News from the Church in Malta
On Thursday, 9th December, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met members of Church Secretariats and Commissions for prayer and exchange of Christmas greetings at the Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Naxxar.
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The media have often alluded to the fact that the Church faces some difficulties with respect to the Legislation which regulates Voluntary Organizations and their Administration.
It has been alleged that the obstacle lies in the fact that the Church does not wish to render an account of the financial income and expenditure of its Organizations, as stipulated by this legislation. This is certainly not the case. … Read more »
RTK radio is once again organizing it’s Christmas Campaign in aid of families in need and refugee children presently residing in Malta.
This Campaign is being organized in collaboration with the Central Office of Children in Need. It’s aim is to collect funds which are in turn distributed to families in need throughout the year. Part of the proceeds are donated to ‘’Id-Dar tal-Kleru’’, a retirement home for retired priests and clergy… Read more »
Matthew 11,16-19
‘What comparison can I find for this generation? It is like children shouting to each other as they sit in the market place: We played the pipes for you, and you wouldn’t dance; we sang dirges, and you wouldn’t be mourners. ‘For Johnman came, eating and drinking, and they say, “Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.” Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.’ came, neither eating nor drinking, and they say, “He is possessed.” The Son of
Saint of the Day: Our Lady of Loreto
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During this past year, members of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem sent almost €8 million ($10.7 million) in donations to the Holy Land.
Cardinal John Foley, grand master of the order, reported this Saturday in London at a lieutenancy meeting regarding the projects the organization is supporting.
He noted the commitment of the order “to the continued existence of a Christian presence in the Holy Land, defined as Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian Territories and Cyprus.”
Part of this funding went to support Benedict XVI’s visit to Cyprus earlier this year, and another is going to help in the construction of a Latin Catholic church in Aqaba, Jordan… Read more »
‘In truth I tell you, of all the children born to women, there has never been anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he. Since John the Baptist came, up to this present time, the kingdom of Heaven has been subjected to violence and the violent are taking it by storm… Read more »
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Luke 1,26-38
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, you who enjoy God’s favour! The Lord is with you.’ She was deeply disturbed by these words and asked herself what this greeting could mean, but the angelwill be great and will be called Son of the Most High… Read more »
The answers to the ills facing society today can be found when one turns to Christ, says Benedict XVI.
The Pope said this today upon receiving in audience Fernando Sanchez Campos, the new ambassador of Costa Rica to the Holy See, who presented his letters of credence.
The Holy Father congratulated that nation on the Jubilee Year that is under way that marks the 375th anniversary of the discovery of the image of Our Lady of the Angels, the national patron… Read more »
Matthew 18,12-14
‘Tell me. Suppose a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays; will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go in search of the stray? In truth I tell you, if he finds it, it gives him more joy than do the ninety-nine that did not stray at all. Similarly, it is never the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost… Read more »
Fid-dawl tar-riforma edukattiva ta’ tranżizzjoni mill-primarja għas-sekondarja, l‑Awtoritajiet tal-Knisja irrevedew il-kriterji u r-regolamenti għad-dħul fl-iskejjel tal-Knisja.
F’dawn l-iskejjel, sa issa, kienu jidħlu b’mod “awtomatiku” tfal mid-djar tal-Knisja, aħwa li għandhom ħuthom f’xi skola tal-Knisja, xi tfal ikkunsidrati bħala każijiet umanitarji gravi u tfal oħra li jintgħażlu bil-polza. Ma’ dawn il-kriterji qed jiżdiedu żewġ kriterji ġodda li pjuttost huma estensjoni ta’ dawk diġà eżistenti… Read more »
