The beauty of a church lies not so much in its architecture, but in the fact that it houses God.

— Chiara Lubich (1920–2008), Gründerin einer Bewegung

Chiara Lubich

Die italienische Pädagogin Chiara Lubich gründete 1943 in Trient die katholische Laiengemeinschaft der Fokolar-Bewegung. Sie wurde für ihren Einsatz für gelebte Nächstenliebe, christliche Einheit und den interreligiösen Dialog bekannt, stand jedoch auch wegen autoritärer Strukturen und eines Personenkults in der Kritik. Bibellesern liefert sie Impulse zur praktischen Umsetzung des Evangeliums im Alltag, während das Werk ihrer Bewegung heute im Kontext von Untersuchungen zu Machtmissbrauch und Vertuschung betrachtet wird.

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