Friday 29 November 2019

Trieste, Italy - There is no justice if every life is not safeguarded ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
Tamara Chikunova, witness of the fight against the death penalty, has been talking to young people for years about the injustice of every execution. 
















Thursday 28 November 2019

San José, Costa Rica - Homeless Jesus ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
Time of prayer, a moment of freedom and hope for those who live on the street .... 

Wednesday 27 November 2019

Rome, Italy - A home, to stop being alone ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
In Ostia suburb an apartment welcomes some elderly, men and women, who previously lived in a retirement institution and now have a place they can call home. In which to receive old and new friends. In which to look to the future with a greater hope. 

Wednesday 20 November 2019

Naples, Italy - Making bridges, promoting living together ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
Three students of the School for Cultural Mediators and their last review before the final exam. 

Their future task will be a delicate and precious one: it is right to prepare it well ...

Tuesday 19 November 2019

Paris, France - The walls of loneliness fall too ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
Youth Peace songs and dramas at the Gabrielle d'Estrées retirement home in Charenton. 

Monday 18 November 2019

Kiev, Ukraine - The poor as our friends ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
"The word of God, however, spurs us to a 'genuine love', to give to those who cannot repay us, to serve others without seeking anything in return. So let us ask ourselves: 'Do I help someone who has nothing to give me in return? Do I, a Christian, have at least one poor person as a friend'? 

The poor are valuable in the eyes of God because they do not speak the language of the self: they do not support themselves on their own, by their own strength; they need someone to take them by the hand. The poor remind us how we should live the Gospel: like beggars reaching out to God. The presence of the poor makes us breathe the fresh air of the Gospel, where the poor in spirit are blessed. Instead of feeling annoyed when they knock on our doors, let us welcome their cry for help as a summons to go out of ourselves, to welcome them with God’s own loving gaze. How beautiful it would be if the poor could occupy in our hearts the place they have in the heart of God! Standing with the poor, serving the poor, we see things as Jesus does; we see what remains and what passes away" (pope Francis, homily at the Mass for the 3rd World Day of the Poor).

Friday 15 November 2019

Thursday 14 November 2019

Mexico City, Mexico - A sandwich, a meeting opportunity ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
Ready to leave for the delivering of an itinerant dinner to those who live on the street, in the folds of an infinite city .... 

Wednesday 13 November 2019

Trieste, Italy - A key to integration ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
Delivering of diplomas at the School of Italian Language and Culture. Something more than just a paper .... 

Tuesday 12 November 2019

Buenos Aires, Argentina - Friendship conquers loneliness in the big city ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
lanús: an area of the big city, Buenos Aires. Here children and teenagers build bridges of friendship with the elderly. They visit two retirement homes, have made friends with many of the guests, share gossip and celebrations. 

Children, young people, the elderly, all make room for a new culture, according to which none is so small and worthless that can't change the world.

Friday 8 November 2019

Leuven, Belgium - An afternoon that smells of meeting ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the outskirts.
An afternoon different from the usual ones, a beautiful and engaging time, passed by the students of the Institute of the Sacred Heart together with the elders of the Annunziata nursing home. 

Wednesday 6 November 2019

Antwerp, Belgium - History of a friendship ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and peace.
At the University of Antwerp - organized by Sant'Egidio - an involving and inspiring testimony: the protagonists of the documentary movie "The Imam and the Pastor", James Wuye and Mohammad Ashafa, speak about the friendship born between two Nigerian religious leaders who had considered themselves "against" each other for years, and yet discovered how it is possible to live together and cooperate for peace and growth in a country. 

Tuesday 5 November 2019

Moscow, Russia - Poetry has no age, no limitations ...

The Community of Sant'Egidio and the poor.
Reading Puskin in an institution for the elderly and other people with difficulties: a way to experience youth and lightness of heart.