The Shalom Community celebrates 15 years of Pontifical Recognition
The Community also celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
Shalom showed me that I am a child of God
My name is Javier Francisco Kovacs Benitez. I’m 32 years old, and I’m a pride Paraguayan! I was raised as a Catholic since I was a kid and although my family broke up when I was a child, I became quite involved with the church while attending school, but this dramatically changed when I was […]
Pope: “Int’l community must take concrete steps for peace
Pope Francis has called on the international community to take concrete steps to bring about peace and to protect all those who are victims of war and persecution. In a wide-ranging discourse to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, the Pope focused on a series of urgent issues which – he said […]
10 Issues With The Media’s Narrative About Catholicism & The Synod on Marriage & Family
by Aggie Catholics The media frames all the synod’s discussions in terms of politics. The usual narrative is progressive vs conservative and too often Catholics get caught in this game as well. We have to learn that these are political terms and don’t really apply to The Church. The media only sees the human element of the […]
India: confidence in the new government and secular pluralism of India
Official figures of the Indian elections, which sees the clear victory of the “Bharatiya Janata Party” (BJP), does not worry the Church in India, which is confident about the future. After an election which saw 814 million voters and a very high turnout (66.3 %), the BJP and its coalition, led by the 63-year-old leader […]