On Saturday June 11, members of the Community of Sant’Egidio around the United States attended the March for Our Lives in their respective cities. As Pope Francis said, “it is time to say enough to the indiscriminate trafficking of arms.” Indeed, our country has been racked by the violence of firearms. In instances of mass […]
Pope Francis will travel to South Sudan in July. Three years ago, he shocked the country’s leaders with this gesture of peace. pic.twitter.com/NymIswrVWn — America Magazine (@americamag) April 11, 2022 On April 11, 2019 Pope Francis surprised the world by kissing the feet of South Sudanese leader during a spiritual retreat at the Vatican. Why […]
In this Holy Week let us be silent in our hearts and follow the Lord Jesus on the path of the Passion to celebrate the joy of his Resurrection. Sunday, April 10th – Palm Sunday Digital Connection to Santa Maria in Trastevere Monday, April 11th – Holy Monday Prayer in Memory of the Martyrs of […]
The Community of Sant’Egidio gathered in New York for a prayer presided by Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia in the beautiful Church of Our Savior where the Community has been serving dinner to our homeless friends for a several months. Our friends from the street and many of those who help us in our weekly food distribution joined in a beautiful fraternal moment. […]
The Community of Sant’Egidio is having a prayer vigil for peace in Ukraine tomorrow evening (Friday, February 25), at 6:30 p.m., in the Church of the Epiphany, in unity with all the countries in which it is present in the world. It is our first, spontaneous response to the tragedy that is unfolding in these […]