Un ambasciatore racconta
«Grazie al mio lavoro di diplomatico, con la mia famiglia abbiamo imparato a riconoscere la ricchezza di un’umanità allargata, ad amare la patria altrui come la nostra, ad amare Dio nell’uomo di...
View ArticleDiritto e ambiente: la Summer School 2014
Abrigada (Portogallo): sono in 30, da Kenya , Angola, Congo, Portogallo, Spagna, Italia. Cary, angolana, studia diritto a Lisbona. È stata lei, l’ultima mattina, ad avviare una serie di impressioni e...
View ArticlePubbliche amministrazioni a servizio del bene comune
Capodrise (Italia) – Angelo Crescente ed Emilio Donnarumma sono rispettivamente sindaco e segretario comunale di una città del Sud, un contesto territoriale non facile che nell’immaginario collettivo...
View ArticlePrize awarded to Chiara Lubich
In this competition – promoted by the “Cities for Fraternity” Association – all local administrations from any part of the world may participate.Projects and initiatives can compete if:- they...
View ArticlePolitics. Democracy for all: flip the pyramid
Young people from Cagliari, Pisa, Treviso, Prato, Macerata, Torino, Mantova, Pescara, Rome, fielded time, travel, and energy to construct the gathering titled: “Democracy for all: flip the pyramid.”...
View ArticleLionello Bonfanti: a law in search of justice
“I didn’t know Lionello Bonfanti. Today, not only was I impressed by his life, but I was really deeply moved.” This was one of the impressions shared at the end of the conference, “Law in Search of...
View ArticleJustice: an ongoing exercise
“I’ve been working in the criminal justice system of Santa Fe for twenty years. It’s not a good business card to be holding these days in Argentina, where officials and institutions are the subject of...
View ArticleCannes. «Chiara Lubich Brotherhood Award»
The city of Cannes is the winner of the 7th Chiara Lubich Brotherhood Award, because of its Vivere insieme a Cannes Project (Living together in Cannes), which involves laity and Religious from...
View ArticleChiara Lubich: Another vision and exercise of power
Paolo Giusta“The life and ideas of Chiara Lubich have introduced a radical novelty that totally surpasses the concept of power as dominion. The idea of power seen as the solitary peak of a pyramid is...
View ArticleChiara Lubich: “Liberty, equality… whatever happened to fraternity?”
An extract of the talk given at the House of Commons at Westminster, London, on June 22, 2004 #politics4unity
View ArticleChiara Lubich: Unity and Politics
For Chiara Lubich politics was actually a vocation, “a personal calling that emerges from external circumstances and speaks through the conscience.” Answering to this vocation “is first and foremost an...
View ArticlePolitics: active and not passive citizens
A municipal counselor, group leader of the majority party of Mar del Plata, Argentina, found herself face to face with two young people who introduced themselves as activists of the opposition....
View ArticleChiara Lubich: “Love the other’s country as one’s own”
A summary of Chiara's talk at a symposium held at the United Nations Headquarters (New York), 28 May 1997: Toward a Unity of Nations and a Unity of Peoples. #politcs4unity
View ArticleChiara Lubich: Politics for Unity
The first event will be held in Rome, Italy, on March 12th at the Aula del Palazzo dei Gruppi Parlimentari in the Italian Parliament. In the morning 300 Focolare youths from around the world –...
View ArticleIgino Giordani: From the Italian Parliament to the World
From the Italian Parliament to the world. This part of Igino Giordani’s journey began in the late forties when Igino had reached a rather problematic point in life. To the world he was a Christian...
View ArticleItaly remembers Chiara Lubich
Is there a “politics that is really worth the trouble” at a time in history moment when politics is totally in crisis, often associated with corruption and special interests? This was discussed during...
View ArticleChiara Lubich and Latin America. Politics, Identity, Design
Margarita StolbizeLatin America is made of unity and diversity and that is what makes it strong as it journeys towards integration. This is undoubtedly an achievement that has not yet been fulfilled...
View ArticleArgentina remembers Chiara Lubich
“Chiara Lubich has brought understanding and gentleness, but basically what she has given to us, through her simplicity, is a great current of love towards the other person. To live in community, to...
View ArticleA look at Mexico: Youth and Politics
“Hi, my name’s Abraham, and I come from Mexico: a population of noble and deeply religious people, with their arms spread out to the world.” These were his opening words to an audience of 300 young...
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