News from the Church in Malta
Chiara Badano
Chiara Badano was a modern teenager: She liked to sing, dance, play tennis and skate, until cancer took her life at age 18, only two decades ago. Now, on Saturday at 4 p.m. in the shrine of Divine Love in Rome, Chiara will be beatified in a ceremony presided over by Archbishop Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, in representation of Benedict XVI… Read more »
A Learning Centre sponsored by the Voices Foundation was inaugurated at the Caritas Malta Therapeutic Centre at San Blas on Wednesday, 22nd September, 2010. This gives Caritas state of the art facilities to raise the level of education of clients undergoing programmes of rehabilitation from drug addiction, and for the training of staff.
The Centre was inaugurated by Voices Foundation Chairman Mr… Read more »
Now it happened that he was praying alone, and his disciples came to him and he put this question to them, ‘Who do the crowds say I am?’ And they answered, ‘Some say John the Baptist; others Elijah; others again one of the ancient prophets come back to life.’ ‘But you,’ he said to them, ‘who do you say I am?’ It was Peter who spoke up… Read more »
USA Catholic Charities
Benedict XVI is sending a promise of prayers for the 100th anniversary celebrations of Catholic Charities USA, which reaches out to 9 million people every year.
The Pope sent a message to the organization through an Aug. 11 letter from his secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, to Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum… Read more »
Malta has contributed to Fostering Epilepsy Care in Europe report just published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the two international epilepsy organisations, the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) and the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). This report was launched during the recent Epilepsy and Society conference which was held in Porto, Portugal last month. The conference was attended by committee members of the Caritas Malta Epilepsy Association… Read more »
Meanwhile Herod the tetrarch had heard about all that was going on; and he was puzzled, because some people were saying that John had risen from the dead, others that Elijah had reappeared, still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life. But Herodsaid, ‘John? I beheaded him. So who is this I hear such reports about?’ And he was anxious to see him… Read more »
Square of Cathedral of Palermo
Days after Benedict XVI returned from a four-day visit to the United Kingdom, he is already planning his next pastoral trip, to Palermo, Italy.
A Vatican communiqué today detailed the schedule for the Pope’s Oct. 3 visit to the Italian island of Sicily on the occasion of a regional meeting of families and youth. The Pontiff will preside over an outdoor Mass at 10:30 a.m… Read more »
Meeting his Holiness was by far one of the greatest experiences of my life. I was one of the ten fortunate youths who were given the opportunity to spend 20 minutes with Pope Benedict XVI for the duration of his voyage on the catamaran during his visit to the Maltese Island in April 2010. Such an experience taught me that whatever your life style is, you must never feel superior to anyone… Read more »
He called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all devils and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. He said to them, ‘Take nothing for the journey: neither staff, nor haversack, nor bread, nor money; and do not have a spare tunic. Whatever house you enter, stay there; and when you leave let your departure be from there. … Read more »
Your Excellency, President of Malta and Mrs Abela,
Today we are celebrating Independence Day which our country acquired on 21st September 1964. Yet, the Maltese people, led by its political leaders, felt the need to go one step further than this event and, as a result, we also commemorate two other occasions: Republic Day on December 13th and Freedom Day on March 31st… Read more »
