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A short contribution, seen from an historical perspective, to Europe's religious foundations and their difficulties „Not only do books have a destiny but terms do too.”  These are the opening words of the extensive History of the West (Geschichte des Westens)...

The following text has been published to facilitate those who for "Together for Europe Day", to be held on 9th May, are considering leading a Round Table discussion aimed at opening up dialogue in “diversity”. Examples might include dialogues between East and West,...

Jesús Morán is the Co-President of the Focolare Movement: Degree in Philosophy, Doctorate in Theology. Here are his stimulating thoughts, condensed into 7 points, to learn the "language of fraternity" 1. Dialogue is always a personal meeting. It is not about words or...

Since its inception 18 years ago the mandate of Together for Europe has been to work for the unity of God’s people. The second mandate is the social dimension of Together for Europe. This mandate is presented with a new challenge today in view of the current crisis in...

The European Union is an organisation that is often not seen favourably by the public. Politicians not infrequently criticise it, at times in order to defend their own questionable internal politics. The European Union cannot be said to be without defects (there are...

When Together for Europe was launched on 31st October 1999 on the day the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification was signed there was a real sense of hope in the air. It was an important sign of unity after almost 500 years of division.  Various spiritual...

Chiara Lubich, one of the initiators of Together for Europe, spoke several times about the communion between the Movements and Communities of various Churches. An excerpt from a talk she gave to the leaders of Catholic and Evangelical Movements  in Munich, on 8th...

How do you see Europe in the overall context of world politics? Europe is a continent that people talk about a lot and one that perhaps considers itself to be the centre of the world. Is this a bit selfish? There are other problems in the world than the European ones....

Young people don’t seem to be very interested in the future of Europe. What do you think? I don’t think this is true. Many of them are interested but they are not visible.  Only the ones who don’t want Europe to be united are visible.  They want to divide us, and they...

May 9th is "Europe Day". What comes to mind when you hear this date? How would you like this day to be celebrated by Europeans? I see this day as an opportunity for European countries to dare to start transnational actions. We don’t need an elaborate programme, but...