Focolare Movement
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The Focolare Movement is an international organization of spiritual and social renewal and Christian new religious movement that promotes the ideals of unity and universal brother/sisterhood grounded
Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement
Building the road to the future Focolare town Loppiano
Communal electrical shop, Loppiano, 1989
Interreligious dialogue at the International Mariapolis Center in Rome
Chiara Badano
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Chiara Badano was an Italian woman who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. At age nine she joined the Focolare Movement and received the nickname "Luce" by the founder Chiara Lubich. When
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…During the short life of the Focolari Movement, many Catholic members have been proposed for sainthood status to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. Chiara Badano [Luce] (1971–1990), Young Layperson of Sassello; Member (Italy) Jerzy Ciesielski (1929–1970), Married Layperson of Archdiocese of Kraków; Member…
Chiara Badano, circa 1987