Stories - 2025

St. Peter's Square (©Ansa/Alessandro Di Meo)

Leo XIV: “The Rosary every day for peace”

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Daily prayer to Our Lady throughout the month of October. This is the invitation made by the Pope at the end of the General Audience, also supported by Communion and Liberation

A Pilgrimage of Gratitude

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Leaders from Communion and Liberation communities all over the world gathered for the Assembly of International Responsibles. Tom offers a reflection on his deepening awareness of the grace that he has received through the charism, from Fr. Giussani.

Freedom is Dependence on God

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Claire shares how an unexpected injury on a hike at the Maryland, DC, and Virginia family vacation this past summer became a witness of true freedom.

Iconography: A Study of Beauty and Co-Creation

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Peggy shares her experience of following a desire to attend an iconography school in Seriate, Italy and discovering how much she is loved within her passion for writing icons.

Discovering a Friend in Enzo Piccinni

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John tells the story of how he encountered the life of Enzo Piccinni, first through reading about him in Dearest Friend, and then on pilgrimage to his tomb.

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The Power of Grace

StoriesDavide Prosperi

A man like many, unworthy and full of limits, yet in him God’s work is made manifest. Davide Prosperi's commentary on Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory, one of the recommended books to read over the summer

Nagasaki photographed on September. 14, 1945, just over a month after the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb (© AP Photo/LaPresse)

Nagasaki. Life after the bomb

StoriesAnna Leonardi

The hematologist Masao Tomonaga, a survivor of the Nagasaki explosion, has dedicated his life to studying and treating the effects of nuclear radiation. “They are inhuman weapons. Peace depends on what is in our thoughts”

A Beauty Worth Sharing

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Tatiana shares the experience of the CL Summer Vacation in with other members of the Puerto Rico community.

Madeline and Molly at the New York Encounter.

Discovering Dependency: an Answer to a Prayer

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Molly provides an account of how she met the movement of Communion and Liberation through a colleague at work and rediscovered Christ and her own belonging in the Church.

An Encounter with a Friendship that Saves

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Jonathan considers American history in all its complexity from the vantage point of friendship within the community at the recent Tri-State CL Family Vacation.

Pilgrims of Hope In Los Angeles

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The Los Angeles community of Communion and Liberation participated in the Archdiocesan pilgrimage for the Jubilee Year of Hope.

A Spectacle of this “Yes” to God

StoriesSuzanne Tanzi

An interview with Pier Paolo Bellini on the 2025 publication of his book, co-authored with Chiara Piccinini, Dearest Friend: Enzo Piccinini in his own words and in the stories of those who knew him (Human Adventure Books, Feb. 1, 2025).

Toward the Promised Land

StoriesDomenick Canale and Elvira Parravicini

Participants on the Northeast CL Family vacation prepared a presentation that examined American history through the lens of Fr. Luigi Giussani

The Gift of Friendship

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The CLU Jubilee Pilgrimage 2025: “This is real, and we all just received a tremendous gift!”

Our Home Is In Christ

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From Athens to Cincinnati: an unexpected friendship that is a sign of the Resurrection