Andrea Riccardiis the founder of the Community of Sant’Egidio. He is a historian of the contemporary world and a scholar of the History of the Church and Christianity. Among his most recent books with Laterza: Convivere; L’inverno più lungo. 1943-44: Pio XII, gli ebrei e i nazisti a Roma; La strage dei cristiani. Mardin, gli armeni e la fine di un mondo; La Chiesa brucia, all widely translated all around the world.