Maria Voce

[2] She was elected as the president by the General Assembly of the Movement after the death of its founder Chiara Lubich, in March 2008.

It is among the leaders of "Communion and Law", a network of professionals and scholars engaged in justice, recently born in the Focolare.

She has also gained a direct experience in ecumenical and interreligious fields; having lived in Turkey for ten years.

she was elected as president by the General Assembly of the Movement after the death of the founder Chiara Lubich, on 14 March 2008.

[8] On 7 December 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Voce as Consultor to the Pontifical Council for the Laity.