change language
you are in: home - news newslettercontact uslink

Support the Community

  
November 24 2015 | ROME, ITALY

Pope in Africa, Impagliazzo: a journey that invites you to look at the world from the suburbs and to a commitment to a future of peace and development

 
printable version

ROME - "Pope Francis’ journey is a great opportunity for a continent that is building its future and that, with so much difficulty, is fully becoming one of the major global players”. The president of the Community of Sant'Egidio, Marco Impagliazzo, defines the visit, which will begin tomorrow in Africa, as "precious and full of challenges" not only for the Church but for all: "He chose to travel to three countries, such as Kenya and Uganda that live development prospects and the Central Africa that is trying to get out of a situation of conflict and of the threat of terrorism, but that look with hope to a future of growth, both social and economic.

Our Communities, present in Africa for many years - also in the three countries that will be visited - and friends of the poor, especially children, the elderly and people with AIDS, crowd around Pope Francis. In these days we will have to look at the world from the suburbs, and to turn them into the centre of our interests. The trip is also an appeal not to drop the high demand for peace that rises from the African lands and that asks us to multiply the work of all for dialogue and coexistence between various ethnic groups and religions".


 ALSO READ
• NEWS
November 8 2011

Burkina Faso – Visit of the Minister for Territorial Administration at the formation courses for civil registrars

IT | EN | ES | DE | FR | PT | CA | NL | RU
November 2 2011

Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) – Launch of the first training course for civil registrars organized by Bravo! for the universal and free registration of births

IT | EN | ES | DE | FR | PT | CA
all the news
• PRINT
February 27 2018
Avvenire

Cei. Atterrati a Roma 113 profughi. «La cooperazione fra istituzioni fa miracoli»

February 27 2018
Agenzia SIR

Corridoi umanitari: Impagliazzo (Comunità Sant’Egidio), “polemiche politiche finiranno ma il futuro è nell’integrazione”

February 27 2018
Vatican Insider

Corridoi umanitari, 114 profughi dall’Etiopia. Galantino: no allo sciacallaggio politico

February 26 2018
Avvenire

Emergenza freddo. Rifugi e parrocchie aperte ai senza dimora

February 24 2018
Il Sole 24 ore

Emergenza freddo, S. Egidio: non lasciamo soli i senza dimora

February 24 2018
Avvenire

A spasso per Milano aiutando l'Africa

all press releases
• EVENTS
January 18 2018 | ROME, ITALY

'Siamo qui, siamo vivi. Il diario inedito di Alfredo Sarano e della famiglia scampati alla Shoah'. Colloquio sul libro

ALL MEETINGS OF PRAYER FOR PEACE
• NO DEATH PENALTY
October 10 2017

On 15th World Day Against the Death Penalty let us visit the poorest convicts in Africa

October 7 2015
UNITED STATES

The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty - XIII world day against the death penalty

October 5 2015
EFE

Fallece un preso japonés tras pasar 43 años en el corredor de la muerte

September 24 2015

Pope Francis calls on Congress to end the death penalty. "Every life is sacred", he said

March 12 2015
AFP

Arabie: trois hommes dont un Saoudien exécutés pour trafic de drogue

March 12 2015
Associated Press

Death penalty: a look at how some US states handle execution drug shortage

March 9 2015
Reuters

Australia to restate opposition to death penalty as executions loom in Indonesia

March 9 2015
AFP

Le Pakistan repousse de facto l'exécution du meurtrier d'un critique de la loi sur le blasphème

March 9 2015
AFP

Peine de mort en Indonésie: la justice va étudier un appel des deux trafiquants australiens

February 28 2015
UNITED STATES

13 Ways Of Looking At The Death Penalty

February 15 2015

Archbishop Chaput applauds Penn. governor for halt to death penalty

December 11 2014
MADAGASCAR

C’est désormais officiel: Madagascar vient d’abolir la peine de mort!

go to no death penalty
• DOCUMENTS

''Entente de Sant'Egidio'': Political Agreement for Peace in the Central African Republic

Speech of Marco Impagliazzo at the UN Security Council on the situation in the Central African Republic

all documents