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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...

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...

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...

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...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I awarded an honorary doctoral degree in the culture of unity from the Sophia University Institute for “his service to the unity of the human family”. On October 26, 2015, at 5.00 pm - Auditorium of the...

In the face of the recent escalation of violence in the Holy Land Pope Francis invites us to pray: “Hope and progress flow only from peaceful choices. So, let us join together in one intense and faith-filled prayer to the...

I almost forgot to tell you about Down syndrome ... But it actually was not scary and I did not get hurt. I have a great life. My name is Penny Becker. I like to wake up first thing in...

From Mariënkroon, Holland, a beautiful and concrete experience of dialogue with the refugees It’s wednesday morning, they just had their first Dutch class. I enter the dining hall of the Focolare Retreat Center and one of the boys, Zakaria, comes...

UWP video – English version (7′) UWP video – English integral version (17′) versión en español versión completa en español...

KABUL - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing food assistance to people displaced by the recent upsurge of fighting in Afghanistan’s northern province of Kunduz. Today, WFP started distributing enough food for a month to more than...

SignUp for Peace video – English version Vídeo en EspañolVidéos en FrançaisVideo auf DeutschVídeo em Português...

The prize is intended as an encouragement to the Tunisian people, who have laid the groundwork for a national fraternity which the Committee hopes will serve as an example to be followed by other countries The Norwegian Nobel Committee has...

Alberto Lo Presti, Director of the Igino Giordani Centre, reflects on some excerpts from Giordani's book on the uselessness of war. Peace is the result of fraternity amongst the peoples, solidarity with the weakest, mutual respect. This is how a...

In the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as in many African countries, access to health care is expensive and not always direct or immediate. This is the experience of Aline, nurse and biologist, who chose to welcome...

Justice is an essential requirement for the ideal of universal fraternity. [...] To this end, there is a need to ensure the uncontested rule of law and tireless recourse to negotiation, mediation and arbitration, as proposed by the Charter of...

We will connect. We will succeed. video – English / Korean version...