Is 50:4-7; Ps 22; Phil 2:6-11; Lk 22:14-23, 56 “Jesus went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem” (Lk 19:28). This sentence from the Gospel that opens the account of Jesus’ entrance in Jerusalem contains both our Lenten journey and the journey of our entire life. The coming week is called ‘holy’ because it is a […]
Acts 10:34, 37-43; Ps 118; Col 3: 1-4 (1 Cor 5:6-8); Jn 20:1-9 The Sabbath has passed; gone are the days of men and women. Here is a new day. It is true, it begins sadly, just as life in our world is often sad, especially when it is standing in front of a tomb. […]
Medical care, school and a great desire to integrate in the current situation of the 25 families arrived in Italy in February The Al Hourani family were the first to arrive in early February, inaugurating the humanitarian corridors of Sant’Egidio, Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy and Waldensian Table. Their smiling faces at Fiumicino airport […]
The children of the Schools of Peace of Sant’Egidio and of the elementary schools of Rome fill the streets with plays, performances and testimonies on peace “Today, even those that make war will listen to us”, it was said by the more than 3,000 children of the elementary schools and of the Schools of Peace […]
Thanks to Pope Francis for his support of humanitarian corridors and his encouragement to continue the commitment to peace and life The Community of Sant’Egidio thanks Pope Francis for having awakened people’s consciousness from the beginning of the humanitarian crisis linked to the arrival of migrants on Europe’s coasts. His trip to Lampedusa of July […]