The present contribution aims to verify the approach to Eastern European dissent of two
ecclesial movements, the Focolare Movement and Gioventù Studentesca/Communion and
Liberation, which had a certain influence on Italian public opinion. Starting from the analysis of the journals produced by both movements between the 1960s and 1970s, the aim is to contribute to the identification of themes, times and modes of the Italian reception of dissent, bringing out unforeseen and, in some ways, dissimilar points of view.