Editing Focolare Movement (section)

==Thought and Charism==
{{Blockquote|text=Love is stronger than everything and this is your faith, the source of inspiration for all that is done in the name of Focolare, all that you are, all that you do in the world.|sign=St. John Paul II during his visit to the Focolare headquarters in 1984}}

Since the late 1940s around Chiara Lubich many people saw her charisma as something different than similar branches of Christianity, such as the [[Third Order of Saint Francis|Third Order Franciscans]] of which she was initially a part. Thanks to the work of Pasquale Foresi, Giuseppe Maria "Peppuccio" Zanghì and since the 1990s the Abbà School a great number of people was involved in study and dissection of the theological, cultural and social implications of the charisma of unity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scuola Abbà: un fiore a quattro petali |url=https://www.focolare.org/scuola-abba-un-fiore-a-quattro-petali/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Movimento dei Focolari |language=it-IT}}</ref>

[[Pope John Paul II]] described the Focolare Movement as — a "small people, an expression of the great people of God, moving on towards the building of a civilization of love, towards the goal of a more united world. This movement has a specific spirituality, which is collective and also has its own well-defined culture".<ref name="Riccardi">{{Cite web |last=Riccardi |title=The spirituality and aims of the Focolare Movement |url=https://chiaralubich.org/en/archivio-scritti-en/the-spirituality-and-aims-of-the-focolare-movement/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Chiara Lubich |language=en-US}}</ref>

Chiara said that "this is a Movement, whose main objectives and goals are these: God chosen in fact as an Ideal; love chosen as a lifestyle; unity which becomes the practice binding each person to God and people with one another.<ref name="Riccardi"/>"

Theologically the movement can be summed up on two pillars that could be defined as "Praxis of Nothingness, [[My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?|Jesus Forsaken]], and Unity in Love (as in the Last Prayer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bible Gateway passage: John 17:21 - King James Version |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2017:21&version=KJV |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Bible Gateway |language=en}}</ref>) by keeping Jesus in the midst."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew 18:20 - A Brother who Sins |url=https://biblehub.com/matthew/18-20.htm |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Bible Hub}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-07-18 |title=The Vision and Praxis of Nothingness and Unity in the Spirituality of Chiara Lubich |url=https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/html/article.php/aid/126/cid/2/research/culture/de_la_salle_university/the_vision_and_praxis_of_nothingness_and_unity_in_the_spirituality_of_chiara_lubich.html |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Asia Research News |language=en}}</ref> These concepts are the theological core of the charisma of unity.

This thought is clearly slended towards universality grounded on the [[Golden Rule]], and this can be seen by a strong presence in ecumenism,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Together for Europe |url=https://together4europe.org/}}</ref> dialogue with believers and non-believers,<ref>{{Cite web |title=In dialogue |url=https://www.focolare.org/en/in-dialogue/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Movimento dei Focolari |language=en-US}}</ref> international aid and adoptions<ref>{{Cite web |title=Actions for a United World (A.M.U.) |url=https://www.amu-it.eu/en/}}</ref> and many other fields such as the collaboration with other lay organisations of the Catholic Church.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023 |title=Margaret Karram, President of the Focolare Movement, among the new Members of the Dicastery |url=https://www.focolare.org/en/margaret-karram-among-the-new-members-of-the-dicastery/}}</ref>