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Maria Voce at the United Nations: Inventing Peace
To risk your own life so as to relieve the suffering of the poor. This was Maria Voce’s invitation as she spoke of the last terrible phase of the Second World War, when in 1943 “a group of young women...
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Mediterranean crisis: Urgent political initiatives are needed
Photo: Francesco Pecoraro/APSharing the immense suffering regarding the loss of 900 lives in the boat tragedy off the Libyan coast, the Movement of Politics and Policy for Unity supports the need for a...
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Politics: 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....
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EU, Brussels: “Coexistence and acceptance of diversities”
The meeting with the religious leaders will take place on 16 June at the Berlaymont Building in Brussels, seat of the European Commission. The top-level operational meeting is regularly held among the...
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The European Union: “Dialogue is not a ritual”
Video highlights of the event (Italian soundtrack) “For me dialogue is not a ritual; it is not something we do once a year and then put back on the shelf again. For me it is an essential contribution...
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The Basque region: a workshop where peace is taught
At the base of the itinerary of the Political Movement for Unity in Spain, is the desire to give an answer to a situation of violence being staged in the Basque Province by the armed struggle of the...
View ArticleROM, from evicted to included
For several years the ROM camp has needed to be removed because of serious health and environmental issues, but it was no easy task given the fact that it was home to thirty families. Mario Bruno,...
View ArticleArgentina: the unusual loot of a burglary
By the end of 2012 I had an awful experience. I was in a friend’s house with all his family and suddenly three armed and violent men entered their house to rob. They beat us and put us all lying down...
View ArticleVideo: Politics for Unity – Making a World of Difference
Vision, viewpoints, and stories will be underlying themes of the global event "Chiara Lubich: Unity and Politics".
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The world is tending towards unity: A socio-political view point
“We can react to this situation through forms of reorganization, even if they are not perfect, but which bring together countries and people from various fields. Our problem in Europe is one of an...
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“If you want peace, prepare for peace.”
Peace is the result of fraternity amongst the peoples, solidarity with the weakest, mutual respect. This is how a more just world is built, this is how war is set aside war as a barbaric undertaking...
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Italy: “Chiara Lubich for fraternity” Award to the Municipality of Asti
Asti, the Piedmont (Italy) municipality renowned worldwide for its wines and an old pre-Roman settlement, boasts another first: that of being the first Italian municipality to have inserted the...
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Igino Giordani’s Legacy
Tommaso Sorgi (left) with Igino Giordani in 1969 When Giordani met the Focolare Movement in 1948 he was a Deputy of the new Italian State, and he was battling for a more religious view of public life....
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Kenya: Maria Voce’s views on Law in Contemporary society
Giving law a human face and seeking justice founded on the values of fraternity. This was Maria Voce’s strong message, as a lawyer herself and President of the Focolare Movement, addressing an audience...
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In the Holy Land, a Jewish friend beyond the wall
“I met Bella, a Jewish woman, at a Focolare centre in Jerusalem. I had told her the story about my husband in an Israeli jail where he was tortured. She listened to me, although I noted a certain inner...
View ArticleChiara Lubich Prize 2017
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...
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Political Movement for Unity (PMU) Begins in the Democratic Republic of the...
“The Political Movement for Unity has begun in Kinshasa!” With these words Deputy Upira Dieudonné concluded the first meeting of the Political Movement for Unity (PMU) in Kinshasa on Saturday, October...
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Brazil:The Painted Wall in Manaus
In Coroado on the outskirts of the capital of the State of Amazonas, the wall that separates and protects the centre from the harsh realities of violence and drugs that consume the neighborhood, had...
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New Humanity and Law: Congress for law operators
The objective of the convention was to «Review the various professions involved in the sector of justice – magistrates, lawyers, chancellors, university professors, prison staff, law enforcers – and...
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