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  Feb.-Mar. 2020 – The call to unity launched by Chiara Lubich, foundress of the Movimento dei Focolari, reaches as far as the city that most of all embodies the encounter between different peoples, cultures, and religions. In Jerusalem, the Custody of the Holy Land hosts the re-adapted exhibition dedicated to the centenary of its…

  Feb.- Mar. 2020 – The “Chiara Lubich City World” exhibition has been inaugurated in the Holy City, the first of the exhibitions outside Italy to be opened. It includes a section dedicated to Chiara Lubich’s visit to the Holy Land in 1956. “I didn’t think Jerusalem and its Holy Sites would affect my soul…

Feb. 2019 – Hearing from those who live there gives hope for the most contested city on earth; a different vision from the one in the news.  

Feb. 2019 – Anna Maria, Jessica and Talat: testimony to friendship among people from the three monotheistic religions. When the walls of distrust and prejudice fall down, you experience that it’s possible to look to the future with courage and hope.  

Feb. 2019 – Peace can be built in a thousand different ways. Sometimes you also need places in which to meet – a place for dialogue, spirituality, study and formation. The Focolare’s project for Jerusalem.  

  May 2015 – ANGELINA BANDAK – Run4unity participant “I came here to participate in the race because I believe in unity. We are all here so that there may be unity among brothers and so that we get to know each other.” Angelina is one of 300 young girls and boys, between the ages…

  Nov. 2013 – The 32nd Ecumenical Conference of Bishops and Friends of the Focolare movement took place in recent days in Jerusalem. It was entitled “The reciprocity of love among the disciples of Christ.” It was started by Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare movement, and with John Paul II’s support, the conference brings…

  Oct. 2013 – Yisca Harani and Margaret Karram are from different cultures, religions and experiences. Together, at the Abbey of the Dormition in Jerusalem, they received the 2013 Mount Zion Award for the work and commitment that they both have shown and still show in their search for dialogue and coming together between cultures…

  Apr.-May 2013 – To create bridges of peace, the wish of Young People for a United World and the musicians Gen Rosso and Gen Verde. Giving witness to Universal Fraternity by thinking about the Holy Land. So, from the 18th April to the 1 May the week of a United World 2014 is to…

  May 2012 – Woman: “Sono molto contenta di essere qui” Man: “Il team di lavoro è come una famiglia, questa è la cosa più importante di questa iniziativa”. In conjunction with 300 other cities from around the world, the beautiful coastal site of Caesarea Maritima hosted Run4unity, an initiative now in its third edition that has…