Rome, February 4, 2016 Basilica of St. John Lateran Dear sisters and brother I feel the joy, truly Evangelii Gaudium, of being able to celebrate the anniversary of the Community of Sant’Egidio together, with so many friends, brothers and sisters (these categories are actually well mixed together), with Andrea, who never stopped seeing – even […]
Tomorrow will be an important day for Yasmine and her daughter Falak. They, refugees from the war in Syria, will be the first persons to arrive from Lebanon to Italy through the humanitarian corridors without having to undergo journeys of death in the Mediterranean. But it will also be an important day for all those […]
A long term campaign by the Community of Sant’Egidio, for a violence free America to stop the easy and improper use of guns, started in the year of mercy. The number of deaths and the spread of violence in our country urges us to act both personally and collectively: one person at a time, one gesture at […]
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Luis Almagro, accompanied by Ambasadaor Malfatti, President of the Italo-Latin American Institute (IILA), visited Sant’Egidio during his recent trip to Italy. Over the course of his discussions with a delegation from the Community, he thanked them for the support for peace talks in Colombia and asked […]
As a blizzard descended upon Washington DC on Friday evening and begun shutting down the city, students from Georgetown University and members of Sant’Egidio gathered for their regular weekly service of outreach to homeless men and women. With the many warnings to shelter inside, the Community knew that many people who they meet around Dupont […]