EDITORIAL

October 4th 1992, after a long and bloodstained civil war, Mozambique returned to peace thanks to the peace agreement signed in Rome, after long negotiations which took place in the ancient monastery of Sant'Egidio. It was an unusual mediation, carried out by a Community founded on the primacy of prayer and of the communication of the Gospel, a Community that had built a synergy of forces and intents around these negotiations and had sought the end of an armed conflict with the simple means of dialogue.

In Mozambique the people celebrated October 4th, it has become the "day of peace and national reconciliation". It is a celebration which bestows upon the young generations the historical memory of peace, an inheritance for everybody. In Rome, on that day, a book was presented, a reconstruction of the events that brought the country from war to peace and today, to the struggle against AIDS: Mozambique, a peace for Africa. This is to say that, as fear for a war approaches everybody's conscience, this country's story, one with its own specifics, represents a concrete sign for hope.

It is a hope first of all for Africa, which is still oppressed by so many wars and which is even more forgotten and distant today than it was then. The recent history of Mozambique summons us to pursue a peace for Africa; it tells us that to speak the language of democracy and dialogue is possible and useful, it declares that a vision bringing Africa close to Europe and to the West once more must be established.

Peace in Mozambique, the transition in South Africa and other positive events are a sign of hope for everybody: they show how nobody is irrelevant or disarmed in front of violence and war. They tell us about the strength of words, of dialogue, of patient mediation. In a time when it seems that war can come from anywhere, these events remind us that we can all make peace.

10/07/02 - The Memory of St. Francis of Assisi

10/06/02 - Rome - Ecumenical Celebration in Memory of the Witnesses of Faith of the XX Century together with H.H. Teoctist, the Patriarch of Romania.

10/04/02 - Mozambique, Ten Years of Peace

10/03/02 - Napoli (Italy) - Presentation of the Anti-AIDS Program

10/03/02 - Trieste (Italy) - Inauguration of the Movement "Long Live the Elderly!"

09/30/02 - Rome - Presentation of the Book "Mozambique, a Peace for Africa"

09/29/02 - The Sant'Egidio Newsletter is One Year Old

09/29/02 - Messina (Italy) - A Prayer for Peace One Month After the Meeting in Palermo

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october 13, Sunday: Liturgy of the Sunday
28th Sunday of Ordinary Time

october 14, Monday: Memory of the Poor
Remembrance of St. Callistus (+222). A slave, he became the bishop of Rome. Friend of the poor, he founded the church that would be called St. Mary in Trastevere.

october 15, Tuesday: Memory of the Mother of the Lord

october 16, Wednesday: Memory of Jesus crucified
Remembrance of the deportation of the Jews from Rome during the Second World War. Anniversary of the beginning of the pastoral ministry of Pope John Paul II. Prayer for his service as Bishop of Rome and servant of the universal Church.

october 17, Thursday: Memory of the Church
Remembrance of Saint Ignatius, bishop of Antioch. He was condemned to death and led to Rome where he died a martyr. (+107).

october 18, Friday: Memory of the Saints and the Prophets
Memory of Saint Luke, evangelist and author of the Acts of the Apostles, According to tradition, he was physician and painter.

october 19, Saturday: Sunday Vigil

october 20, Sunday: Liturgy of the Sunday
29th Sunday of Ordinary Time

october 21, Monday: Memory of the Poor

october 22, Tuesday: Memory of the Mother of the Lord
Remembrance of Mary Salome, mother of James and John who followed the Lord until the foot of the cross and who placed Him in the sepulcher.

october 23, Wednesday: Memory of the Church

october 24, Thursday: Memory of the Saints and the Prophets

october 25, Friday: Memory of Jesus crucified

october 26, Saturday: Sunday Vigil
Remembrance of the historical encounter at Assisi (1986) when John Paul Ii invited representatives of all Christian faiths and of the great world religions to pray for peace. Prayer for the believers of all religions.

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