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Jacques Mourad, hostage of ISIS

BY Aurelio Molè. The story of Father Jacques Mourad, witness of peace, amid violence. Since the beginning of the war in Syria, Fr. Jacques Mourad, 52, a Syriac-Catholic monk, had chosen to remain among his people — despite the danger....

“Don’t be duped!”

The after-school experience for the children of the nomad camp of Pistoia, Italy, reported through the voice of Cristina, mother, teacher, and volunteer in the small wooden school in the camp of Brusigliano. “One day, about five years ago, my...

The toughest challenge in the city of Man

By Giovanna Pieroni. In a country where undernourishment is one of the main causes of the infant mortality AFN onlus works to save many children’s lives. Crossing a liana bridge is not a difficult task, except for when one has...

“Their needs were always in plain sight…”

By Chiara Catipon. A young man who grew up binational in border country decides to take action. “I’ve been going back and forth between Mexico and the U.S. since I was small,” Noé Herrera from Mexicali explains. With family and...

“Time to Dare”: It’s Time to Dare, It’s Time to Give

On 21 and 22 January, Caserta will be hosting “Time to Dare”, a hackathon and forum to digitally spread the culture of giving. Daring and giving, it all comes from this: from the wish to boost the mechanism of support...

An MD on the ward

BY ARTHUR NGOY. The choice made by Dr. Arthur Ngoy, a gynaecologist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and his “normal” life on the hospital ward. My name is Arthur Ngoy. I am the Chief Medical Officer of Moyi...

20 years of Together for Europe

By Conleth Burns. Christian Churches and Movements unite to be ‘Together4Europe’ Earlier last month, I had the chance to travel to Ottmaring and Augsburg in Southern Germany to attend a 3-day meeting of a network of Christian Churches and Movements...

Young peace-builders are growing… in Madrid

Organized by Living Peace International, in collaboration with the Igino Giordani Foundation and Universal Circle of Ambassadors of Peace, the international congress “Con Pax: growing as Builders of Peace” will take place in Madrid from 13 to 15 December 2019....

She had the biggest grin the entire time

By Joanna Saikali. From farmer’s market to meals for those in need This past June, I was able to attend “United World Week 2019: No One In Need.” While the event itself was spectacular, the biggest question is always, “How...

The Comiso dialogue

By Carmela Lo Monaco. Engaging citizens in local politics. Comiso is a small and graceful Italian town in the Ragusa province of South East Sicily. Among its 30,000 inhabitants, a group of friends belonging to different ecclesial movements discovered they...

Communication and the communities of the future

By Chiara Andreola. “Humanity 4.0” forum in Trento (Italy). How will our communities be, in the not so distant future? What kind of role will communications play in their formation? Especially in a world where every aspect of our co-existence...

Living Peace International, Season 2019-2020

The annual peace education program launched by Living Peace International is underway once more. «This year we are focussing on the side of the ‘Dice of Peace’ which invites us to “Love Everyone“» explains Carlos Palma, International Coordinator of the...

Let us change the changing world

On October 26 and 27, the Mariapolis Centre in Castel Gandolfo (Rome) hosted a meeting for young people entitled, “Change the changing world” with the subtitle, “Experimenting beyond disciplines and professions.” Among the topics addressed at an interdisciplinary level: poverty,...

Nobel Prize for Poverty Scholars

By Tommaso Reggiani. The 2019 edition of the prestigious award has been awarded to three scholars (Duflo, Kremer and Banerjee) who share the same experimental approach to fighting global poverty. You probably already have read and heard about it from...

Scientific research in the battle against injustice

Stefania Papa is a professor at the “Luigi Vanvitaelli” University of Campania. She has dedicated the past ten years to research into the contamination of the environment, particularly fruit and vegetables. When a waste crisis scandal broke out in her...

Germany: Blog from the 10th Assembly of the World Conference of Religions for Peace

Last August, in Germany (Lindau), there was the10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace. Ana Clara Giovani, a Brazilian “Gen”, a young woman from the Focolare Movement, and a journalist, told us about it with her video blog. To...

Oxford welcomes United World Project!

By Conleth Burns. A group of students and young professionals have started a local United World Project in Oxford, England. They launched the local Project at the annual Oxford University Students Union Freshers’ Fair. Over two days, the team spoke...

The Papu Kafé

In a small Czech town there is a lively café serving coffee and the common good. Called Papu Kafé, it is part of a Family Centre in Choceň, which has a population of around 10,000. Why did this enterprise in...

Australia: the “Hombre Mundo” camp among the aboriginal Australians

The Teens for Unity from Oceania sent us this short video about their Hombre Mundo camp. They went to Lake Mungo, in Australia, to find out about the life and culture of the aboriginal people. It was a unique experience that...

Bikelite: pedaling towards a circular economy

There are over two and a half million applications available on PlayStore. Apps exist for work productivity, money management, digital content creation, socialization and even mobility. Bikelite is one of these apps as well, but different, special. You probably use...

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