The Diocese of Ferns is asking its parishes for additional funds to help cover the cost of legal settlements stemming from cases of clerical child abuse. The diocese paid more than 10.5 million euros ($14.2 million) in legal settlements to victims, payments to lawyers and fees for treatment programs for offenders, Bishop Denis Brennan of Ferns told the annual general meeting of the diocesan finance committee March 1… Read more »

Representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church in Poland met last week to discuss steps toward reconciliation between the two countries.

A communiqué from the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations reported that their visit to Warsaw on Thursday and Friday aimed to “discuss the Churches’ possible assistance in building good-neighborly relations between the peoples of Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.”

It was organized at the invitation of Archbishop Jozef Michalik of Przemysl, president of the Polish bishops’ conference, and Metropolitan Savva of Warsaw and All Poland, who is the head of the Orthodox Church in Poland… Read more »

Is-Segretarjat għas-Saċerdoti u Reliġjużi Maltin Barra mid-Djoċesi u l-Kummissjoni Emigranti jifirħu mill-qalb lill-E.T. Mons. Vincent Costa li nhar il-Ħadd, 7 ta’ Marzu se jagħti bidu għall-ministeru episkopali tiegħu fid-Djoċesi ta’ Jundiai.

Mons. Vincent Costa, imwieled B’Kara, għamel l-istudji filosofiċi fl-Universita’ ta’ Malta u dawk Teoloġiċi fil-Curitiba, Brasil.  Hu ġie ordnat saċerdot fis-17 ta’ Diċembru 1972 u wara għamel Kors tat-Teoloġija Biblika fil-Pontificio Colegio Pio Brasileiro, Ruma   Hu kien Isqof ta’ Umuarama, Brasil… Read more »

Maltin Awstraljani f’Melbourne dan l-aħħar kixfu bust ta’ San Ġorġ Preca fiċ-ċentru tal-komunità tal-Maltin f’Parkville.

Il-bust tal-ewwel qaddis Malti nkixef u kien imbierek mill-Isqof Malti Mons Joseph Grech, DD, li kkonċelebra quddiesa tal-okkażjoni flimkien ma’ saċerdoti Maltin. Iċ-ċerimonja saret nhar is-Sibt, 20 ta’ Frar, fil-kappella ta’ San Pawl, Parkville.

AGĦFAS HAWN BIEX TKOMPLI TAQRA DAN L-ARTIKLU FUQ IS-SIT www.il-gensillum.com Read more »

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6th – 8th March, 2010

Saturday, 6th March

5.30 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates Mass at Manikata Parish for the official opening of the Pastoral Visit.

7.15 p.m. The Archbishop meets the farmers of Manikata.

Sunday, 7th March

10.30 a.m. The Archbishop meets the Youth Commission and youths from Manikata Parish.

11.30 a.m. The Archbishop holds a meeting with the Manikata Parish Pastoral Council and stays with them for lunch… Read more »