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First ‘International Human Fraternity Day’

The first International Human Fraternity Day will be celebrated on February 4, 2021 established by the United Nations General Assembly during its 75th plenary session. The choice of this particular date is a strong reminder of the historic signing of...

Free yourself – moving from pandemic to hope

In Mexico the “Hope Shelter” has opened, thanks to the work of AMU. It’s home to a special group of people who have courageously decided to turn their lives around. There are serious social inequalities in Mexico, where opportunities for...

“I’m hungry,” the provocation that inspired a wave of collaboration

“Taking care of others is an act of courage,” says Jomery Nery, a young Brazilian tax lawyer and director of the Portuguese National Association of the Economy of the Communion (ANPECOM). One ANPECOM project, known as Supera (Overcoming Personal Economic...

Christmas’ #PillsOfHope!

New #Pillsofhope that happened during the 2020 year-end holidays. We wanted to see how the Christmas spirit is put into action in different parts of the world. United Kingdom. British Sikh community feeds stranded drivers On December 23, just two...

Jorge and the work of the Comisión de la Verdad

In conversation Jorge Jiménez Castro, from Colombia who is a volunteer at “Nodo Italia” which supports the work of the Comisión de la Verdad (Colombian Truth Commission). I first met Jorge in September 2019 in Paris, while he was attending...

Alba of the Caminantes

Alba, her name means sunrise, which makes us think of the first light that appears in the sky when the sun begins to rise. It is that first light that breaks through and overcomes the darkness of the night. Perhaps...

Acts of fraternity – Part 4

We go to Australia, Brazil and Madagascar to see and listen to some “small” actions of different people who take care of those close to them....

Acts of fraternity – Part 3

We go to The United States, Pakistan and The Philippines to see and listen to some “small” actions of different people who take care of those close to them....

Chiara Lubich – Love Conquers All: “Chiara makes us fly high”

Anita Martinez, journalist from the United World Project, has interviewed Saverio D’Ercole, creative producer from Eliseo Multimedia which, with RAI Fiction, has produced a TV movie on the life of Chiara Lubich, foundress of the Focolare Movement. With her efforts...

The culture of care as a pathway to peace

By Daniela Ropelato[1] A commentary on Pope Francis’ message for the 54th World Day of Peace, which is celebrated every year on 1st January. I was not surprised to find the theme of care in the press releases of Pope...

Looking at the bright side of the worst year ever

We know this year was hard, “the worst year ever”, said Time magazine. However, many good things have happened this year as well, we just have to look harder. Sometimes it is easier to fill newspapers and social media with...

Christmas 1980 – My first experience among people from different religions

By Roberto Catalano published on December 11 on Letsdialogue On this special day, we share Roberto Catalano’s recollection from his 28 years in India, living among people from different religions. He talks about his first encounter with Mumbai and his...

“I don’t have the mind of an entrepreneur, but I have the mind of a dreamer”. Spokes, the shop of hope.

When you open the glass door of a small shop located on the edge of the Interamerican Highway in Guatemala, Christmas carols sound and immediately the smell of gingerbread cookies evokes the Christmas season, but it is also the sensory...

Vietnam: a response to the poverty that has arisen from the pandemic

By Anna Lisa Innocenti – Published on September 3rd, 2020 Solidarity projects initiated by the “Goccia dopo goccia” (drop by drop) Association in collaboration with other organizations operating in Southeast Asia. The number of victims of coronavirus around the world...

Toumany and his care for others

By Michela Micocci – Published 21/10 on Fare Sistema Oltre L’accoglienza Today we want to tell you the story of Toumany: he was only 16 years old when he first arrived at Casa di Ismaele in 2017. He has come...

Global Compact on Education

On 15 October 2020, Pope Francis sounded a strong, renewed alarm about the widening global education gap. Only an alliance between all the components of society can bring about a change in humanity’s course towards peace and fraternity: this is...

Everything asks for salvation, everything asks for kindness

What is care for Daniele Mencarelli? The writer and winner of the 2020 ‘Strega Giovani’ Prize tells us about the importance of kindness and care in relationships, in a world and at a time in which the other “is always...

The story of another pandemic: the many ‘faces’ of corruption

By Adriana Cosseddu There are silences in search of being heard that we do not always manage to perceive: they are the mute “voices” of many, many, victims of policies and systems that have flourished where corruption, from individual illicit...

The Economy of Francesco: not an endpoint, but the beginning of a process

“Welcome to Assisi and the Economy of Francesco!” These were the words of Catalina Hinojosa from Ecuador, transmitted from the Chapel of the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi in Italy. Her youthful voice vibrated with energy inside the medieval...

The children of the Tagpuro shelter

Maria Liza is the chief prosecutor of Tacloban, Philippines, the city that in 2013 was severely affected by one of the most devastating storms in history, typhoon Haiyan. It is here that she and her lawyer colleagues, in cooperation with...

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