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It is time for new foundations in Shalom Community
On this year 2016, the Catholic Community Shalom announced the opening of two more missionary homes in the African continent: one in the city of Praia, capital of Cape Verde and one in Maputo, the capital and the largest city of Mozambique. At least ten missionaries of the Shalom Community will be assigned to the evangelization work in these […]

Pope marks World Youth Day in Angelus address
At the conclusion of the Solemn Mass for Palm Sunday, Pope Francis led the faithful in the recitation of the Angelus. In brief remarks ahead of the Marian prayer, the Holy Father greeted all those taking part in the ceremony, including those watching and listening by means of television, radio, or other means of communication. […]

Pope Francis: homily with announcement of Year of Mercy
Pope Francis presided over a penance service in St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday afternoon, during which he announced an extraordinary Jubilee dedicated to Divine Mercy. Below, please find Vatican Radio’s English translation of the Holy Father’s homily, in which he made the announcement. ******** This year as last, as we head into of the Fourth […]

Pope Francis to confessors: be authentically merciful
Pope Francis on Thursday received a group of priests and bishops participating in a special formation initiative of the Apostolic Penitentiary on the internal forum. The Apostolic Penitentiary is the Church tribunal that deals primarily with issues that arise in and around the Sacrament of Confession, as well as the lifting of excommunications reserved to […]

Pope: religion must never be abused in the cause of war
Pope Francis underlined the significance and urgency of interreligious and ecumenical dialogue in a nation, like Sri Lanka, that is undergoing a process of reconciliation after civil war. Speaking on the first full day of his apostolic journey to Sri Lanka, Pope Francis addressed an interreligious and ecumenical gathering and reaffirmed the Church’s deep and […]

“I will teach my child only one thing: love”
In 1995, during the war in the former Yugoslavia, Sister Lucy Vertrusc and two other religious sisters were raped by Serbian soldiers. As a consequence, she found out later that she was pregnant. An Italian newspaper published years later a heartfelt letter that Sr Vertrusc wrote to her mother superior with an amazing witness of a spousal-love […]
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