Chiara Silvia Lubich declared Servant of God

On Tuesday, January 27, 2015, Bishop Raffaello Martinelli officially opened the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of the foundress of the Focolare Movement, Chiara Silvia Lubich, at the crowded Cathedral of Frascati, Italy.

I want to feel that hope again

A young woman starts a conversation about race: a very needed step, in order to be fully herself with her friends — going beyond the hurt of subtle discrimination

Stolen generation survivor

Australian Aboriginal Marlene Jackamarra’s courageous journey to rediscover her identity, find healing and work for human rights

The power of imagination

Do we consider imagination only worthless fantasy? Here are some lessons from turtles, pirates, fathers and sons…

From avoiding to loving

The challenge to welcome my sister’s phone calls: I realized that I tried to call during her work time so that I only had to leave a message, but that changed…

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See color

The deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson and of Eric Garner in Staten Island snapped our attention back to the way we look at race. And in many of us questions surface: are we still at the point where race matters? Does the color of your skin still influence how far you get and what chances you have? If we are honest, we have to admit that it often does. Even more than 50 years after the Civil Rights Act in the U.S., we are still not treated equally. Even so, today we have the chance to start new conversations about our experiences of discrimination or the biases we’ve found in ourselves — a painful but necessary journey.