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Twenty-four students and seven teachers from the Focolare Movement joined the World Council of Churches (WCC) for Ash Wednesday prayer services, and for an introduction to the ecumenical movement. 

As the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity opened on 18 January, a special prayer held at the Ecumenical Centre and online delved deeply into questions about love for our neighbor.

In the aftermath of the attack against the Gethsemane Orthodox Church on 19 March, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Jerusalem Liaison Office co-organized a solidarity visit to the church.

Le 28 novembre, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a accueilli la présidente des Focolari, Margaret Karram, ainsi que leur coprésident, Jesús Moran, et plusieurs membres de la communauté des Focolari, et leur a proposé une visite guidée du Centre œcuménique suivie d’une discussion sur l’unité, la réconciliation, les relations interreligieuses, Foi et constitution, la communication, entre autres thèmes abordés.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted Focolare president Margaret Karram and co-president Jesús Moran, as well as other members of the Focolare community, on 28 November, offering a guided tour of the Ecumenical Centre, and discussing unity, reconciliation, inter-religious bridge-building, Faith and Order, and communications, among other issues of interest.

In a congratulatory letter, World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed great joy at the news that Margaret Karram has been elected as the new president of the Focolare Movement.

As the Focolare Movement gathered for its General Assembly, World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Dr Prof. Ioan Sauca sent joyful greetings.  

In a first-ever online visit to the World Council of Churches (WCC), members of the Focolare Movement gathered on 14 January in place of what, until COVID-19 prevented it, has annually been a joyful in-person gathering.

Celebrating 100 years since the birth of Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare movement, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited the International Centre of the Focolare in Rome on 20 October. 

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca sent joyful greetings via a video message to Focolare youth who are about to celebrate Unity Week 2020.

Le père Ioan Sauca, secrétaire général par intérim du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, a envoyé des salutations de joie, par le biais d’un message vidéo, aux jeunes des Focolari qui sont sur le point de célébrer la Semaine mondiale de l’unité.

Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania was honored with the Klaus Hemmerle 2020 Prize in Germany for his contribution to interreligious efforts for peace and harmony.

During an ecumenical ceremony attended by representatives of the Focolare community and by Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Archbishop Anastasios accepted the award on 14 February at the historic Aachen Cathedral in Germany.