Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI is acknowledging the signs of faith in the United Kingdom, and looking ahead with anticipation to his upcoming visit there. The Pope affirmed this today in an audience with the bishops of England and Wales who are in Rome on their five-yearly “ad limina” visit. “Even amid the pressures of a secular age,” he said, “there are many signs of living faith and devotion among the Catholics of England and Wales.”

The Pontiff mentioned in particular “the enthusiasm generated by the visit of the relics of St… Read more »

Xejn inqas minn seba’ Christian Bands lokali se jieħdu sehem fil-ħames edizzjoni li jmiss tal-Konkors Kanzunetta Uffiċjali Jum Iż-Żgħażagħ, li ser jittella’ nhar is-Sibt 27 ta’ Frar, 2010 fit-Teatru Sależjan, tas-Sliema.  Id-dħul għal dan il-Konkors hu mingħajr ħlas, u min se jattendi żgur li se joħrog sodisfatt mill-kwalita’ ta’ mużika Live li dawn il-bands żgħażagħ se joffrulna.  Is-seba’ kanzunetti li gew imhejjija apposta mill-bands ghall-dan il-Konkors huma xhieda tal-fidi ħajja u l-entuzjazmu taż-żgħażagħ li juzaw it-talenti taghhom tal-muzika biex iwasslu messagg pozittiv.  … Read more »

Leprosy

Leprosy still is not a thing of the past, and the president of the Vatican’s health care council is calling people to take Sunday as a day to be in solidarity with people who still suffer from this ancient disease. Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski made this call in a letter for World Leprosy Day, to be celebrated in 2010 this Sunday.

The archbishop’s statement, for presidents of episcopal conferences and bishops who oversee health care ministry, noted: “Leprosy, known also as Hansen’s disease, in reality continues infecting annually hundreds of thousands of people worldwide… Read more »