Sant´Egidio Proposed for 2002 Nobel Peace Prize

ROME, NOV. 9, 2001 (Zenit.org).- The Community of Sant´Egidio has been proposed for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2002 by some 30 Italian parliamentarians.

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The politicians, who come from a range of parties, signed a motion requesting the government to present the candidacy of this Catholic movement officially.

The motion states that Sant´Egidio Community «for years has acted on several fronts, ranging from interreligious dialogue to international projects for developing countries, and diplomatic peace initiatives in several areas of the world.»

Sant´Egidio, founded in 1968 by history professor Andrea Riccardi, is now a public association of laymen of the Church and has 40,000 members in 60 countries. The group played a decisive part in resolving the civil wars in Mozambique and Guatemala.

This year´s Nobel Peace Prize went to the United Nations and its secretary-general, Kofi Annan.

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