News from the Church in Malta
On Tuesday, 23nd March, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. visited the Junior College Campus at Msida. Archbishop Cremona celebrated Mass and met the students and staff.
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Pope John Paul II
Benedict XVI will preside next week at a Mass marking the fifth anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II.
The Mass will be held March 29 instead of the actual date of the Pope’s death, the Vatican reported, because April 2 falls on Good Friday.
During the prayers of the faithful, this petition will be offered in Polish: “For the Venerable Pope John Paul II, who served the Church to the limit of his strength: So that from heaven he intercedes to spread the hope that is realized by fully participating in the glory of the resurrection.”
In German, a petition will be offered for Benedict XVI, “so that he follows in the steps of Peter, carrying out his ministry with docile and firm perseverance to sustain the faithful.”
A petition in Spanish will pray for “those here united to remember Pope John Paul II: So that we know to love and serve the Church as he loved and served, giving testimony in the faith of God and offering his love to all.”
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Now that the Holy Week celebrations are soon with us, Nature Trust (Malta) and the Kummissjoni Interdjocesana Ambjent (Environment Commission) would like to appeal to all churches and parishes especially to those parishes that organise the passion processions on Good Friday to refrain from using entire olive trees in this holy event.
The olive tree is an ecologically and economically important indigenous tree which reaches maturity only after a couple of years… Read more »
Chiara Badano
The Catholic lay Focolare movement will soon have its first beatified member. Chiara Badano, who died just 20 years ago while still a teenager, will be beatified Sept. 25. Bishop Pier Giorgio Micchiardi of Acqui, Italy, announced Friday the beatification, which will take place in Rome. Archbishop Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, will preside over the ceremony.
Young people of the Focolare movement will that evening celebrate Badano’s beatification in Paul VI Hall… Read more »
A press conference was held on Tuesday 23rd March 2010, during which the Interdiocesan Committee responsible for the Papal Visit, gave details regarding the Mass which will be celebrated by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, on the Granaries, on Sunday 18th April.
Mons Charles Cordina, the Coordinator of the Committee, stated that, following the pattern of Pope Benedict’s visits in other countries, this Mass will be the principal activity. … Read more »
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone
“Europe is trying to find its own identity. To create a new, lasting unity, political, economic and legal tools are important, but an ethical and spiritual renewal must also be awakene, taking inspiration from the Christian roots of the Continent”. This was stated yesterday by card. Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, as in Montecassino he celebrated the Day of Transition of Saint Benedict of Norcia… Read more »
Monday
10.00 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting.
4.30 p.m. The Archbishop presides over a meeting of the Diocesan Finance Committee at the Curia.
Tuesday
7.30 a.m. The Archbishop visits the Junior College Campus at Msida, where he celebrates Mass and meets the students and staff.
6.30 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates Mass on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the San Dominic Savio Oratory, Birkirkara… Read more »
On Friday, 19th March, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at Ta’ Loreto, Church, G’Mangia and afterwards, unveiled the monument of Mgr. Isidor Formosa, founder of the Congregation of the Ursoline Sisters.
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Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI has apologised to victims of child sex abuse by Catholic priests in Ireland. In a pastoral letter to Irish Catholics, he acknowledged the sense of betrayal in the Church felt by victims and their families. The Pope said there had been “serious mistakes” among bishops in responding to allegations of paedophilia. The pastoral letter is the first public statement by the Vatican on the sexual abuse of children, dating back decades… Read more »
H.G. Archbishop Mgr. Paul Cremona O.P. has entrusted Caritas Malta with the task of exposing the face of poverty in Malta, and said that this would be a difficult mission as poverty was hidden. The Archbishop was addressing a Forum organised by Caritas Malta to launch its programme of activities to mark the year 2010, which has been designated by the European Commission as the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (EY2010)… Read more »
