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The meeting of education at the Loano Pre Meeting

If education is full of hope

SchoolFrancesca Gargantini

A dialogue between Fr. Pigi Banna and writer Eraldo Affinati at the Loano Pre Meeting. The topic was the relationship with young people, both in and outside of school, struggling with the difficulties and the novelties brought on by the pandemic.

The meeting at the Loano Pre Meeting

The challenge of the instant

Current EventsBernardo Cedone

A dialogue between Julián Carrón and philosopher Costantino Esposito at the Loan Pre Meeting on Carrón’s latest book, "Is There Hope?".

Carrón: "To live faith with simplicity and intelligence"

ChurchJulián Carrón

The message for the ordinations of the Fraternity of St. Charles. "In such a delicate moment for the life of the world, the Church and of our movement, your “yes” places before our eyes the mysterious and irreducible power of God’s method."

Photo: Catholic Press Photo

The "struggle" against God

ChurchPaolo Cremonesi

On June 16, Pope Francis concluded the second part of the catechetical cycle on prayer. "Stronger than any argument to the contrary, in the heart of man there is a voice that cries out."

Awards for the best theses on Fr. Giussani

Current Events

The Fraternity of CL will grant two awards for theses that help promote the knowledge of the founder's work. Those who are finishing a Master's degree or doctorate can apply.

The Pope in Nagasaki

"No to nuclear weapons"

Current Events

The Fraternity of CL joins the appeal to the Italian Government and Parliament for Italy to sign the "Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons", as repeatedly requested by the Pope. Here is the document and the list of signatories.

Photo: Alevision/Unplash

Today, here, now

Current EventsRosa Montero

The provocation of a well-known Spanish journalist. She sees the crowds return to the streets at night, the burning desire to possess life. But how many go to bed happy? Why do we not learn from what happens? (from El País, May 23 2021).

Photo: © Pellegrinaggio Macerata Loreto

Macerata-Loreto: "Hope does not disappoint”

Current Events

The words of Pope Francis during his call to the "virtual" pilgrims on their way to the Holy House. The secret to walking well? "Looking towards the horizon, but not walking alone. Helping each other".

(Photo: Iam Os/Unsplash)

Carrón's letter to Cardinal Farrell

Church

The letter sent by Fr. Julián Carrón, President of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, to Card. Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastry for the Laity, Family and Life.

Friar Cristoforo, Renzo and Lucia (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

The rest of that bread

CultureFranco Nembrini

Love that precedes guilt through the eyes of Manzoni, Milosz, Dante... “When one truly forgives, there is nothing left to forgive.”

GS: Summer reading

School

One of the books proposed to GS students for summer reading is Miguel Mañara by Oscar V. Milosz. To perceive again what is at stake in life.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Photo: akg-images/Mondadori Portfolio)

Bonhoeffer: "God is not a stopgap”

CultureLorenzo Fazzini

The Lutheran theologian executed by the Third Reich, quoted at the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of CL. His life, thought, martyrdom. And his expectant waiting for the God that he wants to find "not at the margins, but at the centre of life."

The statue of the Virgin at the Holy House of Loreto

Macerata-Loreto: “You are the living fountain of hope”

ChurchJulián Carrón

Message on the occasion of the Macerata-Loreto Pilgrimage, June 12, 2021. This year it will again be in a special format with a live moment of prayer from the Basilica on Saturday, June 12 at 9 pm (CEST).

The live stream of the meeting

Truffelli-Carrón: "An opportune time for sowing"

Current EventsMaurizio Vitali

The meeting between the president of Azione Cattolica and the leader of CL, moderated by Ferruccio De Bortoli. The key words of their dialogue: the Christian community, politics, synodal Church and freedom.

Fr. Giussani, the centenary

Current Events

2022 marks the anniversary of the birth of the founder of CL. It is an opportunity to deepen and to make known the novelty that he continues to bring into the lives of many. Here is how you can contribute.

Sophie Scholl (Photo: Jürgen Wittenstein/akg-images/Mondadori Portfolio)

Sophie's living heart

CultureBenedetta Quadrio

Sophie Scholl, protagonist of the adventure of the White Rose, a group of young people that fought against the Nazi regime in Germany, was born on May 9, 1921. This is her story.

Liverpool College (Photo: Colin Lane)

The Netherlands: "Like a disciple of Peter"

Current EventsLaurens Peeters

The presentation of the Dutch translation of Carrón's book "Education. Communicating One’s Self ". The Rector of Erasmus University Rotterdam and a headteacher from Liverpool were in dialogue with the author.

The image of Charles de Foucauld at his Beatification in 2005 (Photo: Alessia Giuliani/CPP/CIRIC)

Charles De Foucauld: The “Universal brother”

ChurchCristina Zaros*

The date of the canonization of seven new saints has been announced, including the French religious man indicated by the Pope as an example to follow in his last Encyclical. Here is a portrait of the man in the words of those who follow his charism today.

Takashi Paolo e Midori Marina Nagai

Nagai: The gift of two newlyweds

Current EventsGabriele Di Comite, Paola Marenco, Massimo Morelli*

We got to know them in an exhibition at the Rimini Meeting and in the book "A song for Nagasaki". 70 years after his death, a committee had been established to promote awareness of the exceptional life of the Japanese doctor Takashi Nagai and his wife.