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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Smiles, handshakes, autographs, and much applause for Richard Gere, who the afternoon of June 9 presented his new film, “Time Out of Mind,” at the soup kitchen of the Community of Sant’Egidio, which was transformed into a theater packed with around a hundred homeless, volunteers, and photographers. The actor, welcomed by the president of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rome, February 4, 2016 Basilica of St. John Lateran Buonasera! Dear friends, because this is the best way for us of the Community to touch the lives of all of you here with us tonight, in this day of great joy, I would like to thank all of you on behalf of the Community for […]