On 19th January, 2023, the Biennial Report entitled “Communion in action; a lifestyle of sharing” published by the Focolare Movement was presented in Rome. It is an overview of the activities and initiatives promoted by the Movement during the period 2020-2021.
“Towards a United World” was the title of the “Focolare Open Day” held in Malta on 6 November 2022.[:]
The World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted Focolare president Margaret Karram and co-president Jesús Moran, as well as other members of the Focolare community, on 28 November, offering a guided tour of the Ecumenical Centre, and discussing unity, reconciliation, inter-religious bridge-building, Faith and Order, and communications, among other issues of interest.
[:mt]In her opening talk to the men and women volunteers gathered at the Mariapolis Centre in Rome, Margaret Karram, President of the Focolare Movement, expressed her joy at receiving a beautiful letter from Pope Francis which she shared with them.[:en]In her opening talk to the men and women volunteers gathered at the Mariapolis Centre in Rome, Margaret Karram, President of the Focolare Movement, expressed her joy at receiving a beautiful letter from Pope Francis which she shared with them.[:]
Interview with Maltese artist, Anthony Patrick Vella, by Mirian Dante of Città Nuova magazine.
The emergency situation in the disaster-hit regions of Pakistan, caused by excessive flooding due to severe torrential rains, cannot leave us indifferent especially since we’ve had the possibility of hearing more about it first-hand through a Pakistani focolarina visiting Malta. Interview with Rubina Ashiq.
The Focolare Movement has published a comprehensive Annual Report for the period 2020-2021 detailing its works and activities throughout the year.
In addition to the joy of being together again in person after the pandemic, an unexpected and affectionate greeting from Pope Francis has arrived to those with overall responsibility for the Focolare Movement around the world, who are meeting in Rome from 10th to 23rd September.
The eleventh Assembly of the World Council of Churches runs from 31 August to 8 September 2022 in Karlsruhe, Germany. The Focolare Movement has long been linked to the WCC by ties of friendship and collaboration, which continue in this latest Assembly.
The European Mariapolis 2022 was held from 24 to 28 July. The event, entitled A Path to Peace, was held at the Mariapolis Luminosa Centre (Las Rozas de Madrid) and brought together almost 200 participants, with a high percentage of young people and representatives from different European countries: Great Britain, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Malta, Portugal, Italy and, of course, Spain.