.- During a ceremony on Tuesday at the offices of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, the Shalom Community, which was founded in Brazil 25 years ago, was granted pontifical recognition as an International Association of the Faithful of Pontifical Right.
The ceremony was attended by more than 500 members of Shalom, the president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, Archbishop Stanislaw Rylko, and Cardinal Claudio Hummes, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy.
Founded by Moises de Azevedo Filho, Shalom seeks to evangelize young people and is currently present in ten countries.
Members of Shalom will celebrate a Mass of thanksgiving at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, presided by Cardinal Hummes.
Shalom Community receives pontifical recognition
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