Interviews

Interview · Health

Diving into Stories—But Never Alone

Francesca Pellegrini’s Passion for Reading — an 18-Year-Old with Down Syndrome — Becomes Volunteer Work in the Province of Siena

Interview · Faith and Light

A Vitamin Among the People

Sister Camelia El Khoury, a Lebanese nun in the Holy Land and spiritual companion to Faith and Light communities

Interview · Family

Victories and Struggles

An interview with Luciana Spigolon, who lives with her sister and brother, both with serious disabilities

Interview · Spirituality

Fragile Girls

Alicia Lopez Araújo tells the story of Cape Verdean migration to Rome

Interview · Culture

When Universities Led the Way

Interview · Faith and Light

The Foundations Are Laid. Now We Rebuild.

Interview · Projects

Just South of the Equator

An Interview with Emanuela Posa, Aid Worker in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Interview · Spirituality

"I Am the Church"

Interview · Family

An Interview with Matteo Mazzarotto and Ivana Perri

After thirty years running Il Carro, a residential community for people with severe disabilities, they receive Italy's highest honor

Interview · Family

The Magazine of Those Who Write with Their Eyes

Interview · Projects

What the Convention Says—and Doesn't

Interview · Culture

Andrea Romeo on Cinema and Disability

Interview · Spirituality

Lucrezia and the Marco of Then and Now

An interview with Father Marco Bove, the bedrock of Faith and Light, national and then international spiritual assistant to the movement—a man who has made his own the spirit of a community built on friendship

Interview · Faith and Light

My Name Is Lucia

Interview · Inspiring People

Jean at Ninety

Interview · Faith and Light

Beyond the Headlines: Living Close to Ordinary Life

Interview · Projects

My Strength in My Difference

Interview · School

The Plus-Able: Two Extraordinary Sisters

Vittoria, age 13, wrote her eighth-grade thesis on "The Plus-Able"—exploring how disability can transform into greater ability. Her subject: her older sister Maria Futura.

Interview · Family

The New "After Us" Law: Questions Still to Resolve

Interview · Family

Children Have Resistance—And That's Normal

Three questions for Laure Templier, psychologist and mother

Interview · Education

Disability: A Border to Cross

Interview · Inspiring People

An Interview with Jean Vanier

To love means to do things for another person; to love means to reveal their beauty, which matters exactly as it is.

Interview · Inspiring People

An Interview with Jean Vanier

Interview · Health

What Makes Someone Extraordinary? An Interview with Nick Vujicic

The moment I first met Nick Vujicic, I knew I was in the presence of someone remarkable

Interview · Family

Facing Down the Fear

Pietro's journey across Europe—a two-year mission to prove that someone with severe motor disabilities can do extraordinary things, challenging the world's limits and his own.

Interview · Family

Living with Dystrophy: An Interview with Myself

My name is Gaia Valmarin. I was born on May 17, 1967, and I want to share my perspective with you.

Interview · Family

In the Spotlight, Never With a Prosthetic: An Interview with Cerrie Burnell

We're sharing Cerrie Burnell's interview with the BBC from February of this year

Interview · Family

Loving a Mistake: An Interview with Patricia Bauer

A psychology professor exposes how society implicitly pressures women to abort disabled children once genetic testing makes detection possible during pregnancy

Interview · Family

Nicola Pintus and the Filippide Project

We met during a television program where he made a particular impression on me. I sensed immediately that he was someone special, and I wanted to know him better. That's how this interview came about.

Interview · Family

Daniele's Life: Conversations After Reading "Who Would I Be If I Could Be?"

On Life After: the testimonies of a mother, teacher, and friend of Faith and Light, and her son, a fine young man of 26

Interview · Family

What Facilitated Communication Can Do: An Interview with Francesca Benassi

A simplified but faithful account of our conversation with Francesca Benassi about a method that is changing how we understand autism.

Interview · Family

I Became a Priest and a Father

An interview with Don Gino Rigoldi: priest, adoptive father, and grandfather—a witness to radical welcome and unconditional love

Interview · Family

Dependent Yet Free

An Interview with Domenico and His Parents: The Support of Family, Friends, and Faith