Sant’Egidio’s Riccardi named Italian cabinet minister

November 17, 2011

Andrea Riccardi, the founder of one of the leading new ecclesial movements, has been named Italy’s minister for international cooperation and integration policies.

Riccardi founded the Community of Sant’Egidio as a high school student in 1968; the community has become known for its service to the needy and work on behalf of peace. Approved by the Pontifical Council for the Laity as an international association of the faithful in 1986, the community over the next two decades grew to 50,000 members in 72 nations.

 

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Further information:

• Andrea Riccardi, ministro della Cooperazione: "Un laico immerso nel mondo cattolico" (La Repubblica)
• Sant'Egidio Founder Tapped for Italian Government Post (Zenit)
• International Associations of the Faithful (Pontifical Council for the Laity)