News

09.05.2015

Baltimore, the day after

Protests explode after the death of the 25-year-old Afro-American Freddie Gray while he was under arrest. The commitment of the Focolare community, together with other groups to pacify the city. “The events that came about have stirred up the support...

07.05.2015

Mediterranean: Urgent political action needed

An appeal has been launched by the "Movement for Politics & Policies for Unity" in the face of the humanitarian disaster taking place in the Mediterranean. The document points out the contradictions and shortcomings found within the 10-point plan elaborated...

05.05.2015

Time-out for peace

Facing the absurds of war around the planet, we say stop! An appointment at noon of each day with a prayer or a moment of silence for peace. Sometimes we are overwhelmed by news of wars and terrorism, we feel...

02.05.2015

Inside the pains of Mumbai

The workshop of the Youth for a United World moves into the social projects of the Focolare Movement and of other organizations working to answer the needs of the territory. Interreligious dialogue is the note of the day The day...

01.05.2015

The flavour of dialogue

Young people have dinner in the families of Coimbatore, between the shacks and in living conditions not always easy: worlds come together here to build real bridges of understanding and solidarity. A lot of literacy projects and assistance to sick...

30.04.2015

In India searching for fraternity

The third international workshop of the Youth for a United World of the Focolare Movement has been launched in Mumbai, at the United World Week 2015. We share the suspension of Nepalis young people attended the meeting, which saw on...

28.04.2015

UN Debate. An extremism in dialogue

High-Level Thematic Debate on Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation, promoted by top members of the United Nations, gained momentum during a panel discussion, moderated by BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan: the role of religions in today’s world What are the religions in...

25.04.2015

A new step against sexual violence in Northeast India

An exemplary measure in a country where acts of sexual violence are unfortunately common An ethnic armed group from Manipur, Northeast India, the Kuki National Organization (KNO), affirmed its policy to strictly prohibit and punish any act of sexual violence...

23.04.2015

Maria Voce at the United Nations: Inventing Peace

The speech by the Focolare Movement’s president, Maria Voce at the High-Level Thematic Debate on “Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation” To risk your own life so as to relieve the suffering of the poor. This was Maria Voce’s invitation as she...

21.04.2015

The Mediterranean must become a humanitarian channel

Denying the fundamental right of seeking assistance is tantamount to denying democracy and dignity of the person “The Mediterranean must become a humanitarian channel”, said to MISNA Monsignor Giancarlo Perego, director of the Migrantes Foundation, after a migrant boat capsized...

18.04.2015

Kenya: The suffering of a people

A live recount of the tragedy in Garissa, Kenya. Sharing pain, bringing relief to relatives of murdered students. Solidarity born of tragedy. ”The slaughter in Garissa took place on Good Friday. I went to the morgue where they were taking...

16.04.2015

A B&B open to migrants

In Florence (Italy) a “Bed and Breakfast” accommodations project. One of the many initiatives launched by the worldwide New Families of the Focolare, to help those in need. Cesar, an 18-year old from Ghana, was saved just when he was...

14.04.2015

Ministers meet in Berlin to try and preserve Ukraine’s fragile truce

An appeal to respect the cease-fire seems to be the only way Foreign ministers from France, Ukraine, Germany and Russia have met in Berlin to try and preserve a fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. The Minsk peace deal was not...

09.04.2015

Tunisia: Massive anti-terror march after Bardo Museum massacre

We are all against terrorism and violence. We are all Bardo. We are all Charlie. “Tunisia is free! Terrorism out!” That was the message from tens of thousands in the capital where, amid tight security, citizens joined by world leaders...

07.04.2015

A look at Mexico: politics and the youth

Abraham, a young Mexican boy, shares his pacific battle for a better country, amid the great inequalities that reign. «Hi, my name’s Abraham, and I come from Mexico: a population of noble and deeply religious people, with their arms spread...

04.04.2015

Survivors of war and torture united by music

Stone Flowers, a musical group comprised of war and torture survivors – it's releasing its new album Ngunda, proving that something beautiful can come out of unimaginable violence “Music is a way of surviving. Music is a way to be...

02.04.2015

Kiribati: A wave of solidarity in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam

In mid-March several Pacific islands were hit by the full force of Cyclone Pam (with winds reaching up to 250 km/h). We received news from a community present in this remote place, where an Action for a United World (AMU)...

31.03.2015

Inspirational 11-year-old raises £400 for his twin brother with Down’s Syndrome by selling all his toys

"He wants to be able to buy him a house and make sure he has all the care he ever needs" Twins Jason and Aaron Clark have always known they are different but the same. While Jason is a high-achieving,...

28.03.2015

Tim Cook will reportedly donate his fortune to charity

"You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripples for change" Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook is joining the roster of the very rich who are giving away their wealth. Fortune magazine cited the head...

26.03.2015

Hope in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Direct link-up with a teacher in a refugee camp inn Kurdistan, Iraq. Promoting projects for an emergency that is ongoing. “I live in Erbil, northern Iraq, where I began a school for Kurdish children in 2010,” says Malu Villafane, who...