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Rome, Italy, May 16, 2014 \/ 12:08 am (CNA<\/a>).- Ecclesial movements\u2019 work to promote peace should be \u201can effort to witness\u201d that it is possible, according to Maria Voce, president of the Focolare movement.<\/p>\n

\tVoce spoke with CNA May 14, at the end of her trip around the world to visit Focolare communities and to preparing for the movement\u2019s assembly, which will take place Sept. 1-28. The assembly will lead to the election of a new president and board, six years after the death of their founder, Chiara Lubich.<\/p>\n

\tWhile Voce was in the Middle East, Pope Francis called for the Sept. 7 day of prayer and fasting for peace in Syria.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe meeting was strong because the moment made it strong,\u201d she said. \u201cThe Pope told me that he had really been inspired by the Holy Spirit in promoting and announcing that evening of prayer, and that he strongly felt the need to do it. It seemed to us that our trip had helped the Pope\u2019s effort for peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tMaria Voce told Pope Francis Sept. 13 about her trip to Jordan, when he received her in audience along with Giancarlo Faletti, co-president of the movement.<\/p>\n

\tShe had been invited to speak at the Royal Institute for Interfaith Dialogue, met the king of Jordan, and spoke to nearly 600 members of the movement from across the Middle East.<\/p>\n

\tVoce told the Pope of Focolare\u2019s work for families and young people in Syria; its cultural activities in China; its dialogue with Buddhists, Muslims, and Jews; its evangelization in the Amazon; and its promotion of forgiveness and reconciliation in Africa.<\/p>\n

\tSuch projects\u2019 broad reach have led some to speak of the Focolare movement as a \u201cparallel diplomacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tVoce says such a characterization is mistaken: \u201cI don\u2019t like the term \u2018parallel diplomacy\u2019, because I do not like the movement to be considered parallel to something. The movement is in the Church, and so it takes part in the Church\u2019s efforts for peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tMichele Zanzucchi, editor of the movement\u2019s Italian-language magazine, has called the movement\u2019s efforts a \u201cdiplomacy of life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe movement\u2019s commitment for peace comes from testimony, according to Voce.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cPope Francis speaks a lot about encounter,\u201d she said. \u201cWe want to show that we meet all together, that we love each other, that we are not taken by the temptation to violence. Our presence is a witness of unity: I think this is what we can give for peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

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