Padua, Italy - Feast with Muslim refugees for 'Aid al-Adha

Sant'Egidio is close to the needy among Muslims on the day of 'Aid al-Adha, when the month of pilgrimage to Mecca begins. 

Here in the picture the feast of Padua.

Nakuru and Bukavu, Dem. Rep. of Congo and Kenya - Peace is always possible!

Even in a continent of many conflicts, like Africa, peace is always possible! 

The communities of Sant'Egidio in various African countries, Benin, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo, etc., have shared the invocation of peace that men and women of different religions raised to heaven on September 8th in Tirana. 

In the pictures the events that took place in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, and

Nakuru, Kenya.

Genoa, Italy - #Changeyourcity with solidarity ...

The movement "Youth for Peace", an expression of the Community of Sant'Egidio, has launched a campaign, changeyourcity!

In order to give witness to the power of solidarity in the many places where change is needed.

Because the world changes with gestures of encounter and friendship.

Pictured here young and elderly together in Genoa, for a new solidarity among generations.