News from the Church in Malta
5th – 15th March 2011
Friday, 4th March
11.30 a.m. The Archbishop holds a meeting with the Parish Priest, at the Curia.
Saturday, 5th March
5.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets with the Adolescent and Youth Commission at the Carmelite Family Centre.
6.30 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates Mass in the Parish Church and afterwards, meets the parishioners… Read more »
State of the Vatican City
Millions of citizens of countries from all over the world enter Vatican territory every year to visit the Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica or catch a glimpse of the pope on a Sunday in St. Peter’s Square. But only a select 572 souls can claim citizenship of the Vatican itself, statistics released March 1 showed.
Those are the ones carrying what is probably the most exclusive ID card in the world, issued by the Stato della Citta del Vaticano, or Vatican City State… Read more »
Pope's new book
Benedict XVI’s new book, “Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week — From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection,” will be presented in the Vatican on March 10. The Pope’s book is being released in Italian by the Vatican Publishing House, and in English by Ignatius Press. It will also be published in German, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Polish.
A press conference will be held for the presentation of the book, with the participation of Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, and Claudio Magris, a writer and German scholar… Read more »
On Tuesday 1st March, 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met with the Diaconia Commission and the Family Commission of Fgura.
Click on the photo to enlarge. The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta. Tel: 21236723. Email: [email protected] Read more »
…
Pope praying
Benedict XVI is dedicating the month of March to pray for Latin America, so that the nations of the continent become more just and peaceful.
The Apostleship of Prayer announced the intentions chosen by the Pope for this month. His general intention is: “That the nations of Latin America may walk in fidelity to the Gospel and progress in justice and peace.”
The Pontiff’s apostolic intention for March is: “That the Holy Spirit may give light and strength to those in many regions of the world who are persecuted and discriminated against because of the Gospel.”
VATICAN CITY, MARCH 1, 2011 (Zenit.org) Read more »
…
On Monday 28th February, 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. visited the Catechism Centre (MUSEUM) for girls in Fgura and later visited the Catechism Centre (MUSEUM) for boys in the same parish. The following day, Tuesday 1st March, the Archbishop met the Diakonia Commission of Fgura.
Click on the photo to enlarge… Read more »
PRAYER AND SOLIDARITY
As bishops of Malta and Gozo, we wish to unite ourselves with many people, families, religious and civil leaders all around the world and in our country in order to publicly express our preoccupation with respect to the gravity of the current situation in some Arab states.
We understand that according to the dictates of reason and in line with the social teachings of the Church, there can be no peace and progress without justice… Read more »
At midday today, Benedict XVI received participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications who are currently meeting to reflect on the question of language and new technology.
The Pope noted how “ideas and relations are always part of the modality of language, understood, naturally, in a broad and not only a verbal sense”. In this context he affirmed that “the new languages being developed in digital communications lead, among other things, to capacities that are more intuitive and emotional than analytical, tending towards a different logical organisation of our ideas and our relationship with reality, often privileging images and hypertextual links”… Read more »
Fr Daniel Farrugia ilu tlettax-il sena jwettaq ħidma pastorali fi Tripli bħala Vigarju Ġenerali. Fr Daniel aċċetta li jaqsam l-esperjenza tiegħu, b’mod speċjali ta’ dawn il-ġranet, mal-qarrejja ta’ IL-ĠENSillum online.
Kemm ilek il-Libja u x’inhi eżatt il-kariga/missjoni tiegħek fi ħdan il-Knisja fil-Libja?
Jiena ilni 13-il sena hawnhekk bħala Vigarju Ġenerali, imma nservi l-komunità Maltija, dik tal-lingwa Ingliża u Taljana, barra li nagħti l-għajnuna tiegħi lill-immigranti… Read more »
The Cana Movement cordially invites the general public to a talk which will be held on Wednesday 2nd March, 2011, at Sala Mons Gonzi, Catholic Institute, Floriana at 7pm. The guest speaker will be Dr Anthony Rutter Giappone, who will trace the movement of human love in the person – a love which reaches its realization in marriage. He will explain how this natural institution becomes for Christians a sacrament of love and a source of grace and power in the celebration of one’s marriage… Read more »
