News from the Church in Malta
Click on the links below to watch in five parts the programme ‘Qalb in-Nies’ broadcast on TVM on Sunday, 6th June, 2010.
L-Uffiċċju Komunikazzjoni fil-Kurja tal-Arċisqof qed joffri kopja tal-programm ‘Qalb in-Nies’ li xxandar il-Ħadd 6 ta’ Ġunji, 2010, u li tratta s-Sagramenti taż-Żwieġ u l-Ewkaristija, biex jintuża għall-skopijiet pastorali, bħal laqgħat ta’ diskussjoni fi gruppi parrokkjali… Read more »
To mark the end of the Year for Priests, which will be celebrated on Friday 11th June, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. is presently in Rome to attend a Congress which is being organized by the Congregation for the Clergy. He is accompanied by another twenty priests from Malta and Gozo. Around 11,000 priests from 110 other countries are attending this Congress.
The Congress, which started on the 9th June, aimed to offer a variety of meetings and liturgical celebrations… Read more »
So he told them this parable: ‘Which one of you with a hundred sheep, if he lost one, would fail to leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the missing one till he found it? And when he found it, would he not joyfully take it on his shoulders and then, when he got home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them, “Rejoice with me, I have found my sheep that was lost.” In the same way, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety-nine upright people who have no need of repentance… Read more »
Middle East – Special Synod October 2010
A translation of the unofficial synthesis of the “instrumentum laboris” (working document) of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place in October in Rome, is available on ZENIT’s Web page.
The unofficial summary was published Saturday by the Vatican press office.
Benedict XVI delivered the “instrumentum laboris” to the seven patriarchs and two archbishops of the Middle East on Sunday, the last day of his apostolic journey to Cyprus… Read more »
Kull erba snin id-dilettanti tal-futbol jistennew b’ħerqa kbira it-Tazza tad-Dinja, imsejħa l-akbar spettaklu tat-televizjoni. Il-futbol pero’, aktar milli jkun biss spettaklu għandu missjoni x’jaqdi, għaliex permezz tiegħu ż-żgħażagħ li jħobbuh u jippratikawh jistgħu isiru persuni aħjar jekk jgħixu l-valuri li joffri.
Għal dan il-għan, is-Segretarjat għall-Katekezi tal-Knisja f’ Malta, b’kollaborazzjoni mal-Youth Football Association, qed jorganizzaw seminar bit-tema: TAZZA TAD-DINJA 2010 – IL-VALURI Fl-ISPORTS… Read more »
‘For I tell you, if your uprightness does not surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of Heaven. ‘You have heard how it was said to our ancestors, You shall not kill; and if anyone does kill he must answer for it before the court. But I say this to you, anyone who is angry with a brother will answer for it before the court; anyone who calls a brother “Fool” will answer for it before the Sanhedrin; and anyone who calls him “Traitor” will answer for it in hell fire… Read more »
Year for Priests banner
Priests from around the world are gathering in Rome this week for the official closing of their year.
The Year for Priests, called by Benedict XVI, draws to a close with a Wednesday through Friday program of events. All the priests of the world have been invited to the celebration, which is being promoted by the Congregation for the Clergy and has as its theme: “Faithfulness of Christ, Faithfulness of Priests.”
The program’s first day, Wednesday, took priests to the Basilica of St… Read more »
Matthew 5,17-19
‘Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete them. In truth I tell you, till heaven and earth disappear, not one dot, not one little stroke, is to disappear from the Law until all its purpose is achieved. Therefore, anyone who infringes even one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be considered the least in the kingdom of Heaven; but the person who keeps them and teaches them will be considered great in the kingdom of Heaven… Read more »
religious intolerance in Indonesia
Christians in Indonesia are expressing concerns regarding numerous attacks on churches and other signs of religious intolerance.
Theophilus Bela, president of the Jakarta Christian Communication Forum, and secretary general of the Indonesian Committee of Religions for Peace, met with Maria Otero, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs to discuss these issues.
Bela, a Catholic representative from the committee of religions for peace, told L’Osservatore Romano that he submitted a detailed report for the U.S… Read more »
‘You are salt for the earth. But if salt loses its taste, what can make it salty again? It is good for nothing, and can only be thrown out to be trampled under people’s feet. ‘You are light for the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp to put it under a tub; they put it on the lamp-stand where it shines for everyone in the house… Read more »
