"Infinitely, will you be here?"
WorldA work “within” her work. From the May issue of Tracce, the experience of Emanuela Vismara, a young nurse in a pediatric oncology ward.
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The forgiveness of a mother
EncountersDiane Foley lost a journalist son, kidnapped and beheaded by Isis in Syria. But resentment did not have the last word: "God teaches us mercy. We all need mercy.” She met his murderer, and convinced the U.S government to intervene in defense of hostages.
Malaysia: The promise of “such a beautiful sky”
WorldA vacation for young people from Southeast Asia in the hills of Kuala Lumpur. A chance to rediscover how life "can be really interesting".
Ukraine: Safeguard your heart
EncountersHis story and that of his martyred land. The tale of a people who live on. In April Traces, Monsignor Borys Gudziak, Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, speaks of a people who live on.
Kayrós: Is this truly enough?
WorldAn evening with those who prepare dinner for the young people welcomed by Fr. Claudio Burgio. In the April issue of Traces, the story of charitable work in the community on the outskirts of Milan.
Austria: Monday is the best day
WorldWhat is the meaning of work? How can it be truly human? And what does it have to do with faith? Some time ago in Vienna, an initiative started where, over an aperitif, people began to tell each other and compare notes.
Maccalli: The chains, the desert and freedom
EncountersKidnapped for more than two years by Islamic terrorists, Fr. Pier Luigi Maccalli, a missionary in Africa, recounts his dialogue with his captors. And with God. From the March issue of Tracce.
Turkey: "My open questions, amid the rubble"
WorldA missionary for 20 years in Anatolia, Maria Grazia Zambon recounts how she experienced the earthquake, and what she saw happen in the affected areas. "A catastrophe that revealed the truth of the human heart".
Bringing forth the fountain
EncountersA dialogue with Erik Varden, Cistercian monk and Bishop of Trondheim, a guest for the first time at the New York Encounter. From the March issue of Tracce.
Eshkol Nevo: Unimaginable correspondence
EncountersToday “we tend to limit ourselves to a single point of view”, but literature is where “we feel close to the most distant, where the most estranged becomes familiar.” From the January issue of Tracce, a dialogue with the Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo
A new way to tell everyone
US, UK and MoreGiuliana, Sofia and Adrianna are the stars of "The Pilgrim Soul”, a podcast that began as a way to live a long-distance friendship, but that is now listened to by hundreds of people in 25 countries. From the January issue of Tracce.
"The poverty of which we are made"
WorldFood for drug addicts, buying groceries for the needy. In Luxembourg, friends of the community join Fr. Laurent's charitable work: "To encounter Christ who calls through these brothers." From the January issue of Tracce.