On Saturday 29th May, 2010, the Secretariat for Parish Life and Activities together with Archbishop Paul Cremona OP, organised a Formation Seminar for the moderators of the Parish Pastoral Council hailing from seventy parishes in Malta.  The seminar was held at the Archbishop’s residence in Attard.

During this seminar, the Secretariat concentrated mainly upon the important work which is being done by the Parish Pastoral Council and its relevance with respect to the pastoral work undertaken in parishes… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI

PRIMA DELL’ANGELUS

Cari fratelli e sorelle!

Dopo il tempo pasquale, concluso domenica scorsa con la Pentecoste, la Liturgia è ritornata al “tempo ordinario”. Ciò non vuol dire però che l’impegno dei cristiani debba diminuire, anzi, entrati nella vita divina mediante i Sacramenti, siamo chiamati quotidianamente ad essere aperti all’azione della Grazia, per progredire nell’amore verso Dio e il prossimo… Read more »

L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona qal li l-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta għandha sehem importanti fil-proċess li jħares mill-qrib u jaġixxi quddiem l-uġigħ ta’ min qed ibati, inkluż mill-faqar. Fi kliemu, la f’Malta jeżisti l-faqar, jeżistu l-fqar. Fl-okkażjoni tas-Sena Ewropea ddedikata għall-ġlieda kontra l-faqar u l-esklużjoni soċjali, kien organizzat seminar mill-Aġenzija Caritas flimkien mal-Kummissjoni Ġustizzja u Paċi tad-djoċesi u l-Provinċja Agostinjana f’Malta. Is-seminar iffoka fuq l-effetti tal-faqar fuq il-familja, anki bħala parti mill-kampanja ILQA’ L-ISFIDA…ĠIB IL-FAQAR FIX-XEJN… Read more »

Abortion

The Sydney Archdiocese is backing U.K. bishops in denouncing a television advertisement from an abortion service provider that aired in the United Kingdom this week.

The commercial, produced by Marie Stopes International, one of the biggest abortion providers in the United Kingdom, asks women, “Are you late?” If you’re late for your period, you could be pregnant,” the advertisement states. “If you’re pregnant and don’t know what to do, Marie Stopes International can help.”

The bishops’ conference of England and Wales released a statement denouncing the broadcasting of “services which offer or refer for abortion.”

Today, the Sydney Archdiocese published an article backing the U.K… Read more »

Hamburg University

The University of Hamburg is preparing to launch a new center of Catholic theology and the pedagogy of religion, reports the Vatican. The Vatican press office reported today that on May 18, the Holy See and the city of Hamburg, Germany, “signed an agreement concerning the creation” of the center. The University of Hamburg already has a similar center on its campus for protestant theology… Read more »

Israel

Holy See-Israel relations continued on a positive course last week with another successful meeting of bilateral commission.

The Bilateral Permanent Working Commission between the Holy See and the State of Israel met last Thursday “to continue negotiations pursuant to Article 10 § 2 of the Fundamental Agreement,” a Vatican communiqué reported.”

The Fundamental Agreement was signed Dec. 30, 1993, and it established diplomatic relationships between the two entities… Read more »

On Tuesday, 25th May, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. blessed the statue of a sorrowful ‘Mother of God’, situated just infront of the main entrance of Mater Dei Hospital.  The statue was unveiled by Health Minister Joe Cassar. The three metre high bronze statue is the work of a 30 year old artist from Qrendi, Christopher Ebejer. The statue was cast at Chetcuti Foundry of Luqa… Read more »

WYD 2011

With Sunday’s feast of Pentecost, the youth of Catholic Action have begun a three-stage spiritual preparation for the 2011 World Youth Day in Madrid.

“It is the time to begin our spiritual pilgrimage in preparation for Madrid’s WYD, to start ‘warming’ the heart and mind,” said Chiara Finocchietti, the vice president of Italy’s youth branch. “At the center of this journey we place prayer and the support of the saints.”

Catholic Action leaders are proposing the spiritual pilgrimage for all countries where the group is active… Read more »