Your Holiness. Eminences, Excellencies, Distinguished Representatives of Religions and Cultures, Authorities, Brothers and Sisters, By gathering us all together, this International Meeting has given us the chance to look into each other’s eyes, to speak honestly, to listen to each other, to enjoy each other’s riches, and, essentially, to be […]
Your Holinesses, Distinguished Representatives of Churches, Christian Communities, and Religions, Dear Brothers and Sisters, I greet you with great respect and affection, and I thank you for your presence here. I thank the Community of Sant’Egidio, the Diocese of Assisi and the Franciscan Families that have prepared this day of […]
Gathered before Jesus crucified, we hear his words ring out also for us: “I thirst” (Jn 19:28). Thirst, more than hunger, is the greatest need of humanity, and also its greatest suffering. Let us contemplate then the mystery of Almighty God, who in his mercy became poor among men. What does the Lord thirst for? […]
On September 6th, the Diocese of Oakland with the Community Sant’Egidio organized the first meeting of the Spirit of Assisi on the West Coast, a vibrant world and seat of diversity overlooking the great East. The meeting “Mercy: the Heart of Peace ” was attended by over six hundred people from the city. It began […]
“Pope Francis has offered himself as a spiritual leader for all humanity when he said that there is no criminal religion, but that there are criminals in all religions”. This is what Mohammad Sammak, political adviser to the Grand Mufti of Lebanon, said during the inauguration of the International Meeting Peoples and Religions, which opened […]