Earl Fernandes: The joy of being disciples
US, UK and MoreThe youngest bishop in the United States, serving in the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, recounts his encounter with the movement and his choice of the episcopal motto “Veni per Mariam”.
Stories - 2024
True joy, motionless, in a bed
WorldOn pilgrimage to the sites of Takashi Nagai, the Nagasaki doctor who lived entrusting himself to God. Even under the atomic bomb. From the September issue of Tracce .
Lebanon: The art of building peace
WorldThe economic and political crisis and the threat of a new violent escalation. Yet at the Franciscan Convent in Tripoli, help continues to be offered to all. The report of the meeting a few weeks ago with Fr. Toufiq and Fr. Quirico.
"Our yes amid Syrian rubble"
WorldTwin brothers ordained priests in Aleppo. Johnny and George Jallouf speak of their vocations that matured during the war. Not heroism: "We just asked God to be happy".
"Elisa and the certainty of being loved"
WorldA large family, a disabled daughter and the path within the movement. Anna recounted her story at the vacation of the Lombardy leaders of the movement.
"The most important hour of my life"
WorldAs a young physiotherapist, he treated Fr. Giussani in the 1990s. An encounter that changed his life. His testimony at the vacation with some of the CL leaders from Lombardy.
Czech Republic: From memory, a task
WorldBorn around the Reconciliation March between Czechs and Germans, in a town symbolic of wounds and divisions, the Brno Meeting put hope and the desire to walk together at the center of the 2024 edition.
Encuentro Santiago's “open reason”
WorldThe two-day cultural event in Chile's capital returns after two years. Among debates, meetings and performances, a challenge: how does the Christian experience respond to the questions of the human of our time?
Lebanon: “Among refugees to make room for miracles"
WorldFr. Abdo Raad works in Lebanese refugee camps. Not out of welfarism, he says, but out of love: “The paths of history remain open, one can still hope.”
Sister Frederick: The revolution of piety
WorldA journalist remembers the recently deceased sister of the Missionaries of Charity who, 28 years ago in Calcutta, introduced her to Govindo, a very sick child whom the journalist later adopted.
"I took you as Mine"
WorldOn the 25th anniversary of Enzo Piccinini's death, one of the editors of a new book on his life introduces us to the heart of Enzo's life: friendship with Christ as the path towards the pinnacle of humanity. From May Tracce.
"Nothing more than lifting your gaze"
EncountersPope Francis has recognized a miracle attributable to the intercession of Blessed Carlo Acutis, soon to be canonized. Here a portrait of the young Milanese man inflamed by the passion for his Friend Jesus (from Traces, February 2014)
The possible embrace
EncountersTwo fathers, one Israeli, the other Palestinian, whose daughters were killed in separate incidents in the conflict, reconciled in the Parents' Circle association. We met them along with writer Colum McCann, who wrote the epic book Apeirogon.
Argentina: "My encounter with Enzo Piccinini”
WorldOn the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Italian surgeon's death, the testimony of those who, even after his death and thousands of kilometres away from Italy, encountered him and whose lives changed.
An 84-year-old boy
WorldThe testimony of a friend of Jesús Carrascosa, who died on January 9, at the most recent Assembly of Latin American Leaders. From the May issue of Huellas.
Santiago: Defending the indefensible
WorldTo discover that Christ wants us to be happy, two weeks of adventures for 250 children and 80 animators: a priest from the Fraternity of St. Charles gives an account of the Puente Alto Colonia Urbana.
Venezuela: Charitable work in class
WorldIn a country torn apart by poverty and violence, even the school system is collapsing. So Jenny and friends in El Tocuyo are doing charitable work by supporting children's education. "Building peace also comes through sharing needs."
The care for life: "I don't detach"
WorldCristiano Ferrario is an oncologist in Montréal, in Canada, where the law allows euthanasia. In the midst of diagnoses and treatments, the discovery of “a trust that sets people free even in illness.” His story in the April issue of Traces.
Andrea's truth
WorldA portrait of the Servant of God Andrea Aziani, the Memor Domini missionary in Peru who died in 2008, by a former student and friend from Lima.
The wooden cross by the sea
WorldA bathing establishment for the severely disabled on the Ravenna coastline. Born from the story of Dario and Debora and many friends, also from ALS and his death.
Ecuador: "We are made for great things"
WorldOne of the most complex countries in Latin America besieged by drugs, violence and an economic crisis. But where hope never stops nourishing the hearts of many. The stories of Isabel Maria, Pancho and Alexander.