What we in the Focolare Movement, and I think others too, know as “Paradise ’49” is a mystical experience that was, in some way, unprecedented and unique, because God never repeats himself. It was new and unique in both form and content.

It all started with a pact of unity between Chiara Lubich and Igino Giordani: a woman and a man; a girl to whom a charism had been given by God and a politician actively involved in society; a virgin and a married man. That already tells us much. Read more