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Iceland knows the secret to stopping teen substance abuse

2 February 2017

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 […]

Vigil at Diaconia marks the visit of Archbishop Rino Fisichella to Shalom Catholic Community

30 January 2017

The night of January 28 th will be etched in the spirit and heart of the participants of the Vigil “To the end of the earth”. The event has been prepared for Archbishop Rino Fisichella’s visit to Shalom Community. The Archibishop from Italy is the president of the Pontifical Council for promoting the new evangelization. […]

Pope Francis to the laity: go out and evangelize, or buy mothballs

30 January 2017

When asked in a new interview what specific mission he has for the laity, Pope Francis responded with a frequent appeal: to go outside of oneself and take risks in evangelizing, rather than staying stuffed up at home while the moths move in. “Sometimes I think the best business we can do with many Christians, […]

Pope Francis: ‘never lose faith in God’s providential care’

27 January 2017

Resuming his ongoing catechesis on Christian hope Pope Francis recalled the courageous figure of Judith, and of how, during the siege of the city of Bethulia by the Assyrian general Holofernes, she urged the despairing population to reinforce its wavering hope in the Lord and ended up proposing a plan that led to victory over […]

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 […]

“Christ is baptized, not to be made holy by the water, but to make the water holy…”

9 January 2017

The phrase “portal of grace” doesn’t appear in the Catechism, but it’s how I’ve always thought of Baptism; we might call the sacrament “The First Ephphetha,” the first means by which we are opened to Christ and to the Christian life which, if it is lived fully and mindfully, must be a continual opening and […]

Jesus said to me: ‘I want you to live’. Life in the Spirit Seminar (LSS) in London

29 December 2016

Life in the Spirit Seminar (LSS) in London Nearly 60 people took part in a Life in the Spirit Seminar (LSS) hosted by the Shalom Community in London during the last weekend of November. A series of talks, music and moments of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament helped participants to experience God’s love. The […]

Why Herod was afraid of a little child?

28 December 2016

Who was King Herod and why did he decide to kill all the children in his kingdom who were less than two years old? Why did a powerful king fear poor and unknown baby? Why does fear often generate violent and disproportionate reactions? And why does the Catholic Church celebrate this tragedy as a feast at […]

Shalom Youth Congress in Italia moved the participants to a deeper meeting with Jesus

8 December 2016

A deeper meeting with Jesus! The second day of Shalom Youth Congress, on Saturday, December 3rd, opened with the intervention of Moyses Azevedo, who preached to the Italian youth about the friendship with God and how to go “farther than where our feet can get” the central theme of the Congress. The founder of Shalom […]

A meeting of peace, the first Shalom Youth Congress held in Italy

3 December 2016

On December 2, 3 and 4 at the Chapel of the oldest university in Europe, La Sapienza, young people from various regions of Italy will be gathered for a meeting of peace, the first Shalom Youth Congress held in Italy. The Shalom Youth Congress has already been held in Brazil and Latin America for […]

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