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Young man with down syndrome questions President of Germany

21 September 2017

The German presidential elections are approaching and the candidates are in campaign climate. In this climate, current President Angela Merkel, seeking her re-election, gave an interview on a TV show and was asked a question that left her without reaction. The question was: “Mrs. Merkel, you’re a politician, you make the laws. Nine out of […]

Shalom Maputo: how it all started

4 August 2017

The Shalom Catholic Community arrived in Mozambique. The Brazilian missionary João Bala told to Comshalom how the community was settling down.

Shalom Catholic Community is on the way to a new missionary house in the french capital, Paris.

21 June 2017

On the solemn Corpus Christi Day, June 18th, Fr. Cristiano Pinheiro – Shalom Catholic Community International Assistant – and Amanda Pinheiro – the future Local Responsible of the first Shalom house in Paris – visited the work in progress of the new Shalom Catholic Community foundation in France, in its capital, the City of Light, […]

Jim Caviezel takes on wide slate of topics in fascinating new interview

2 May 2017

Actor Jim Caviezel has starred in Hollywood hits from “The Count of Monte Cristo” to “The Thin Red Line.” But he is best known for playing Jesus in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” an experience that he says affected him very deeply and spiritually. In a new interview, Caviezel talks about the importance […]

Why did the Pope go to Egypt?

2 May 2017

Pope Francis’ trip to Egypt on April 28 and 29 was a real success on all levels. But no one could’ve known for sure that was going to be the case. On paper, it was high-risk trip. The impressive security device put in place by the Egyptian government along the main roads the Pope was […]

Pope: ‘a culture of mercy renews hearts and opens up to a new reality’

15 March 2017

Pope says it is faith that allows us to perceive the reality of the person, his or her incomparable dignity which is not limited to material goods, to social, economic and political problems, but as a person created in the image and likeness of God, a brother, a sister, a neighbor for whom we are […]

Finding in Jesus one’s own dignity: Shalom Mission in Madagascar

12 March 2017

Compassion, culinary, sports and evangelization Antsiranana is located at north end of the island of Madagascar, 24 hours’s drive from the country’s capital, a port city of a population of almost 300,000 people. Since August 2007, the Shalom Community’s mission has been quietly growing there. The missionaries seek to give an answer to the Church, […]

Politician and missionary

11 January 2017

Jorge Pinheiro is a lawyer who came to political life after “discerning the will of God,” as he claims to do so for everything in his life. He has been working for the Secretary State of Justice (‘Sejus’) in Fortaleza, Northeast of Brazil, for six years and his specializing is in canon law. He is […]

Walk of faith: 500km of sugar, storms and blisters

26 July 2015

The Caminho da Fe is one of the longest Catholic pilgrimage routes in the world, stretching 500km (310 miles) across south-eastern Brazil – it’s also one of the newest. Bob Walker joined the faithful on their trek to Aparecida. There are many places you’d rather not be when a storm of biblical proportions breaks above […]

Pope Francis: no crime ever deserves the death penalty

20 March 2015

Capital punishment is cruel, inhuman and an offense to the dignity of human life. In today’s world, the death penalty is “inadmissible, however serious the crime” that has been committed. That was Pope Francis’ unequivocal message to members of the International Commission against the death penalty who met with him on Friday morning in the […]

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