Editing Focolare Movement (section)

{{Short description|Christian new religious movement}}
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| established =   {{Start date and age|df=yes|1943}} 
| type          = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[new religious movement]]
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| purpose       = Universal brother/sisterhood
| headquarters  = Via Frascati, 306 – 00040<br>Rocca di Papa, Rome, Italy
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| region_served = Worldwide, 182 nations<ref name=":0">{{Cite web | url=http://www.focolare.org/en/movimento-dei-focolari/storia/|title=History |date=11 June 2010|work= Focolare Movement |access-date=12 July 2017}}</ref>
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| leader_title  = Founder
| leader_name   = [[Chiara Lubich]]
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| leader_name2  = Margaret Karram
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| main_organ    = ''Città Nuova'', 37 editions worldwide<ref>[http://www.focolare.org/en/all-opera/media/riviste-ed-editrici/ ''Citta Nuova''. Retrieved 11 July 2017.]</ref>
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| website       = [http://www.focolare.org/en/ Focolare ]
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[[File:Chiara-Lubich.jpg|thumb|right|260px|[[Chiara Lubich]], founder of the Focolare Movement]]

The '''Focolare Movement''' is an international organisation of spiritual and social renewal and [[Christianity|Christian]] [[new religious movement]] that promotes the ideals of unity and universal brother/sisterhood grounded in the [[Golden Rule]]. It was founded by then elementary school teacher [[Chiara Lubich]] in 1943 in [[Trento]], [[Northern Italy]], as a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Catholic laity|lay movement]]; it remains largely Roman Catholic but has strong links and member of many major [[Christian denominations]], [[Catholic Church and ecumenism|other religions]] and [[Irreligion|non-religious]] people.

The Focolare Movement is present in more than 180 nations, has over 140,440 members and more than 4 million sympathisers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Opera di Maria |url=http://www.laici.va/content/laici/it/sezioni/associazioni/repertorio/opera-di-maria.html |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=www.laici.va}}</ref> The word "Focolare" is Italian for "family fireside".<ref name="word-meaning">{{cite web|url=http://www.wordreference.com/iten/focolare|title=focolare - Dizionario italiano-inglese WordReference|work=wordreference.com}}</ref>

While the term Focolare is the common sobriquet of the international organization, the [[Directory of International Associations of the Faithful|International Association of the Faithful]] of Pontifical Right lists its official name as "Work of Mary",<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/laity/documents/rc_pc_laity_doc_20051114_associazioni_en.html#WORK |title=International Associations of the Faithful, Directory - Pontifical Councils for the Laity |website=www.vatican.va |access-date=2017-07-12 }}</ref> approved in 1990 as "Opus Mariae".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Work of Mary - Focolare Movement |url=https://www.laityfamilylife.va/content/laityfamilylife/en/associazioni-e-movimenti/repertorio/opera-di-maria.html |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=www.laityfamilylife.va |language=en}}</ref>