Your city
Categories
Ordenar por




Pope Francis: to love your enemies, prayer is a game-changer

The path to holiness and sainthood, Pope Francis said, requires imitating Christ by loving our enemies and praying for those who wrong us even when it is difficult. “It’s true, God the Father is merciful,” he said. “And you? Are you merciful, are you merciful with the people who have hurt you? Or who do […]

Swiss Bishop offers 9 marriage sanctity rules based on Pope’s Amoris Laetitia

The Holiness of the Marriage Bond – A word on the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (Chur, Switzerland) Dear brothers in the priestly ministry, In the discussion around the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, the eighth chapter centers on the question of divorced-and-civilly-remarried persons. For this reason I give, in my responsibility as bishop, some […]

Iceland knows the secret to stopping teen substance abuse

In the past 20 years, teen alcohol and drug abuse plummeted among Icelandic youth… but why? In the past 20 years, Iceland’s rates of teen drinking, smoking, and drug use rates have drastically plummeted. Mosaic Science reports that in 1998, the percentage of 14- to 16-year-olds who reported being drunk in the previous month was 42 percent […]

Through Christ, God was reconciling the world

Every year Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute (GEII) promotes Christian Unity by gathering Christians from many groups that are willing to engage in an interreligious dialogue. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 2017 took place from January 18th to the 25th, and the theme was “Reconciliation – The Love of Christ Compels Us” […]

President of New Evangelization Council visits Shalom Community in Brazil

Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, will visit Shalom Catholic Community’s headquarters (Diaconia) in Aquiraz, Brazil, on January 28-31, 2017. His visit is part of Shalom’s 35th anniversary celebrations this year. The Archbishop will participate on the 28th January in a night vigil event for the youth organized by Shalom Community. The […]

Politician and missionary

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 […]

“It was God who always provided for us”. A strong testimony of faith from a family of Shalom Covenant Community

“I have been married to Denise for 8 years now, and we have a 2 1/2-year-old daughter”, says Tancredo. He and Denise, his wife, are both members of Shalom Covenant Community, having already made their Definitive Promises. “About 4 years ago we started a long adoption process, since we would not be able to bear […]

The Greatest joy ever at the Shalom Catholic Community in Toronto

The greatest joy ever at the Shalom Catholic Community in Toronto took place on this past weekend November eleven and twelve of 2016 when was inaugurated the first Evangelization Centre of Shalom Catholic Community in this city. The event counted with the presence of many people that accompanied this mission in the past thirteen years […]
1 24 25 26 27 28 37