Andrea Riccardi
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Andrea Riccardi (born 1950 in Rome) is the founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio. "The Community of Saint Egidio was born in 1968 in Rome and is made up of more than 70,000 persons in more than 70 countries actively involved above all in evangelization and in the service to one’s neighbor, especially the most needy."
The different groups, spread in all the world, are united by the same spirituality: prayer, spreading of the Gospel, solidarity with the poor, ecumenism and interreligious dialogue, commitment for peace and justice.
The Community of Saint Egidio has become famous to public opinion at the beginning of the nineties due to its work of intermediation in the process of peace after the civil war in Mozambique and for having organized international and interreligious meetings for Peace, the first of which was in 1986 with Pope John Paul II at Assisi. These meetings are organized every year by the Community in different European cities. In 2003 it took place at Aachen.
Since November 16, 2011, he serves as Minister for International Cooperation without portfolio in the Monti Cabinet.[1]
Andrea Riccardi is also a member of the Fondation Chirac's honour committee[2], ever since the foundation was launched in 2008 by former French president Jacques Chirac in order to promote world peace. He also participated as jury member in 2009 for the Prize for Conflict Prevention[3] awarded every year by this foundation.
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[edit] Books
- Sant'Egidio, Rome and the World - by Andrea Riccardi, Peter Heinegg, ISBN 0854395598 / 9780854395590, Saint Paul Publications
[edit] See also
- Catholic Worker Movement
- Madonna House Apostolate
- Society of the Catholic Apostolate
- New Monasticism
[edit] References
- ^ "Manager, cooperanti e professori Ecco i ministri del governo Monti" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ Fondation Chirac's honour committee
- ^ The jury for the Conflict Prevention Prize awarded by the Fondation Chirac
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| New title | Italian Minister for International Cooperation since 2011 |
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