Focolare Movement

The Focolare Movement is an international organisation of spiritual and social renewal and <a href="/facts/Christianity/nKyJHlqq">Christian</a> <a href="/facts/New_religious_movement/7Ttfr321">new religious movement</a> that promotes the ideals of unity and universal brother/sisterhood grounded in the <a href="/facts/Golden_Rule/uAu7lIyh">Golden Rule</a>. It was founded by then elementary school teacher <a href="/facts/Chiara_Lubich/AkV3QTbK">Chiara Lubich</a> in 1943 in <a href="/facts/Trento/BTPFn2p9">Trento</a>, <a href="/facts/Northern_Italy/paEuCnnf">Northern Italy</a>, as a <a href="/facts/Catholic_Church/rJ4F4gqH">Roman Catholic</a> <a href="/facts/Catholic_laity/kgU6X31F">lay movement</a>; it remains largely Roman Catholic but has strong links and member of many major <a href="/facts/Christian_denominations/rRQgoQd8">Christian denominations</a>, <a href="/facts/Catholic_Church_and_ecumenism/jqw29v62">other religions</a> and <a href="/facts/Irreligion/wr8NFHPJ">non-religious</a> people.
The Focolare Movement is present in more than 180 nations, has over 140,440 members and more than 4 million sympathisers. The word "Focolare" is Italian for "family fireside".
While the term Focolare is the common sobriquet of the international organization, the <a href="/facts/Directory_of_International_Associations_of_the_Faithful/c3RDGeFl">International Association of the Faithful</a> of Pontifical Right lists its official name as "Work of Mary", approved in 1990 as "Opus Mariae".

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Focolare Movement