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by bcadmin | Oct 25, 2022 | Associated Press, Coliseum, community of sant'egidio, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis joined other religious leaders Tuesday at Rome’s Colosseum to make a plea for peace and ending what they called the “nuclear nightmare” as fears intensify that Russia’s war against Ukraine may see atomic weapons used.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 24, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, community of sant'egidio, Community of St. Egidio, lead, News, President Emmanuel Macron, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday it’s up to Ukraine to decide the time and terms of peace with Russia, and he cautioned that the end of war “can’t be the consecration of the law of the strongest.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 29, 2022 | Church in Europe, community of sant'egidio, Elderly, Italy, lead, News | 0 |
ROME – One of Pope Francis’s favorite Catholic movements launched an initiative aimed at providing aid to the elderly in Italy, 19 million of whom live either alone or only with their elderly spouse. “Saving Our Elders” is a program by the Community of Sant’Egidio, presented on Tuesday in their […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 27, 2022 | Africa, Catholic missionaries, Church in Africa, community of sant'egidio, lead, News, Papal travel, Pope Francis, South Sudan | 0 |
One expert with experience on the ground in South Sudan has praised the work of missionaries, who he said are daily signs of hope and reconciliation for a troubled population.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 15, 2022 | Church in Europe, community of sant'egidio, lead, News, Refugees, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
As Russia and Ukraine mark 50 days of war, Ukrainian refugees being hosted in Italy have voiced gratitude for the welcome and assistance they received after fleeing their homes following the outbreak of the conflict almost two months ago.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 21, 2022 | Church in Africa, community of sant'egidio, lead, News, senegal | 0 |
While global attention is focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a low-intensity conflict, less known but not less profound, is unfolding 3,500 miles away, in the West African country of Senegal.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 7, 2022 | Church in Africa, community of sant'egidio, lead, Missionaries, News, Papal travel, Papal Trips, Peace agreement, Pope Francis, South Sudan | 0 |
Expectations are high in South Sudan that Pope Francis’s long-awaited visit to the country in July will bring what many hope will be a message of comfort and also a fresh boost to the national peace process.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 26, 2022 | Andrea Riccardi, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, community of sant'egidio, lead, News, Pope Francis, Prayer, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
As Russian military continue to press forward in their military offensive in Ukraine, a prominent Catholic lay group is calling for a ceasefire and asking that the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv be spared.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 17, 2021 | Catholic News Service, community of sant'egidio, Cyprus, immigrants and refugees, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
With many “thanks” and “best wishes,” a group of 10 asylum-seekers greeted Pope Francis on his birthday Dec. 17.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 8, 2021 | Angela Merkel, Colosseum, community of sant'egidio, lead, News, Patriarch Bartholomew, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis on Thursday said that war is a “stinging defeat” before the forces of evil, called for believers of all faiths to “defuse the temptation to fundamentalism and every tendency to view a brother or sister as an enemy.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 7, 2021 | Angela Merkel, community of sant'egidio, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
When Pope Francis and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet on Thursday, it will be the seventh encounter between the two in Rome.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 28, 2021 | Al-Azhar, Angela Merkel, Archbishop Justin Welby, community of sant'egidio, lead, News, Patriarch Bartholomew, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
After 16 years, German chancellor Angela Merkel will be stepping down before the end of the year. But before leaving office, she will join with Pope Francis to close an Oct. 7 interreligious and cultural encounter.
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