Friday 22 December 2017

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo - A memory that goes deeper ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
While new testimonies are given in the frame of the diocesan phase of the beatification process of Floribert Bwana Chui, a new book is published on his story and example against corruption. 



Thursday 21 December 2017

Douala, Cameroon - A visit makes you look to the future ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
"The encounter between the youth and the elderly is the future of a people" (Pope Francis). 

Wednesday 20 December 2017

Genoa, Italy - Solidarity brings closer generations and peoples ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor. 

Christmas feast at San Benigno house for elderly. 

Santa is not from Lapland, but his arrival is appreciated anyway. It's the joy of the visit, it's a waiting that is accomplished, it's the victory over loneliness.


Friday 15 December 2017

Madrid, Spain - Advent is a "Yes" to life, a "No" to death

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
The students of a high school ofthe Spanish capital attend a conference on the death penalty with a particular witness of it: Billy Moore, who was imprisoned 17 years - as an innocent - in the death row of a US prison. 
















Thursday 14 December 2017

Blantyre, Malawi - The inauguration becomes a celebration together with the poor ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
A celebration with street children and teenagers in the center of the greatest Malawian city. 

On the same days when in the Community compound housing the services for the poor (the House of Friendship) has been officially inaugurated the church where Sant'Egidio will meet for prayers.

Tuesday 12 December 2017

Amsterdam, The Netherlands - A "taste" of Christmas lunch ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
Surprise visit of St. Nicholas - a "Santa Claus" in advance, remembered on December 6th - at the "San Francesco" kitchen soup, run by the Community. 

All the friends who live on the street have received gestures of attention and small, useful, gifts.

Monday 11 December 2017

Bologna, Itay - "The Lord ... heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds"

The Community of Sant'Egidio and prayer.
In prayer for those who are sick with the archbishop, mgr. Zuppi. 

Thursday 7 December 2017

Cassino, Italy - A morning in prison ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
Montecassino Abbey looks down on the prison and the Sant'Egidio Roman and Neapolitan volunteers' car who are going to visit the inmates. 

Wednesday 6 December 2017

Antwerp, Belgium - A friendship that gives the future ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
"Peoples that do not care for the elderly and do not treat them well are peoples that have no future!", said Pope Francis. 

May the future always see young people surround with affection the weakness and the strength of the years ....

Friday 1 December 2017

Genoa, Italy - Integration is the aspiration of so many people ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
Vespucci Hall at the Galata-Sea Museum is full of people for the ceremony of delivering of the Community's School of Italian Language and Culture diplomas. 

Thursday 30 November 2017

Tirana, Albania - The younger ones around the table of the elders ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
The visit to an elderly house, a match between friends, the smile on the faces: different generations come together, because friendship never gets older. 

Tuesday 28 November 2017

Mulanje, Malawi - Prison bars do not reach the sky ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
In the prison of a town in southern Malawi, on the Sunday of Christ the King, when the Lord says, "I was in jail and you came to visit me". 














Friday 24 November 2017

Paris, France - A harbour for those fleeing the war ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
Arrival of Syrian refugees at Roissy airport. 

Paris too opens up to humanitarian corridors.

Thursday 23 November 2017

Naples, Italy - Everyone's place is in the arms of a friend ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
Friendship conquers the loneliness in an institution, the discomfort of the suburbs. It gives warmth, meaning, security. 

This is the hug M. and F. are waiting for every week. 

Tuesday 21 November 2017

Amsterdam, Netherlands - So that no one die any more for hope ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and prayer.
Ecumenical celebration to remember those refugees and migrants who died in an attempt to reach Europe. 

Monday 20 November 2017

Barcelona, ​​Spain - "May Lord grant us to love not in words but in deeds" (Pope Francis)

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
For the World Day of the Poor, after the Mass celebrated in Saint Just's church, a "family" lunch in the Community House with many friends living on the street. 

Friday 17 November 2017

Mönchengladbach, Germany - Death penalty, violence that does not heal ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
At school to talk about death penalty: atrocity and no deterrence.
One of the meetings organized by Youth for Peace with Bill Pelke, US citizen,Ppresident and co-Founder of "Journey of Hope ... from violence to healing". 

Thursday 16 November 2017

Abuja, Nigeria - Meeting the poor, building peace ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
In a multiethnic and multireligious country, the Youth for Peace visit an institution for blind people. 

Building peace is to break down every wall, to hug the children of the same Father.

Tuesday 14 November 2017

Bratislava, Slovakia - East Passage, someone welcomes them ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
In Eastern Europe we see a strong resistance to the welcoming of those fleeing the war. The after-Wall children dream of the building of a new barrier. 

But not all of them ....

Friday 10 November 2017

Würzburg, Germany - Beyond the walls, living together is the future ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
Great walls of history fall; little walls between man and man will fall too. 
A lunch together, the Youth for Peace and their Muslim friends. 

Wednesday 8 November 2017

Moscow, Russia - A warm place for those who don't have a home

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
The "House of the friends on the street" has just opened: a day center available for the homeless who live in the Russian capital, a warm place, an opportunity to take a shower and wash some clothes. 














Tuesday 7 November 2017

Lima, Peru - Side by side with those poor and alone ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
Being close, supporting, mentoring, lightening the weight of years and loneliness, bringing a good news. Here is the heart of our service at the elders hospice. 


Monday 6 November 2017

Naples, Italy - Looking for Your face, on the mankind's streets ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and prayer.
Downtown, in a square. Praying with those who do not have a house. But there is still a Father to look to. 

Friday 3 November 2017

Thursday 2 November 2017

Lyon, France - Carefully, it is the art of meeting ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
There is a people of "invisible" ones in the streets of our cities. A sandwich is a sign that someone sees them, looks for them, hopes for them. 

Wednesday 1 November 2017

Barcelona, Spain - Integrations scenario (yes, plural it's right ...)

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
The School of Culture and Languages for migrants and refugees walking on the road to integration opens again in Raval historical area. 

Yes, languages. Because both Catalan and Castilian are taught and learnt ....


Monday 30 October 2017

Würzburg, Germany - Looking to the one who heals ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and prayer.
Remembering those who are sick in the body and in the heart. 

Friday 27 October 2017

Naples, Italy - Migrants, men and women of hope ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
Along with several public meetings to promote his book, "Narcos want me dead", fr. Alejandro Solalinde, committed for years in favor of migrants crossing Mexico to seek a new hope in the U.S., met the Youth for Peace in Naples - here in the picture - and other Italian cities. 

Thursday 26 October 2017

Messina, Italy - Behind a sandwich there is a dream of friendship ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the ouskirts.
The Messina's Youth for Peace have an appointment tonight. With the the old town homeless. 

Wednesday 25 October 2017

Genoa, Italy - A window on the sea ... and on the world

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the Schools of Peace.
In the outskirts, in CEP area, a new venue was inaugurated. 

Tuesday 24 October 2017

Manresa, Spain - Shouting "Long live the elders!"

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
An afternoon of feast and friendship among generations. An opportunity to say that the heart has no age, everyone dreams of giving and receiving love.