The Pope to Catholics in the Middle East: "I am with you"

Pope Francis' message addressed to the “small flock, thirsting for peace” on the anniversary of October 7.
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa (Photo: Ansa-Zumapress)

"We need to bring our pain and our desire for peace to God"

One year after the start of the war in the Middle East, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, again invites the world to a day of prayer, fasting and penance.
The streets of Beirut after the bombing (Photo Ansa/Epa/Wael Hamzeh)

“True hope”. Praying with the Pope for peace

CL joins in the recitation of the Rosary on Sunday, October 6, and the day of prayer and fasting on Monday, October 7, called by the Pope. Prosperi: “Let us pray to Our Lady that she may obtain from God what seems to be impossible for man.”
Among the rubble in Beirut after a bombing (Photo: Ansa/Epa/Wael Hamzeh)

Lebanon: “The young people’s lesson amid the missiles”

The war in Lebanon, hitting a population already on its knees due to the economic and social crisis after Covid and the port explosion in Beirut. Monsignor Jules Boutros, local leader of the Patriarchal Church of Antioch of the Syrians, speaks about it.
(Photo: Unsplash/Hannah Cauhepe)

Evil and the Love that saves

The Paderno Dugnano tragedy and the questions it opens: “The problem is not to educate them in a way of life, but to educate them to ask why we live and what we live for.” The Communion and Liberation flyer.
Pope Francis in Indonesia (Photo: Ansa/Alessandro Di Meo)

The Pope in Indonesia: A church that unites all

Both a diplomatic and an apostolic visit, during which two words have emerged clearly: “dialogue” and “reconciliation.” A priest from the CL community in Indonesia comments on Francis' trip to Asia and Oceania.
Sister Zeph (Photo: Meeting Rimini)

Sister Zeph:"Education is everyone's responsibility.Together."

She has gone from being a self-taught student to directing a work that educates thousands of children in Pakistan. From the Meeting, the story of the winner of the Global Teacher Prize 2023.
Davide Prosperi and Pope Francis at the audience on October 15, 2022 for Fr. Giussani's centenary (Catholic Press Photo)

Prosperi: "Faith, a new gaze at the world"

The life of the movement and key steps taken in recent years, including the relationship with politics and culture. The President of the Fraternity speaks in an interview with Corriere della Sera.

“What Surprises Me, Says God, Is Hope”

The booklet of the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation. 2024
Davide Prosperi and Letizia Bardazzi, president of AIC.

Culture: To be for Christ

Notes from the speech by Davide Prosperi, President of the Fraternity of CL, at the assembly of the Association of Italian Cultural Centers (Milan, May 18, 2024)
Monsignor Mario Delpini signs the documents for the opening of the Testimonial Phase. On his right, Monsignor Ennio Apeciti (Photo: Pino Franchino/Fraternity CL)

Fr. Giussani, the fascination of the charism

The opening of the testimonial phase of the Cause of Beatification of the founder of CL. The words of the Archbishop of Milan, Monsignor Mario Delpini, and the greeting of Davide Prosperi. Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio, May 9, 2024
Cristiano Ferrario, an oncologist at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, with a patient

The care for life:"I don't detach"

Cristiano 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.