The Miracles We All Await
Current EventsAn article by Julián Carrón published in the "Osservatore Romano" on December 23, 2010. "Can any Catholics deem themselves exempt from the Pope's call? I cannot."
Current Events - 2010
The Ghost of a Country
Current EventsAfter the boom, 20 years of growth and affluence, the economic downturn hit and, with it, unemployment, homelessness, and renewed emigration. What is going on in the “Celtic Tiger”? We travel to a country that has rejected its traditions.
Christmas in Baghdad
Current EventsAfter the new outbreak of violence in Iraq, here are men and women for whom life is a sacrifice, because it is for Christ.
Its Wonderful to be Free
Current Events25 years ago, there were only 7. Now, there are 150 all over the world, and in between is an adventure in which obedience and freedom keep intersecting. Fr. Massimo Camisasca, the founder of the Missionary Fraternity, tells the story.
Questioning Polarized American Politics
Current EventsThe November election results once again invite Americans to ask themselves, “What happened… and where are we going?” John Samples, prominent DC think-tank director, author, and professor addresses the issues head-on.
You Have Brightened Egypt
Current EventsVolunteers, conferences, exhibitions - The Meeting, as in Rimini, but beneath the Egyptian Pyramids. October 28-29, 2010: an event of dialogue between Muslim professors, future cardinals, Israeli jurists and scores of students.
Christians in Transit
Current EventsIn the Gulf States, Syria, Lebanon, and the Holy Land there are over 2 million Christians living “as pilgrims." As the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East occurs, Bishop Paul Hinder, the Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, tells what Frontier Catholics expect.
First of All, Authentically Human
Current EventsWe present here an article published in "L’Osservatore Romano" on June 9, 2010, on the occasion of the end of the Year for Priests. "Christianity can be reduced and of the state of confusion in which we are called to live our priestly vocation..."
We Are What You Are
Current EventsIn Madrid, in September 1985, at a dinner among friends, someone asked “Why don’t we become one?” A few days later, the Movement flowed into the river of CL. Here is the story (told by the protagonists) of a moment that has marked our history.
Protecting Rights or Championing Interests?
Current EventsThe health care debate originated in a desire to serve human need, but its culmination expresses a weak sense of altruism and a clear battle of interests. Carter Snead, an expert in law and bioethics, helps us look at where the chips have fallen.
MedConference: A Reason to Learn to Fish
Current EventsThe three-day annual conference highlighted the central role of the person in medical care, focusing on the complex needs of the patient. Among many speakers, the testimonies of seven young caregivers gave hope for the future of medicine.
Surprised in the Rockies
Current EventsRecently, American university students of Communion and Liberation held their annual Summer Vacation in Colorado, where they explored the theme:“What is man that You should care for him?”
Those Who Remained in Haiti
Current EventsThere's no coherent plan for reconstruction, while a million homeless still live in haphazard shelters. What is happening to Haiti 6 months after the earthquake? We asked those who have remained, living every day with this people still “in vigil.”
Hawking’s Godless Universe? It’s Just an Opinion.
Current EventsMassimo Robberto, astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in MD, responds to the theories of Stephen Hawking, who claims "...that advances in cosmology explain why the laws of the universe....[appear needless of] a benevolent creator.”
A New Person, a New People
Current EventsMore than 300 responsibles from the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico gathered in New York to go deeper into the Movement’s proposal...
Let Us Return, Wounded, to Christ
Current EventsIn the face of suffering and despair over the story of child abuse, Carrón questions our human needs, asking "what can satisfy our thirst for justice?" "Our dismay arises from our inability to respond to the demand for justice ..."