At this time, the Church, especially after the Second Vatican Council, called young people to participate in the world, to be seeds of change, builders of peace, following the example set by Jesus Christ.
[1] This community has hundreds of prayer groups scattered in its more than sixty missions distributed throughout the regions of Brazil and in various countries abroad (France, Canada, Italy, Israel, Hungary, Algeria, Madagascar, Switzerland, Uruguay, Chile, Guyana France, England, the United States, Paraguay, Bolivia, Ecuador, Tunisia, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Panama, Argentina, the Philippines, Poland and Germany), promoting large and small evangelizing events to these groups and to catechetical and Christian formation courses and retreats, always at the request of local bishops.
One of the most remarkable lines, of course, was Pope Benedict XVI when he said in the handing over of the Pontifical Recognition to the Shalom Community: "Always Be a Missionary Church!"
In May 2012, at the 30th Jubilee of the Community, it received its Definitive Recognition and Approval of its Statutes at the hands of Pope Benedict XVI through the Pontifical Council for the Laity.
[5] In September 2017, on the occasion of the commemoration of the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Community, about 3,000 members were welcomed by Pope Francis at the Vatican in a private audience.