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*The reflections have been written by an Italian couple, Danilo and Anna Maria Zanzucchi, from the Focolari, a lay Catholic movement that is favoured by the pope for its strong sense of spirituality inspired by Saint Francis.
“There have been so many blows for our families! So many separations, betrayals! And then divorces, abortions, abandonments!” reads one of the prayers, published by the Vatican’s official daily, L’Osservatore Romano.
The spiritual reflection focus on the dangers of encroaching egoism, consumerism and individualism but make no direct mention of clerical abuse scandals or to the suffering brought by conflict and poverty around the world.*
*The reflections have been written by an Italian couple, Danilo and Anna Maria Zanzucchi, from the Focolari, a lay Catholic movement that is favoured by the pope for its strong sense of spirituality inspired by Saint Francis.
“There have been so many blows for our families! So many separations, betrayals! And then divorces, abortions, abandonments!” reads one of the prayers, published by the Vatican’s official daily, L’Osservatore Romano.
The spiritual reflection focus on the dangers of encroaching egoism, consumerism and individualism but make no direct mention of clerical abuse scandals or to the suffering brought by conflict and poverty around the world.*