #daretocare, will be live on United World Project’s YouTube channel on 20 June at 2pm (UTC+2). The program will be in English and registration will be available for those who would like to participate...

09.06.2020

2020 United World Week Review

United World Week 2020 in numbers. It’s practically impossible to convey the variety, quality, love, surprizing beauty and imagination brought by all those who participated in this year’s United World Week. So we’ve attempted to summarize and share the impact...

05.06.2020

Racism, protests rock the USA

By Maddalena Maltese The death of George Floyd caused by a police officer has provoked protests and riots across the country, revealing an open wound: racial discrimination. At 15.03 precisely, the alert reached all mobile phones: “Citywide curfew in effect...

02.06.2020

Francesco and Covid: from darkness into light

Francesco, a young Italian from Bologna, recounts his own #PillsofHope, an experience of hope during his country’s lockdown. «I work in the tourism industry. We took a real hit from the very start of this health crisis» recalls Francesco. «In...

29.05.2020

The glass half full: relationships beyond the pandemic

Relationships in the time of Coronavirus: how do we value them while living through isolation, fear and via technological mediation? What can we learn from this whole experience? We turned to Giovanna Cosenza, Lecturer in Philosophy and Language Theory at...

26.05.2020

José Luis: beyond the pain, serving in the crisis

A #PillsOfHope special for you, from Ecuador. Introducing José Luis Patiño, an electrical engineer in Santiago di Guayaquil. It’s a story of humanity, service, civil duty, family, caring, loving and a lot of faith. A story to convey hope in...

22.05.2020

Cinque anni fa la Laudato Sì

Pope Francis’ encyclical on “care for our common home” – Laudato Si’ – was published on 24 May 2015. The title is taken from St Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures. So we asked Friar Matteo Sito, Provincial of...

19.05.2020

Happy to be a mother

By Giovanna Pieroni Giovanna Pieroni of AFN (Azione per Famiglie Nuove onlus) tells the story of Millycent, a support worker at a project run by the Association in Mathare, Nairobi. Having just given birth to a daughter, she overcomes the...

15.05.2020

Tiles in a mosaic

A chance to get to know the Spanish band Mosaico GRLP (Gen Rosso Local Project). Since 2017 they’ve been performing musicals and running arts workshops to spread values of peace and non-violence among young people across Spain. Mosaico GRLP (Gen...

14.05.2020

#PrayForHumanity

An event unites the world in one voice, on May 14, a day to #PrayForHumanity uniting religions, doctrines and cultures of the world. The Higher Committee of Human Fraternity (HCHF), called on religious leaders and faithful around the world to...

08.05.2020

Peace Education and United World Week: Interview with Archbishop Zani

#InTimeForPeace and United World Week has brought to light stories, experiences, projects, and most of all, people. We opened up a conversation with Archbishop Angelo Vincenzo Zani, since 2012 Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, concerned with education in...

08.05.2020

Justice and human rights

By Antonio Amato Italian penitentiary expert Antonio Amato sent us this letter. Working in Social Services at Bologna Probation Office, Dr Amato has, for the past twenty years, specialized in community service penalties as an alternative to jail sentences. He...

08.05.2020

In time for peace: a message from Cardinal Koch

Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity sent a video message for United World Week 2020. In these difficult times we’re living through, marked by the corona virus crisis, many people are confined to their...

07.05.2020

TgTeens#2: from Run4Unity to fraternity through music

The second special edition of TG Teens from May 3rd can be seen here! Lots of news about Run4Unity 2020, the relay race world for peace that has been running online this year, with the contribution not only of young...

06.05.2020

TgTeens#1: a surge of energy and good news

A newscast made by teens for teens, with news, science, school, culture, sports, movies and experiences from the perspective of fraternity and dialogue, even in this time of emergency. A special edition of this news, on the occasion of Run4unity...

06.05.2020

“From a chain of production… to a chain of solidarity”

On March 21st, the Lebanese stylist, Tony Ward, reopened his boutique in Beirut during the Covid-19 emergency, transforming a studio that normally produces high fashion clothing and wedding dresses, into a factory where hospital bed sheets and medical protective suits...

05.05.2020

UWW #PillsOfHope: Living Peace International Special

Here are some new “pills” of hope from the Living Peace International project, prescribed for United World Week! Living Peace International is an educational project launched in Egypt in 2011 during the “Arab Spring”. Carlos Palma, originally from Uruguay, is...

05.05.2020

The University Institute of Sophia and MPPU join United World Week

On Sunday 3 May, the Sophia University Institute and the Movement of politics and policy for unity participated in the United World Week with a special webinar, entitled “Europe and its neighbors: the time of proximity” which posed the question...

04.05.2020

AMU onlus, a dream to tell

From Ecuador to Syria: social justice and development are the steps to building peace. “There is no peace without development. Not all people have equal access to resources or those rights that allow them to live a dignified life. This...