Fr. Julián Carrón. Photo by Emily Marsolek

“May the gift we have received always be this living flame”

"The Movement was born precisely in the outskirts, in the spheres of school, university, and workplaces, responding to the many needs that we see in the neighborhoods." An interview with Fr. Julián Carrón.
José Luis Restán

Today we have with us the Spanish priest Julián Carrón, currently President of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, just two days after an unforgettable gathering with Pope Francis in Saint Peter’s Square, where over 80,000 members of the Movement gathered from all over the world.

The Pope asked the members of the Movement to be the hands, feet, arms, mind and heart of an outward-bound Church. How do you think this request of the Pope’s can be actuated in the daily life of the Movement?


Fundamentally, in continuity with what is the DNA of the Movement itself. The Movement was born precisely in the outskirts, in the spheres of school, university, and workplaces, responding to the many needs that we see in the neighborhoods, people without work, who cannot make it to the end of the month, who are seeking hope, who need to find meaning in life, immigrants... All this is already part of our way of being in reality and living what has happened to us. Thus, in this further indication of the Pope we are encouraged to live what we are already living, but with greater awareness.

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