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COMMUNITY OF SANT'EGIDIO
Comunità di Sant'Egidio, Piazza S.Egidio 3/a,
00153 Roma
www.santegidio.org
E-Mail info@santegidio.org
Category Dialogue
MISSION STATEMENT
The Community of Sant'Egidio began in Rome in 1968, in the period following the Second Vatican Council. Today it is a movement of
lay people and has more than 50,000 members, dedicated to evangelization and charity, in Rome, Italy and in more than 70
countries throughout the world. The Community of Sant'Egidio is a "Church public lay association". The different communities,
spread throughout the world, share the spirituality and principles which characterize the way of Sant'Egidio.
Founding year 1968.
BACKGROUND AND ACTIVITIES
Focus countries and areas: Mozambique, Kosovo, Albania, Algeria, Balkans, Guatemala, RD Congo, Burundi, and the
Mediterranean.
Initiatives:
-Aids care in Africa
-A hospital in Guinea-Bissau
-Education and Peace
-Humanitarian Aid
The charitable efforts of Sant'Egidio also led it to be a well-regarded mediator of peace negotiations. In 1990, the Community was
accepted by the ruling Front for Liberation of Mozambique and rebel Mozambican National Resistance as a mediator, playing a key
role in the Rome General Peace Accords signed in 1992. The community of Sant'Egidio shows its commitment against the death
penalty by maintaining penpalships with many Death convicts, collecting signatures for a moratorium of executions.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Della Rocca, R. M. (1998). Community of St. Egidio in Kosovo. PeaceWorks. Rome, Community of Sant'Egidio.
Impagliazzo, M. (1998). The St. Egidio Platform for a Peaceful Solution of the Algerian Crisis. PeaceWorks. Rome.
Della Rocca, R. M. (2003). Mozambique: Achieving Peace in Africa. Paris, Editions Salvator.
REMARKS
A number of other documents are published in Italian. The website does not contain a staff list nor any names of its leadership.