Malaysia: At the origin of a friendship

Games, songs, a testimony, and good food. The chronicle of a day spent sharing themselves with other families, parishioners and colleagues, rediscovering a sense of true freedom

About CLThe Christian Proposal as the Adventure of Life

School of CommunityThe notes and indications of method

That "piece of heaven" in AthensThe Fraternity Exercises for the small community of Greece, inviting friends from other movements

Lebanon: “Among refugees to make room for miracles"Fr. Abdo Raad works in Lebanese refugee camps. Not out of welfarism, he says, but out of love

"Faithful to the charism, creative in the world"Davide Prosperi's letter after the private audience with the Holy Father on June 15

The statue of Matteo Ricci in the city center of Macau (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

“Love given for the sake of love”The figure of Matteo Ricci, the evangelizer in China cited at the Exercises, recounted by Fr. Antonio Sergianni

Ignazio Beghi (Photo: Fraternity St. Charles)

“When the heart rests on God's promises, life flourishes”The ordinations in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome

Infinite dignity From the June issue of Traces, a dialogue with theologian Javier Prades on the recent Vatican Declaration

Lunch together for the Japanese CL community

Japan: What does it have to do with the stars?

The Pope to movements: "be for the Church"Pope Francis at the meeting of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life with moderators of lay associations

A unity to live and share: Oxford Convergence 2024A two-day cultural event in Oxford to address the question: “Can we live without fear today?”

During the presentation (Photo: Fausto Ferioli)

Giussani-Niebuhr: Generative thought, authentic sonshipThe presentation of the book of Fr. Giussani’s doctoral thesis at the Catholic University in Milan

The GS vacation of the Luigi Giussani High School

GS Uganda: With eyes wide open to beautyAn account of the vacation of the young people from the Luigi GiussanI High School in Kampala on Lake Bunyonyi

Culture: to be for ChristNotes from the speech by Davide Prosperi, President of the Fraternity of CL, at the assembly of the Association of Italian Cultural Centers

“To hope, my child, you would have received a great grace”The June issue of Traces is now available. Read the editorial online

To not get used to the bombsA teacher, a student “wounded” by the war in Ukraine, and a film that helps rediscover the Pope's call for peace

A moment of celebration in the parish of Bad Godesberg (Photo: Fsc)

Bonn: re-proposing the faith today, beyond divisionsA community of priests from Fraternity of St. Charles is reviving the life of their parish in the middle of the Synodal Way

Macerata-Loreto. Davide Prosperi's messageSaturday, June 8, the 46th night pilgrimage. The words of the President of the Fraternity

The bridges of ParisThe first edition of the Forum Paris, a ‘meeting’ that was born from the spark of the “prophecy for peace”

Karaganda Cathedral, dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima (Wikimedia Commons)

Kazakhstan: Thirty years since the beginningThe CL community was born in the country in 1994, and today it is more alive than ever

Mother Teresa of Calcutta's Missionary Sisters of Charity as they assist a sick person in a field hospital (Ansa-Sfor)

Sister Frederick: The revolution of piety A journalist remembers the recently deceased sister of the Missionaries of Charity

"I took you as Mine"The heart of Enzo's life: friendship with Christ as the path towards the pinnacle of humanity

With the children of the João Paulo II Educational Centre in Salvador de Bahia

Brazil: “The hug that reaches your marrow”A trip to Salvador de Bahia, after listening to the testimony of Paola Cigarini who has been working among the favelados for years

The possible embraceTwo fathers, one Israeli, the other Palestinian, whose daughters were killed in the conflict, reconciled in the Parents' Circle association

Carlo Acutis soon to be a SaintThe Pope has recognized a miracle attributable to his intercession. Reread the story of the young man from Milan

Enzo on a hike to Mount Cusna, in the Apennines of Reggio Emilia (Photo by Enzo Piccinini Foundation)

"My encounter with Enzo Piccinini”From Argentina, the testimony of someone who 'encountered' Piccinini after his death

"My Niebuhr"Fr. Giussani's doctoral thesis dedicated to the American theologian. An opportunity to empathize with his vibrant ecumenical passion

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa during his speech at the Lateran University (Ansa/Claudio Peri)

Peace made of forgiveness, truth, and justiceThe "Lectio magistralis" of Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa at the Lateran University on May 2

AVSI: Samia’s exercise booksDistance support for 450 Iraqi children. A project of the Italian NGO that started in 2015 to help a people return to living after the Isis occupation

Ian Knowles' icon of 'Our Lady who brings down walls' in Bethlehem (Catholic Press Photo)

Our Lady of the wallIconographer Ian Knowles speaks about his Virgin, painted on a corner of the dividing wall in Bethlehem

Fr. Giussani: The fascination of the charismThe opening of the testimonial phase of the Cause of Beatification of the founder of CL. The words of the Archbishop of Milan, Monsignor Mario Delpini, and the greeting of Davide Prosperi. Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio, May 9, 2024

An 84-year-old boyThe testimony of a friend of Jesús Carrascosa, who died on January 9, at the most recent Assembly of Latin American Leaders

Pope Francis issues the Bull of Indiction for the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025. St. Peter's Basilica, May 9, 2024 (Photo: Riccardo Antimiani/Ansa)

Hope does not disappointYesterday, May 9, in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis proclaimed the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025 with the Bull "Spes non confundit".