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.
