"Adhere to Christ, build the church"
Current EventsAn excerpt from Davide Prosperi's Preface to the new book of Fr. Giussani, Una rivoluzione di sé. La vita come comunione (1968-1970)" [A Revolution of Self. Life as Communion (1968-1970)]
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The essential on stage: the shows at the Rimini Meeting
CultureFrom Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's journey to the Holy Land to St. Francis, art films, Bach, a Music Contest... Artistic director Otello Cenci discusses the program that will animate the Rimini Meeting this year.
Takashi and Midori's "flowering hillside"
ChurchParis, Munich, Oxford, Madrid, Vienna, Tokyo, Santiago de Chile... An increasing number of meetings and exhibitions. The story of the two Japanese newlyweds has touched thousands of people. What is it about them that is so interesting to us today?
Vacations, the time of freedom
Current Events“Anticipation of vacation is evidence of the will to live; for just this reason it must not be ‘vacation’ from oneself. Then summer will not be an interruption or a postponement of taking life seriously.”
What no power can take from us
CultureIf life is totally given, even a person deprived of everything can never be a slave to any lie. The relevance of the lesson of Aleksandr Solženicyn quoted by Fr. Giussani in the eighth chapter of The Religious Sense.
The Courage to Return
ChurchA group of friends' pilgrimage to the Holy Land with the Archbishop of Bologna, Matteo Zuppi. Like going to “visit a friend who is sick. And we leave enriched. Peace begins with us.”
Kenya: The uprisings and the good we seek
Current EventsThe protests of young people, the desire for freedom and justice, and the work on the eighth chapter of The Religious Sense. Some friends from Nairobi speak of what sustains them as their country descends into chaos.
Prosperi: "Faith, a new gaze at the world"
Current EventsThe life of the movement and key steps taken in recent years, including the relationship with politics and culture. The President of the Fraternity speaks in an interview with Corriere della Sera.
“Love given for the sake of love”
ChurchThe figure of Matteo Ricci, the evangelizer in China cited at the Exercises, recounted in the June issue of Tracce by Fr. Antonio Sergianni: “Why did he do what he did, why did he behave as he did? Not to do works, but to bring Christ.”
“When the heart rests on God's promises, life flourishes”
ChurchThe story of Ignazio Beghi, who will be ordained a priest of the Fraternity of St. Charles on Saturday, June 22, along with four other brothers in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.
Infinite dignity
CultureIn the June issue of Traces, a dialogue with theologian Javier Prades on the recent Vatican Declaration: “A judgment on the present and a meeting point for those who share the value of the person proposed by the church.”
"Faithful to the charism, creative in the world"
ChurchThe letter from the President of the Fraternity of CL, Davide Prosperi, addressed to the entire movement after the private audience with the Holy Father on Saturday, June 15, 2024.
Giussani-Niebuhr: Generative thought, authentic sonship
Current EventsThe presentation of the book of Fr. Giussani’s doctoral thesis at the Catholic University in Milan. Speakers included the Archbishop of Milan, Mario Delpini, and rector emeritus, Lorenzo Ornaghi, among others.
The Pope to movements: "be for the Church"
Church"Thinking as God thinks, overcoming exclusiveness, and cultivating humility." Francis spoke at the meeting of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life with moderators of lay associations, ecclesial movements and new communities.
Bonn: re-proposing the faith today, beyond divisions
ChurchListening and dialogue without giving up the proclamation of truth. This is how a community of priests from Fraternity of St. Charles is reviving the life of their parish in Bad Godesberg, in the middle of the Synodal Way of the German Church.
Culture: to be for Christ
CultureNotes from the speech by Davide Prosperi, President of the Fraternity of CL, at the assembly of the Association of Italian Cultural Centers ((Milan, May 18, 2024)
Macerata-Loreto: “What the world considers simply madness"
ChurchThe message of Davide Prosperi, President of the Fraternity of CL, on the occasion of the 46th overnight pilgrimage between the two cities in the Marche region in Italy, which will take place on Saturday, June 8, 2024.
The bridges of Paris
CultureThe first edition of the Forum Paris, a ‘meeting’ that was born from the spark of the “prophecy for peace”, to the surprise of the Pope's greeting for the event. Art, dialogues on current events, and the desire to encounter everyone.
Kazakhstan: Thirty years since the beginning
Current EventsThe CL community was born in the country in 1994. An unpredictable story, today more alive than ever, as testified by Lyubov. She speaks of ‘The Lighthouse’, an aid centre for young people with disabilities.
AVSI: Samia’s exercise books
Current EventsDistance 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.
"My Niebuhr"
CultureFr. Giussani's doctoral thesis dedicated to the American theologian. An opportunity to empathize with his vibrant ecumenical passion, and with that "Christian realism" that marked his thought. From the May issue of Tracce.