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Jubilee of the Disabled: “We too can help so many”. The gift of Gli Amici to Pope Francis

Today was concluded with the liturgy celebrated by Pope Francis, the Jubilee for the sick and disabled people. From June 10 to 12 thousands of people participated in pilgrimages to the Holy Doors and the catechetical meetings, including the Saturday morning conference entitled: “And You Will Always Eat at my Table” (2 Sam 9.1 to […]

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Pope receives the Charlemagne Prize. Riccardi: “Dreaming and Working with Francis for a new European Humanism”

“It is a touching speech that shakes Europe from its resignation and from its fears, and inviting everyone to unite to his dream and to work towards a new European humanism.” Andrea Riccardi commented on the speech by Pope Francis during the award of the prestigious Charlemagne Prize. From the Sala Regia of the Vatican […]

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The #JubileeofChildren with Youth for Peace: This is why living with compassion makes us happy!

Hundreds of young people all in Rome these days for the Jubilee of Children, gathered in a tent in the Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere to hear the testimony of the Youth for Peace on the works of mercy to which it is dedicated: providing lodging for pilgrims and consoling the afflicted. Youth for Peace […]

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Jubilee of Children: Sant’Egidio opens its doors to a concrete experience of mercy for young people

In the year of the Jubilee of Mercy, Pope Francis invited young people between 13 to 16 in Rome for the Jubilee of Children held from April 23 to April 25. There will be a tent in seven squares in the historic center of Rome, each one dedicated to one of the spiritual and corporal […]

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Three families of Syrian refugees hosted by Pope Francis in Vatican. Sant’Egidio provides first welcome

Coming back from the Greek island of Lesbos, Pope Francis has taken on his plane three families of refugees from Syria fleeing form war. They are 12 people- 6 of them are children – who will be hosted in Vatican. They come from bombed cities, had lost everything and are in a very precarious condition. […]