Today is the 7th anniversary of the death of William Quijano, a young man of the Community of Sant’Egidio in El Salvador who was killed at the age of 21 in 2009 because of his work in the School of Peace with children in a difficult periphery of San Salvador. The entire Community of Sant’Egidio […]
[slideshow_deploy id=’2198′] On September 17th, dozens of youth from all around the United States gathered for the first American National Youth for Peace Meeting in Washington DC. Following the Georgetown Day for Peace – two days of interfaith dialogue held by Georgetown University with the help of the Community of Sant’Egidio – the Youth gathered […]
“A cold and windy day, but filled with light.” So Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Community of Sant’Egidio, commemorates the historic Day of Prayer for Peace convened by Pope John Paul II in Assisi thirty years ago. For Riccardi, the “simple and profound intuition” of John Paul II indicated a big news: the religious leaders […]
Zygmunt Bauman, addressing the Opening Assembly of the meeting “Thirst for Peace”, being held in Assisi, described the history of mankind as a process in which the word “we” spreads. A story that lets glimpse “a light at the end of the tunnel, even if the tunnel seems long and full of pitfalls and dangers”. […]
“I send warmest greetings to the International Meeting for Peace, and I thank Professor Marco Impagliazzo, President of the Community of Sant’Egidio, for hosting this important gathering. I was extremely moved by my visit to the Community of Sant’Egidio last year, when I witnessed your support for refugees and migrants. The United Nations is proud […]