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VATICAN: Pope Francis met in the Paul VI Hall with members of the Focolare movement (Work of Mary). The audience followed the group’s General Assembly, in which new leaders were chosen, in particular, the new president Margaret Karram, present at the meeting together with her predecessor Maria Voce. In his address, the pontiff stressed the “joyful witness to the Gospel” that the Focolare Movement continues to offer to the world, which he expressed in three points: the post-Foundress era, the importance of crises, and living spirituality with coherence and realism. In her greetings Maria Voce thanked Pope Francis for his friendship. This was followed by the greeting of the new president, who mentioned, among other things, the 2014 prayer meeting for peace in the Holy Land with the pontiff himself, Bartholomew I, Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas. ....
Margaret Karram, 58, becomes the new President of the Focolare Movement. (Photo:FOCOLARE) The Focolare Movement has elected Margaret Karram, an Arab Catholic who was born in Israel, to a six-year term as its new president. The election of the 58-year-old consecrated lay woman was announced on February 1 during an online general assembly spanning from January 24 to February 7. Some 359 representatives cast their ballots on January 31 and, in accordance with Focolare s statutes, sent the name of the new president to the Vatican s Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life for its ratification. Karram is the third consecutive woman to lead the worldwide new ecclesial movement, which was founded in the 1940s by Chiara Lubich, an Italian laywoman who served as Focolare s first president until her death in 2008. ....