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Pope Leo: “Have the courage to disarm!”

“Peace is unarmed and disarming. It is not deterrence, but fraternity; it is not an ultimatum, but dialogue.” The Holy Father's words at Saturday's prayer vigil, recalling those of Jesus to Peter in the Garden of Olives: “Lay down your sword”

“Christ: The New Principle of Knowledge and Action”

The booklet of the Beginning Day of adults of the Lombardy Region, Italy
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The Mystery was Thrust Upon Us: the Beginning of Communion and Liberation in Boise

One of the newest communities of Communion and Liberation in the United States is in Boise, Idaho. Two members, Adrianna and Cory, share about their personal encounters with CL and the brief history of the Boise community.

The origins of the community in Boise go back just a few years ago, to Adrianna and her husband Brian moving to Idaho. Adrianna had attended the University of Notre Dame, where she and Brian encountered the Movement, attracted primarily by people they met...

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A Pilgrimage for Peace

Mihoko Owada, a photographer with The Catholic Standard and El Pregonero of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C., travelled to her native Japan for the U.S. Catholic Pilgrimage of Peace to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

How did you become involved in the U.S. Catholic Pilgrimage of Peace to Hiroshima and Nagasaki? I met Professor James Nolan in Tokyo two years ago while participating in a peace symposium where he was a guest. I was there through my involvement with t...

The hope for peace

The situation in the Holy Land, in Eastern Europe, and in many parts of the world scarred by war and persecution. A flyer from CL echoes the Pope’s question: “As Christians... what else can we do?”

Pizzaballa. “We have to rejoice about this important step”

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem’s statement on the agreement calling for an end to hostilities in the Gaza Strip and the immediate release of hostages.
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"You love what does not last only in the name of what can last."

Rick judges his experience of accompanying a young man dying from cancer with the help of the “We come to know love”, the 2025 Fraternity Exercises.

In December I took a new job that would switch to a four-day work week and in light of this, I prayed about what to do with the extra day of availability. Two months later it became evident when a friend reached out to ask if anyone could spend time with ...