In early August, I travelled to Cyprus with friends from the Community of Sant’Egidio. The sun shone every day we were there, but we didn’t come for the weather. We came to support the work of the Community in the refugee camps of Pournara and Kofinou, where hundreds of men, women, and children wait—for papers, for safety, for recognition, for a future.

From 22nd to 24th September the Community of Sant’Egidio organised in Paris the annual Meeting for Peace.

Archbishop Welby will be speaking at the Opening Assembly. Live streaming available 3.30pm UK time at meetingsforpeace.santegidio.org.uk

It was a pretty spontaneous decision: let us visit Rome over the bank holiday weekend and see what the Community there do. By...