Luminosa: second edition of her biography
New revised and expanded edition on the life of Margarita Bavosi.
Abuse Report 2023
On March 1, the Focolare Movement's second report on known cases of abuse within the Focolare Movement was published.
Communion Balance 2022: in dialogue
On February 20, 2024, the Focolare Movement's "Balance Sheet of Communion" was presented. This is an overview of the activities and initiatives promoted worldwide during 2022. The central theme is dialogue.
39th Anniversary of Margarita Bavosi “Luminosa”
On the occasion of Luminosa's 39th anniversary, on March 7th, we will gather, as in previous years, at the Mariapolis Luminosa Center to celebrate the Eucharist in thanksgiving for the gift that her life was and continues to be for so many.
Communion report
The second Focolare mission report has been published. This time, the theme: dialogue.
Jean-Michel Merlin Case
The Nanterre Prefecture (France) issues an appeal for witnesses and victims.
80th anniversary of the Focolare Movement: charisma as a gift
Thanksgiving Mass on December 7, 2023, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the birth of the Focolare Movement.
Everyone responsible for everyone
Guidelines for Training in the Protection of Minors and People in Vulnerable Situations.
Imploring the Gift of Peace: Christmas Greetings from the President of the Focolare Movement
Margaret Karram among the new members of the Dicastery
Pope Francis has appointed eleven new members of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life ad quinquennium, including Margaret Karram, President of the Work of Mary (Focolare Movement). With her, others will come to represent and enrich the universal face of the Church, alongside those already in this position. They are men and women, single and married, committed to various fields of activity and from the most diverse parts of the world: Monsignor Josep Ángel Saiz Meneses – Archbishop of Seville; Reverend Andrea D'Auria, FSCB – Director of the International Center for Communion and Liberation; Reverend Luis Felipe Navarro Marfá – Rector of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome; Benoît and Véronique Rabourdin – International Directors of Love and Truth of the Communion of Emmanuel; Mr. Joseph Teyu Chou and Mrs. Clare Jiayann Yeh – professor at the Department of Public Finance of the National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan, and founder and director of the Marriage and Family Pastoral Center of the Chinese Regional Episcopal Conference; Professor Ana María Celis Brunet – president of the National Council for the Prevention of Abuse and Support of Victims of the Chilean Episcopal Conference; Professor Maria Luisa Di Pietro – director of the Center for Research and Studies on Procreative Health at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome; and Professor Carmen Peña García – professor of Matrimonial Law at the Faculty of Canon Law of the Pontifical University of Comillas, Madrid. The new Members, whose appointment was published on November 25, 2023, in the Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office, are added to those previously appointed and to all those still in office, whose updated names can be consulted on the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life website, in the Members and Consultors section.