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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On Friday 12 February 2016 at the Havana airport, the historic meeting between Pope Francis and the Patriarch of Moscow Kirill was “the meeting of two bishops with pastoral concern” that spoke about the situation of the two Churches and Christians in the world, but not only: it was the historic meeting between two brothers […]
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Francis visit cements Sant’Egidio as winner
By John L. Allen Jr. of The Boston Globe ROME – Political categories are an inexact fit for religious realities, but if we’re going to use them anyway, it’s tough to spot a bigger winner in Catholicism under Pope Francis than the Community of Sant’Egidio, whose commitment to the poor, to inter-religious dialogue, and to […]