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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...

19.08.2019

Progress report on Fraternity

By Stefania Tanesini. Roberto Catalano of the Focolare Movement’s Centre for Interreligious Dialogue offered his insights into the context and geopolitical events leading to the drawing up of the historic Document on “Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living together”,...

12.08.2019

Algeria: to educate is to make the world a better place

By Claudia Di Lorenzi. Amine Mohammed Sahnouni, a young Algerian sociologist, sees education as a process. “We need to give the children more responsibility, trust in them and guide them so that their leadership abilities develop from an early age.”...

05.08.2019

A school for United World Ambassadors

The program will take place at the French Mariapolis Center of Arny, 35 km South of Paris. The aim is enhancing the skills of an international group of 20 young people, most of them change-makers, peace-builders, and community leaders, training...

29.07.2019

A world in colors

By Letizia Spano. From July 7 to 22, a summer school took place in Loppiano, the international town of the Focolare Movement in Italy, for young people who wish to commit themselves to build a united world. Its red thread...

22.07.2019

Where giving is receiving

A trip to the Café con Leche School in the Dominican Republic Fifteen young people from Texas made a trip to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to teach English at a school founded by Focolare member Marisol Jimenez in a poor...

15.07.2019

The Economy of Francesco

He wants mostly young people to be there, but not only them. Pope Francis convened a major meeting on economic issues in Assisi for 2020. Pope Francis invited young people, entrepreneurs, and economists to Assisi, next year, to promote together...