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22.11.2019

The Comiso dialogue

By Carmela Lo Monaco. Engaging citizens in local politics. Comiso is a small and graceful Italian town in the Ragusa province of South East Sicily. Among its 30,000 inhabitants, a group of friends belonging to different ecclesial movements discovered they...

15.11.2019

Communication and the communities of the future

By Chiara Andreola. “Humanity 4.0” forum in Trento (Italy). How will our communities be, in the not so distant future? What kind of role will communications play in their formation? Especially in a world where every aspect of our co-existence...

08.11.2019

Living Peace International, Season 2019-2020

The annual peace education program launched by Living Peace International is underway once more. «This year we are focussing on the side of the ‘Dice of Peace’ which invites us to “Love Everyone“» explains Carlos Palma, International Coordinator of the...

04.11.2019

Let us change the changing world

On October 26 and 27, the Mariapolis Centre in Castel Gandolfo (Rome) hosted a meeting for young people entitled, “Change the changing world” with the subtitle, “Experimenting beyond disciplines and professions.” Among the topics addressed at an interdisciplinary level: poverty,...

29.10.2019

Nobel Prize for Poverty Scholars

By Tommaso Reggiani. The 2019 edition of the prestigious award has been awarded to three scholars (Duflo, Kremer and Banerjee) who share the same experimental approach to fighting global poverty. You probably already have read and heard about it from...

25.10.2019

Scientific research in the battle against injustice

Stefania Papa is a professor at the “Luigi Vanvitaelli” University of Campania. She has dedicated the past ten years to research into the contamination of the environment, particularly fruit and vegetables. When a waste crisis scandal broke out in her...

22.10.2019

Germany: Blog from the 10th Assembly of the World Conference of Religions for Peace

Last August, in Germany (Lindau), there was the10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace. Ana Clara Giovani, a Brazilian “Gen”, a young woman from the Focolare Movement, and a journalist, told us about it with her video blog. To...

18.10.2019

Oxford welcomes United World Project!

By Conleth Burns. A group of students and young professionals have started a local United World Project in Oxford, England. They launched the local Project at the annual Oxford University Students Union Freshers’ Fair. Over two days, the team spoke...

15.10.2019

The Papu Kafé

In a small Czech town there is a lively café serving coffee and the common good. Called Papu Kafé, it is part of a Family Centre in Choceň, which has a population of around 10,000. Why did this enterprise in...

10.10.2019

Australia: the “Hombre Mundo” camp among the aboriginal Australians

The Teens for Unity from Oceania sent us this short video about their Hombre Mundo camp. They went to Lake Mungo, in Australia, to find out about the life and culture of the aboriginal people. It was a unique experience that...

08.10.2019

Bikelite: pedaling towards a circular economy

There are over two and a half million applications available on PlayStore. Apps exist for work productivity, money management, digital content creation, socialization and even mobility. Bikelite is one of these apps as well, but different, special. You probably use...

01.10.2019

At the border of hope

By Maddalena Maltese. McAllen and Brownsville, border towns where “Bienvenidos” is the answer to the detention and forced family separation of the migrants. Carmen and Juan are not aware of being among the last families to cross the border with...

28.09.2019

Rohingya, Kachin, Karen… to name but a few

by George Ritinsky. On the occasion of the 105th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which is celebrated on Sunday 29 September 2019, we have decided to look at the phenomenon of migration globally. The first analysis comes from Asia....

23.09.2019

The Ballarò Campus: looking at the city with new eyes

In Ballarò, a historic district in the heart of Palermo, forty young people from all over the region have gathered for the second edition of the social and intercultural Campus entitled Guardo la mia città (I look at my city),...

20.09.2019

A school for “United Word Ambassadors”

The first school for “Ambassadors of a United Word” was held from 2nd to 7th September at Arny Mariapolis Center, 35 km south of Paris, France, attended by 16 young people selected from 15 different countries. The program was promoted...

14.09.2019

Pope Francis: a global pact for education

On May 14, 2020, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, invites the representatives of major religions, international organizations, and various humanitarian institutions in the academic, economic, political, and cultural sectors to subscribe an alliance to rebuild the global educational pact and...

10.09.2019

The 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace

By Roberto Catalano. Lindau welcomes 900 religious leaders The island of Lindau recently hosted the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace. The title of the event was symptomatic: “Caring for our Common Future: Advancing Shared Well-Being”. Caring for the...

02.09.2019

Young people of South Sudan for peace

BY JAMES MWANIA- PAOLO BALDUZZI. The training for leadership of the young people of South Sudan continues in the context of the Project “Together fo a New Africa”. In 2011, South Sudan became the youngest State in the world and...

29.08.2019

Italy: Focolare young people welcome a Buddhist delegation from the Rissho Kosei-kai

By Paola Pepe. The most recent event for dialogue between the youth of Buddhist movement Rissho Kosei-kai and young people from the Focolare deepened their awareness, friendship and common commitment for world peace. “All these years, wherever we’ve met, immediately...

26.08.2019

Camas, so much more than just a library

By Cristobal Guerrero Guedel. We received this letter from Cristobal Guerrero, a Spaniard, with his testimony of brotherhood in the city. My name is Cristobal, I was born in the South of Spain, in Arcos de la Frontera (Cádiz). When...