Pasquale Foresi

Pasquale Foresi (5 July 1929, Livorno – 14 June 2015, Rocca di Papa) was an Italian priest and theologian. He was connected to the Focolare Movement co-founded by him, Chiara Lubich and Igino Giordani. The Focolare Movement is an international organization that promotes the ideals of unity and universal brotherhood with other religious movements.

Biography Foresi was born on July 5, 1929, in Livorno (Italy) and attended the seminary in Pistoia and the Almo Collegio Capranica. He interrupted his studies for a while because of doubts and a crisis of faith. In December 1949 he met Chiara Lubich in Trento, Italy and immediately became interested in the Focolare Movement. “...n absolute faith in the Catholic Church and at the same time a radical evangelical life, that I understood what my true place was and quickly the idea of priesthood reappeared”.