The Community of Sant'Egidio is putting the finishing touches to its traditional Christmas lunch, a meal shared on Christmas day with the poor. What started off as a local initiative in Rome in the early 1980s now involves 240,000 people in 70 countries. The event is a sign of how eminent the Community has become over the last few decades, with its international power growing as its links with Pope Francis have strengthened.
In his Christmas "Urbi et Orbi" blessing on 25 December, the Pope is expected
