“Do not despair. Beg"
Current EventsA writer re-reads Carrón's letter on Coronavirus. "I have always thought that I was fearless, but I was wrong”. In those few lines he finds "my drama and everyone's drama intact."
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Magatti: "Hope that resists despair"
Current EventsA dialogue with a sociologist from the Catholic University in Milan about Carrón's letter on Coronavirus. Fragility, the truth of our lives, the rediscovery of a "common good". And the meaning of an existence that is not self-referential.
"Faith puts fear in its proper place"
Current EventsBeppe milks 300 cows in the province of Cremona. He talks about his daily life which consists of prudence, prayer and wonder at the things that happen. The dearest thing I have is what is given to me to live everyday".
Bernhard Scholz is the new president of the Rimini Meeting
Current EventsThe first statement of Emilia Guarnieri's successor: "This dramatic moment reminds us of one of our main objectives: to witness a hope capable of facing all historical circumstances, to contribute to the common good”.
Easter 2020: The Communion and Liberation poster
Current EventsThe image is taken from "The Gospel according to Matthew" by Pier Paolo Pasolini, the poet whose verses accompany the words pronounced by Fr. Giussani in St. Peter's Square in 1998.
Julián Carrón's letter to the movement
Current EventsAll next CL events are suspended. But "nothing can keep us from proceeding on our journey to continue to increase our certainty. Therefore, I pose you the question I intended to use as preparation for the Exercises: “What saves us from nothingness?”
Julián Carrón’s message for the death of Fr. Luigi Valentini
Current EventsThe priest from Porto San Giorgio (Fermo) met CL in 1965. He was a missionary in Brazil for 40 years, where he created shelters for children in the favelas.
Emilia Guarnieri leaves her presidency of the Rimini Meeting
Current EventsShe was one of the Meeting’s founders forty years ago, and after 27 years she will no longer be in charge of this great event. “What I feel right now is a great gratitude”.
Chile: Where dignity becomes custom?
Current EventsThe street protests are behind us. The CL community gathers for their summer vacation. Days in the company of Beethoven, the Unnamed and missionary Karoline Mayer. To surprise themselves again with a different way of being together.
NY Encounter: "Someone, Somewhere, Who Lived Fully"
Current EventsWatch the video of the panel discussion between Fr. Zacharie Bukuru, His Grace Anba David and Rev. Marcel Uwineza, moderated by Barbara Gagliotti.
Carrón on Coronavirus: "This is how we learn to conquer fear in times of difficulty"
Current Events"It is a presence, not our strategies, our intelligence or our bravery, that propels and sustains each of our lives." The President of the Fraternity's letter to Corriere della Sera from 1 March.
Fr. Luigi Giussani: his gaze penetrated your soul
Current EventsOn the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the death of Fr. Giussani, Vatican Radio interviewed Fr. Julián Carrón, the President of the Fraternity. "His legacy? Having introduced us to an experience of faith that continues to fascinate us".
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UK: Ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem
Current EventsIn celebration of the canonization of St. John Henry Newman, the UK CL community organized a pilgrimage to the Birmingham Oratory, home to Newman for forty years. An opportunity to get to know better our first English Saint of the modern era.
The People of the New York Encounter
Current EventsIn a broken, divided America, such as we see in the world of politics, there are people who, with their actions, show a different way of living.
Mexico: Faith capable of embracing those who are different
Current EventsIn Monterrey, the presentation of the the Spanish edition of ‘Where is God?’ A dialogue between Julián Carrón, Inés Sáenz, David Noel Ramírez, and journalist Josefina Herrera.
NY Encounter: "What can free us from ideology?"
Current EventsWatch the video of the conversation between Fr. Julián Carrón, Ami Dar, Aaron Riches and Fr. José Medina.
New York Encounter 2020: "Crossing the Divide"
Current EventsIn the heart of Manhattan, twenty-four meetings in three days, including exhibitions and performances: “I know that I will find something here that sustains me, something I will find nowhere else.”
The Meeting: where a people can be born
Current EventsIn Rome, the presentation of Salvatore Abbruzzese's book about the Rimini Meeting. In dialogue with him, Guzman Carriquiry, Rocco Buttiglione and Fausto Bertinotti. An unexpected gift for the Meeting’s 40th anniversary.
Brazil: "Jesus, the most human man who ever lived”
Current EventsIn Rio de Janeiro, the presentation of the Portuguese edition of Julián Carrón’s “Where is God?”. Alongside Marco Montrasi, the national responsible of CL, was businessman Pedro Solomão. The result? An intense dialogue, even with the audience...