{"id":160282,"date":"2026-02-28T14:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focolaremalta.org\/?p=160282"},"modified":"2026-03-01T18:41:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:41:53","slug":"the-pre-assembly-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focolaremalta.org\/en\/the-pre-assembly-process\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pre-Assembly Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u2018Pre-Assembly Process\u2019 is currently underway in preparation for the General Assembly of the Focolare Movement, which will begin on the 1st of March 2026 in Castel Gandolfo (Rome) with the participation of representatives chosen from different geographical areas, branches and movements; the members by right (those who are part of the current government, the General Council and Zone Delegates in the geographical areas), and those invited by the President.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/the-pre-assembly-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read online<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Interview with <strong>Professor Vincenzo Di Pilato<\/strong>, Professor of Fundamental Theology and a member of the Preparatory Commission for the 2026 General Assembly, about the preparatory process and his personal experience.<br \/>\n<strong>Enable subtitles in English<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Il cammino Pre-Assembleare\" width=\"1320\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VbgfuNwQHcM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u2018Pre-Assembly Process\u2019 is currently underway in preparation for the General Assembly of the Focolare Movement, which will begin on the 1st of March 2026 in Castel Gandolfo (Rome) with the participation of representatives chosen from different geographical areas, branches and movements; the members by right (those who are part of the current government, the General Council and Zone Delegates in the geographical areas), and those invited by the President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,163],"tags":[212],"class_list":["post-160282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-general-assembly","tag-general-assembly-2026"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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