On May 30, 1998, John Paul II met for the first time with Ecclesial Movements and New Communities in St Peter’s Square. In view of the upcoming meeting with Lay Movements in the Jubilee Year with Pope Leo XIV, on 7-8 June 2025, this address by Chiara Lubich offers a living testimony of the spirit of unity and dialogue which animates the charisms in the Church, renewing the desire to be a concrete sign of communion and love in the world.

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Read Chiara’s speech

https://chiaralubich.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf_arcdoc/ACL-DS-19980530-TP-A-en.pdf

 


Audio (Italian)