News from the Church in Malta
‘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. 14 ‘You are light for the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden. 15 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 »
Theology of the Body
An upcoming Theology of the Body Congress is now being offered worldwide through the Internet, as the onsite registration has been sold out.
The Theology of the Body Institute is holding its first national congress July 28-30 near Philadelphia, drawing in a variety of speakers to give presentations and workshops on this topic from various perspectives: pastoral ministry, catechesis and evangelization, philosophy and theology, marriage and family… Read more »
It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb. But Mary was standing outside near the tomb, weeping. Then, as she wept, she stooped to look inside, and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head, the other at the feet… Read more »
Il-Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent tixtieq toffri xi riflessjonijiet u tagħti l-opinjoni tagħha fuq l-iżvilupp propost ta’ marina, hotel u binjiet oħra f’Ħondoq ir-Rummien, limiti tal-Qala, Għawdex. Dan tixtieq tagħmlu għaliex tħoss li d-diskussjoni pubblika li qanqal u li għadu jqanqal dan l-iżvilupp propost, qed tindirizza prinċipji fundamentali u għazliet importanti li jeħtieg li nagħmlu bħala pajjiż li hu mpenjat fl-iżvilupp sostenibbli ta’ dawn il-gżejjer… Read more »
That same day, Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, but such large crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The people all stood on the shore, and he told them many things in parables. He said, ‘Listen, a sower went out to sow. As he sowed, some seeds fell on the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate them up… Read more »
On Friday, 16th July, 2010, the Diocesan Youth Commission (KDŻ) presented Bishop Mario Grech with a memento of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Malta. The presentation was made at a meeting between KDŻ Malta and KDŻ Gozo, at the Gozo Curia. The memento, a replica of the painting the Pope was given by the youth at the Valletta Waterfront, marks the close collaboration between the two Commissions on the preparations to the visit… Read more »
Some 635,000 signatures in defense of marriage and family were presented to the Argentinean Senate, as legislators consider legalizing same-sex unions and adoption by same-sex couples.
Senator Liliana Negre de Alonso, president of the Senate’s General Legislation Commission, received Monday representatives of various institutions who handed her 524,000 signatures and a statement supported by more than 400 organizations. A separate 110,000 signatures were also turned in from people who are urging lawmakers to put the issue before a popular vote… Read more »
He was still speaking to the crowds when suddenly his mother and his brothers were standing outside and were anxious to have a word with him. still speaking to the crowds when suddenly his mother and his brothers were standing outside and were anxious to have a word with him. But to the man who told him this Jesus replied, ‘Who is my mother? … Read more »
On Sunday, 19th July, 2010, at midnight, the Marathon ‘Oħloq Tbissima’ in aid of the Missions run by the Missionary Society of Saint Paul was brought to a close. €174,770 were collected during the 60-hour marathon during which was characterised by various activities, such as Mass, a live chat via Skype with missionaries abroad, a song festival, etc. The President of Malta, Dr… Read more »
With a 31-article document, the Vatican today streamlined the process for dealing with priests who sexually abuse minors, as well as clarifying and updating other procedures and crimes handled by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Much of the content of the document, approved by Benedict XVI on May 21, was already in force.
The norms organize into one document faculties generally granted to the congregation over the years since the 2001 apostolic letter “Sacramentorum Sanctitatis Tutela,” which outlined the norms for addressing cases of “gravioribus delictis” (grave crimes)… Read more »
