The Homily of Marco Impagliazzo during the Te Deum Mass at Santa Maria in Trastevere Dear brothers and sisters, how fragile and how precious life is. The Gospel can make her shine in all her beauty; evil can humiliate and hurt her. But in Bethlehem, God demonstrated the power of his love in the most […]
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“This project is like a peace treaty because it will allow us to save many human lives” said the president of the Community of Sant’Egidio, Marco Impagliazzo, who commented this morning the opening of the first humanitarian corridors of refugees towards Italy. It is the very first time that human corridors are open towards Italy. […]
Yesterday an agreement was signed between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry of the Interior, the Community of Sant’Egidio, the Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy, and the Waldensian Church in Rome in regards to the opening of humanitarian channels that will allow refugees to reach Italy in a legal and […]
In Washington, DC the community hosted a public discussion at Busboys & Poets on the abolition of the death penalty with author Paul Elie of Georgetown University, Brian Stolarz an attorney who helped exonerate America’s 154th death row inmate, Alfred Dewayne Brown, Art Laffin a Catholic Worker and victim’s family member, and Dani Clark, local […]
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Thanksgiving of Mercy in NYC
On the occasion of Thanksgiving several friends of the Community met for an intergenerational and international dinner (12 nationalities) : many homeless friends, children and elderly friends at the same table in a large and welcoming family; with us several university students help and enjoyed a festive atmosphere.