PEACE

PEACE FOR GAZA: Prayer vigil in Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere, Monday 22 September, 7.30pm. Promoted together with Catholic associations and communities, presided over by Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa will be joining in remotely.

Representatives of Christian churches and civil society in Germany, on the initiative of Sant'Egidio, address an appeal to the country to promote reception and integration of migrants.

APPEALS

Representatives of Christian churches and civil society in Germany, on the initiative of Sant'Egidio, address an appeal to the country to promote reception and integration of migrants.

A new 'Casa dell'Amicizia' (House of Friendship) inaugurated in Pavia. Marco Impagliazzo: ‘In this Jubilee of Hope, this place is good news for the city.’

SOLIDARITY

A new 'Casa dell'Amicizia' (House of Friendship) inaugurated in Pavia. Marco Impagliazzo: ‘In this Jubilee of Hope, this place is good news for the city.’

'They bore witness to their faith without ever using the weapons of force and violence, but rather by embracing the hidden and meek power of the Gospel'. The commemoration of the martyrs and witnesses to the faith of the new century, presided over by Pope Leo.

EVENTS

'They bore witness to their faith without ever using the weapons of force and violence, but rather by embracing the hidden and meek power of the Gospel'. The commemoration of the martyrs and witnesses to the faith of the new century, presided over by Pope Leo.

EVERYDAY PRAYER

Barcelona: the Community remembers Darling, a young Honduran victim of violence. Youth for Peace: ‘No to indifference’

WORLD

Barcelona: the Community remembers Darling, a young Honduran victim of violence. Youth for Peace: ‘No to indifference’

POPE

Best wishes, Pope Leo! Thank you for indicating the path to peace in a divided world and for inviting us to ‘build bridges of universal fraternity’.

Today, as we celebrate the Jubilee of the new martyrs, Sant'Egidio joins the universal Church in expressing its joy at the Pope's birthday.Read more

From the memory of 9/11, a call to fraternity: only together can we defeat violence

HOMILIES

From the memory of 9/11, a call to fraternity: only together can we defeat violence

Mons Vincenzo Paglia's Homily on the Gospel of Matthew 22:34-40 in the Basilica of Santa Maria in TrastevereRead more

DIALOGUE

‘Daring Peace’ in Rome. The International Meeting of Dialogue and Prayer for Peace from 26 to 28 October 2025

Representatives of the great religions, culture, civil society and politics, with Sant'Egidio to address together the most urgent challenges of our timeRead more

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On the anniversary of 11 September 2001 attacks in the USA, a prayer will be held for the victims of terrorism and all wars in the basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere, 8pm.

Prayer for the sick is a request for the night of pain to end and for the light of morning to come. It is a question for hope that never disappoints.

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