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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 […]

The Holy Eucharist in the Life of Bl. Teresa of Calcutta

26 March 2017

Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta writes: “These desires to satiate the longings of Our Lord for souls of the poor — for pure victims of his love — goes on increasing with every Mass and Holy Communion” (MFG, p. 19). For this reason back in 1946-47 when she was writing the very first Constitutions for […]

Saint Joseph Feast in Holy Land

22 March 2017

The solemnity of St. Joseph was celebrated with great devotion in the land where he lived, worked and cared for his family. Today on the House that probably he built stands the Basilica of the Holy Family or the Nutrition of Jesus. In 2006, Shalom Community was invited by the Custody of the Holy Land […]

Pope Francis’ Letter on the Fifth Centenary of Saint Teresa of Avila’s Birth

30 March 2015

[St. Teresa] asks us to be perseverant, faithful even in the midst of aridity, personal difficulties or the pressing needs that call us. Here is the translation of Pope Francis’ letter to Fr. Saverio Cannistra, Superior General of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, on the occasion of the fifth centenary celebration of St. Teresa of […]

The courage to disappear

12 March 2015

I know a woman who voluntarily disappeared. No! It’s not one of those thousands of names on a “missing person” police list. On the contrary! She disappeared so much that wasn’t reported in any list, not even in her own family genealogy. She knew that in order to disappear in such a way that she […]

Pope Francis’ message for 2015 World Day of the Sick

31 December 2014

The theme of Pope Francis’s message for the World Day of Sick being celebrated on 11 February 2015 is “I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame,” taken from the book of Job. Please find below the English translation of the full text of the Pope’s message: Sapientia Cordis “I was eyes […]

Pope Mass: a humble heart knows God, theology is done on one’s knees

2 December 2014

Those who study the mystery of God are brought to their knees because God reveals more to a humble heart. Those were the Pope’s words during his Homily at Mass Tuesday morning at the Casa Santa Martha. The eyes of the poor, said Pope Francis, are most likely to see Christ and, through him, to […]

Pope to journalists: I prayed for Turkey, for peace, for Christian unity

1 December 2014

Half a century on from the first meeting between a Pope and an Orthodox Patriarch, one of the frequently asked questions at the end of this visit to Turkey is how long will it take before the two Churches are reunited again? A second question that’s been on everyone’s lips in the overwhelmingly Muslim nation is […]

Pope at Santa Marta: Everything for the Lord and others

24 November 2014

When the Church is humble and poor, then “it is faithful” to Christ, giving all it has for the Lord and others, leaving nothing for itself said Pope Francis at morning Mass in Casa Santa Marta Monday. Pope Francis based his reflections on the Gospel of the Day which recounts the episode of the poor […]

On Flight Back from Holy Land, Pope Announces Meeting With Sex Abuse Victims

27 May 2014

Pope Francis announced Monday he would meet soon with a group of sex abuse victims at the Vatican and declared “zero tolerance” for any member of the clergy who would violate a child. Francis also revealed that three bishops are currently under investigation by the Vatican for abuse-related reasons, though it wasn’t clear if they […]

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