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The 2024 Christmas poster

“Who and what, in the midst of hell, are not hell.” This year, a nativity by William Congdon accompanies the words of Italo Calvino and Fr. Giussani. The video-poster is also available online

“What Surprises Me, Says God, Is Hope”

The booklet of the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of CL
(Photo: Unsplash/Ankhesenamun)
Current Events

"The Mystery as mercy remains the last word"

In the face of the horrific news of the murder of the young Sara Sharif, the CL Christmas poster reminds us of the hope that defeats even the worst evil.

I was very saddened and wounded to read of the young child Sara Sharif in the news, whose father and step-mother were found guilty of her murder this week. Many questions are being asked about this case, such as how her were parents able to hide her injur...

A life worth living

A leaflet by the UK CL community regarding the new Assisted Suicide bill: "Could we keep the door open to the possibility that there is another way to face pain, death—and, ultimately, life?"

"Called, that is, sent: the beginning of mission"

The focus of the Beginning Day for adults from CL was education in faith and our “yes” that opens us to a task. Here is the full text of the meeting and Hussam Abu Sini's testimony

"We need to bring our pain and our desire for peace to God"

One year after the start of the war in the Middle East, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, again invites the world to a day of prayer, fasting and penance.

Evil and the love that saves

The Paderno Dugnano tragedy and the questions it opens: “The problem is not to educate them in a way of life, but to educate them to ask why we live and what we live for.” The Communion and Liberation flyer.
Current Events

Education. All within a gaze

The crisis of an entire generation. The fear of adults. And the path to a “total” and “living” educational relationship. Notes from a dialogue with Franco Nembrini and Matteo Severgnini

"A mysterious presence accompanying us"

Marta recounts her recent experience of the death of a good friend: "We are experiencing the fact that death coexists with the triumph of friendship, with beauty, with nostalgia, and with the certainty that we are forever."
The meeting in London

“What is mortal man that You care for him?”

A dialogue in London on human dignity and the meaning on suffering with John Shenuda, Paolo Carozza, and Vincent Nagle.