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Vietnam: a suburban school

A school instituted out of love for the most deprived children of Ho Chi Minh City. The visit of Laura Mattarella, daughter of the President of the Italian Republic. It was not at all easy to delineate a social project...

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Time for action is now!

COP21: on eve of UN climate conference, Ban Ki-Moon says 'time for action is now!' On the eve of the opening in Paris of the United Nations climate change conference, widely known as COP21, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging all...

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Syria: the ordeal continues

In Syria, the people want peace, and ask themselves who wants war and continues to supply weapons instead of food and medicine. Here is the testimony of someone who lives with the war and still hopes. "While the mortar shells...

Aqeela Asifi: 2015 Nansen Refugee Award winner

"I wish one day people will remember Afghanistan not for war but for its standards of education" Aqeela Asifi is an Afghan refugee living in Pakistan whose tireless efforts to help girl refugees access education have made her a true...

Discovering the emotions

The first steps of Up2me, a global educational project that was requested by parents and youth leaders, to help children during their growing years; with support from Sophia University Institute. The launching of this innovative project took place recently with...

Religions for Peace: from fear to trust

The title and theme of the recent European Assembly for Religions and Peace couldn't have been more in harmony with the events Europe is facing today. At a distance of eight years since the last European Assembly, held in Italy...

A voice from Islam: strengthening the bonds of friendship

Condolences from the director of the Tevere Centre for Dialogue in Rome, Italy, Mustafa Cenap Aydin in the face of the Paris attacks: responding to the “inhuman” attacks by reinforcing a spirit of unity and brotherhood. “The tragic news of...

Congo: rappers for peace

In Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo) 2,000 children launched their cry for peace. Martine, one of the educators, tells us about it “Just try to imagine 2,000 kids rapping in unison: “Peace! Peace!” War is death, peace is love. And...

Slovakia: Cooking for immigrants

We are writing from Slovakia to tell you something of what we experienced the past weekend.... In Hungary, at the Austrian border, in recent weeks, many trains arrived with thousands of immigrants, who traveled on foot across the border and...

Solidarity with the Central African Republic

The new wave of violence has not stopped Pope Francis from asserting that he wishes to go to the Bangui capital to open the cathedral’s holy door for the experience of fraternity among families The escalation of serious political-military uprisings...

Paris: New Responsibilities for Peacebuilders

Statement of Focolare president, Maria Voce, on the recent terrorist attacks in France. “In the face of the dramatic events that took place in Paris, in addition to recent ones in many other areas of the world, we stand in...

Tanzania: Pass on the power

President Magufuli -“Let's work together for peace and unity” “I promise to be faithful to the promises I have made during the electoral campaign but we have to work together. Let’s do whatever it takes to guarantee peace and unity...

Japan, 70 years after the war

Toshiko Tsuhako, from Okinowa, was 12 years old when Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by nuclear attacks. The memory of the war continues to impel her to build peace in the world. “On August 22, 1944, I lost my only...

Presidential elections in Burma, historic victory for the party of Aung San Suu Kyi

The National League for Democracy party wins more than 70% of the votes. The ruling party admits defeat The National League for Democracy party, the movement of Aung San Suu Kyi, won the presidential election in Burma defeating the military...

Sportmeet in the Balkans: When Sports Unites

Can sports contribute to building a more united world? Krizevci (Croatia), 2-4 October 2015 Dialogue as a resource and essential opportunity to promote a new culture of sports. The seventh convention organised by the Sportmeet network in Krizevci (Croatia, 2-4...

Peace replaces bloodshed as hundreds march through Jerusalem

"We came here to show that Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians can stand together and move towards a different policy, a policy of a just peace." With a huge media focus on the bloodshed and brutality in the Middle...

Bartholomew I: the greatest joy

Before the reporters of various newspapers, Patriarch Bartholomew gave an interview after receiving the h.c. Doctorate in the Culture of Unity awarded by the Sophia University Institute in Loppiano, last 26 Ooctober. “I am really very happy to be here...

MPPU and Brazil today

An occasion of harmony between the powers, the political parties and the citizens. From march of 2015 brazilian politicians and citizens of the mppu deeply understood there role in this moment of moral, institutional and economical crisis in brazil. In...

Historic event: “Together for Mexico”

Over 5,000 people from all over the country and from more than 60 ecclesial movements, for the first time 'together' in Puebla. To give visibility, consistency and unity to the commitment of the laicals in the reconstruction of the Mexican...

#ZeroHunger: Pappy, from Child Gunman to Social Educator

Zero Hunger is ambitious, but it’s achievable. Working together, we can help change people’s lives for the better, and we can reach our goal of ending hunger by 2030. Today, we’re sharing some of the success stories that prove that...

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