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Today, even those that make war will listen to us: the march of the children of Novara that want peace

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 […]

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Thanks to Pope Francis for his support of humanitarian corridors and his encouragement to continue the commitment to peace and life

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 […]

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We remember Shahbaz Bhatti, Christian Minister of Pakistan – a man of dialogue and peace, on the fifth anniversary of his death

Today is the fifth anniversary of the killing of a Christian Pakistani minister Shahbaz Bhatti, killed in Islamabad on March 2, 2011, because of his commitment to the defense of Christians and of all minorities. The Community of Sant’Egidio, with the Association of Pakistani Christians in Italy, will remember him in prayer on March 4, […]

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The first plane of the #humanitariancorridors has arrived at Fiumicino: 93 refugees, half of them children. Welcome to Italy!

The first images of the arrival at the airport, welcomed by the Community of Sant’Egidio and the representatives of Evangelical Churches [slideshow_deploy id=’1736′] They landed at 7 o’clock. They are 93, about half of them children. They come from the camp of Tell Abbas, in Lebanon, but their homes were in Syria, mostly in Homs, […]

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Federica Mogherini, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, visited the Community of Sant’Egidio in Maputo

Federica Mogherini’s official visit to the Community of Sant’Egidio occurred yesterday in the DREAM center “para a criança”, in Maputo’s city center. She stayed about one hour with the doctors, patients and children, asking many questions and listening to everyone. After having been received with a traditional dance of the DREAM activists, she thanked the […]