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20.12.2014

Christmas in Mumbai, bringing Jesus to the lepers of Heaven’s Gate

About 300 people - including Hindus, Muslims and some Christians - will celebrate the birth of Christ at Swarga Dwar, Mumbai, an ashram founded by PIME. The days leading up to the celebration are special for its children who play...

18.12.2014

Historic turning point in US-Cuban relations

Obama, Raul Castro thank Pope Francis for mediation New York, December 17 - United States President Barack Obama and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro on Wednesday announced an historic thaw in relations between the two countries. "We will start to...

16.12.2014

A more humane and fraternal Latin America

On the International Human Rights Day, the manifesto signed by the UNIRedes organisations promotes action for a more fraternal and more socially united world. «64 years after the institution of the International Human Rights Day [10 December] and of the...

13.12.2014

Pope’s Message for peace focuses on solidarity to defeat the many forms of modern slavery

No one should become an accomplice in "man's exploitation by man," an activity that touches millions of people forced by violence into "slave labour". In view of the situation, "There is a need for just laws" and international cooperation. Everyone...

11.12.2014

Nobel Peace Prize presented to children’s champions Malala and Satyarthi

Yesterday in Oslo the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Sathyarti, awarded last October. Two champions of children’s rights have been honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo. The award was shared between Indian...

09.12.2014

The greatest goal

Super Soccer World 2014, a worldwide soccer tournament for teens who would like to use sports as an instrument for building relationships and for peace among different countries. There were 56 teams involved from various cities around the world. A...

06.12.2014

French ‘Ring of Memory’ memorial – an expression of fellowship

A memorial that has not only to remember but most of all to unite. ‘The Ring of Memory’ memorial in northern France was designed to focus attention not on nations but on the individuals who lost their lives in World...

04.12.2014

Letter from Damascus

What does it mean to live in war? What does it mean to see every day murder victims? A way out is still possible? A friend who lives in Damascus sent us this letter. Dear all,sorry that I have not...

02.12.2014

World Religious leaders together against modern slavery

Pope Francis and leaders of the Orthodox, Anglican, Islamic, Jewish, Hindu and Buddhist faiths sign a Joint Declaration in the Vatican today. Through the latter, the Global Freedom Network (GFN), which is behind the initiative, wants a common commitment to...

29.11.2014

“Women at the heart of the monotheisms: a pluralist history” – Interreligious Symposium in Rabat

Around a hundred scholars coming from 25 countries, from the three monotheistic religions, to make an in-depth study together on the dignity and the role of the woman in building peace. «To create a network of women, going beyond the...

27.11.2014

A simple bottle of water was enough

"What if I offer him the water bottle I just bought?" Sometimes a simple act of love is enough It was a hot day. I had just arrived in the big city after a two-hour train ride for a doctor’s...

25.11.2014

Iraq – Italy: Almost 700,000 euros raised as the ‘Adopt a Christian from Mosul’ campaign continues

A second instalment is sent with funds raised in September. The fate of East-West relations is being played out in the Middle East and Iraq. Pope Francis and the Synod issue an appeal. Governments are lukewarm. Aid is coming from...

22.11.2014

The Treasure Trove of Heaven Gets Open

EoC entrepreneur Gonzalo Perrín's experience told at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario (Argentina) during the event: "Subsidiarity: An Entrepreneurial Commitment". Gonzalo Perrín would never have imagined becoming the manager of a company producing biscuits at the age of only 29....

20.11.2014

The Tree of Emotions

In some schools in Latina (Central Italy), a creative workshop guided 5th and 8th grade students in learning about their emotions: it was part of anti-bullying campaign called “Let’s unBully ourselves”. “This has been an unbelievable experience. Now I’ve seen...

18.11.2014

Hope or Utopia? The Civilization of Love

Geneva: New Humanity's contribution to the conference "Hope or Utopia? The Civilization of Love" On 30th October last, in the Library of the Palais des Nations in Geneva, the conference "Hope or Utopia? The Civilization of Love" took place. The...

29.09.2014

A gift… for Pope Francis

On Friday 26 the pontiff has received in Vatican 473 members of the General Assembly of the Focolare Movement. Among them, a group of Youth for a United World who have given to the pope a copy of the "Atlas...

28.09.2014

From Italy to Middle East: a pact of fraternity between villages

In Monsummano Terme the mayor of Bethlehem Vera Baboun took part to the ninth edition of "Harmony between peoples", sharing guidelines for future projects of friendship between the towns of Valdinievole and Pistoia proposed by the mayor Rinaldo Vanni. The...

26.09.2014

Rosh Hashanah 2014

The Jewish New Year, is celebrated in 2014 from sundown on September 24 to nightfall on September 26. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is celebrated in 2014 from sundown on September 24 to nightfall on September 26. The Hebrew...

25.09.2014

First aid for minority languages

What is the role of education when it comes to preserving minority languages? Learning World takes a look. Unesco estimates that half of more than 6,000 languages spoken today will disappear by the end of the century. There are all...

23.09.2014

Pope Francis says Albania is a model of religious harmony

The former Communist country, which was once declared the world's first "atheist state", was an example to the the world, said the pontiff. Follow a part of the pope's speech: pills to build fraternity. In his first trip to a...