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8/10/2023 | 16:34Letters from the World #6Dulce, a physician specializing in geriatrics and palliative medicine at Johns Hopkins, shares her experience of facing the problem of Physician Assisted Suicide.
5/1/2023 | 18:31Letters From the World #5A weekend in Xanten, northern Germany, to face life’s questions. They talked about a preference "that restores sleep," and "life as vocation." Bernardo’s letter from Cologne
2/25/2023 | 15:03Letters from the World #4"Trevor’s face is a new beginning for us now, in an even deeper way than it was when he was alive. It is a reliable reminder of the mystery of God. "
8/21/2022 | 18:33Grateful, Even for my WeaknessFrom Ireland to Korea to rediscover the faith she had abandoned over the years. Kerrie recounts her story and her dramas, and about that "door" that opened in her encounter with Fr. Giussani and the movement.
8/21/2022 | 13:35Dublin: The Seed of a StoryTheir encounter with Fr. Giussani, marriage, their yes to mission. "By always remaining attached to this story, things began to happen…. The testimony of Margaret and Mauro Biondi.
6/21/2021 | 19:34Letters from the World #3In this column, we would like to share some letters and articles published on the CL website. Our hope is that, through the words of these friends, the reader could see “in action” that is possible live a fullness of life
4/16/2021 | 16:32Dublin: Living Asking Christ to Reveal HimselfChurches in Ireland are still closed due to the pandemic. Organizing the Good Friday gesture was a bit of an odyssey, but also an opportunity for new encounters and to enjoy the wonder of the latest arrival to our community.
3/10/2021 | 15:49Letters from the World #2 In this column, we would like to share some letters published on the CL website. Our hope is that, through the words of these friends, the reader could see “in action” that is possible live a fullness of life
2/7/2021Letters from the World #1In this column, we would like to share some letters published on the CL website. Our hope is that, through the words of these friends, the reader could see “in action” that is possible live a fullness of life
11/7/2020Carrón: “Awakening the Desire for a Life Full of Meaning in Young People"The educational emergency aggravated by the pandemic, confusion among young people who feel lost. How should we respond? Vatican news interviews Fr. Julián Carrón.
11/1/2020Let's Wait and SeeScars from childhood, suffering, and her life in Ireland. From November Traces, the witness of Maria, who identifies with the “man born blind” of the Gospel. “How can such an awful fact open my heart to something so beautiful?"
7/17/2020Only Christ Can Fill My LifeThe health crisis has paralyzed his language school. An employee asks him, "How can you wake up in the morning not knowing if it is going to end well?" To answer, Mauro remembers the time when he and Margaret slept on a bench…
6/30/2020A Festival of HumanityIn a presentation of the English translation of "Reawakening Our Humanity", the book's provocations were placed at the centre of a dialogue to better understand what questions have emerged in this period, and how they can be sustained.
3/7/2020This is how we Learn to Conquer Fear in Times of DifficultyEmergency What we need is to tap into the people who embody this victory. It is not difficult, because in times like these, such people are so uncommon, they stand out.
2/8/2020General Elections 2020: The Taoiseach and the PopeElection time is a special time first and foremost because it gives the opportunity to reflect on the type of society we want to live in. The big issues in this campaign touch the very basic fabric of society.
1/24/2019Northern European Assembly: The Surprise of Discovering that we are WitnessesThe communities of Northern Europe gathered in Reading, west of London, for a weekend with Julián Carrón. They spoke about work, family, the drama of death. It helped everyone face the challenges that do not spare anyone in our society.
9/27/2018Into the Depths of Who we Truly AreWe publish a letter from one of the guides of "The Love of My Heart," an exhibit presented by the CL community of Dublin at the Royal Dublin Society Conference Centre.
8/27/2018The Pope in Ireland: Family and "Love in the Heart of the Church"Yesterday, Pope Francis' apostolic visit to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families came to an end. We publish his homily delivered in Phoenix Park, Dublin, on August 26.
5/24/2018At the Pub with my Very “Cool” ColleaguesMy bosses decided to promote me to a new role in a new department. I have new colleagues who are very “cool,” each with his or her own bag of knowledge, each ready to explain to you how they resolved a difficult problem or made a smart investment.
12/13/2013Carrón: "Together with the Pope on the Outskirts of Humanity"Sixty years ago, Father Luigi Giussani re-proposed the challenge of Christianity as a reasonable and exciting response to the needs of every human being. After Giussani’s death in 2005, Father Julián Carrón took over the leadership of the movement of CL.
9/19/2013A Big Heart Open to GodThe exclusive interview with Pope Francis conducted by Antonio Spadaro, S.J., editor in chief of La Civiltà Cattolica, the Italian Jesuit journal
9/18/2013Modern Man in Search of the LightWhat moved the Pope to do this? The desire to “walk this path together”, putting into practise the “culture of encounter”. And what allows him to travel this path with someone whose beliefs differ from his own, specifically the founder of La Repubblica?
9/4/2013Pope Francis, Letter to Mr. Scalfari, 4 Sep 2013 Pope Francis responds to the letter published by Eugenio Scalfari in La Repubblica on 7 July last, in which the journalist offered his personal reflections, further expanded upon in the 7 August edition.
7/6/2012Baby-boomer generation misunderstands freedom
4/4/2010Let Us Return, Wounded, to Christ
7/15/2004A New Sun in Ireland’s SkiesA meeting to present the book “Why the Church” by Luigi Giussani, founder of Communion and Liberation
11/13/2001A Real Guinness BeerA brief history of the Movement in Ireland.