News from the Church in Malta
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Having risen in the morning on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdala from whom he had cast out seven devils. She then went to those who had been his companions, and who were mourning and in tears, and told them… Read more »
On Thursday 28th April, 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. participated in the Magnificat Celebration, at the Palace Hotel, Sliema.
Click on photos to enlarge. The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta… Read more »
Pope John Paul II
Hundreds of people have been giving public witness to the ways Pope John Paul II changed or even saved their lives. Men and women of all ages and nationalities have sent personal stories to www.karol-wojtyla.org — a website run by the Diocese of Rome dedicated to the late pope’s beatification and canonization. As of April 28, the multi-lingual site published more than 400 testimonies from people sharing the ways they feel Pope John Paul interceded on their behalf or brought them back to the church… Read more »
Without referring to any particular case, the principles for the admission or exclusion of advocates from the Album of an Ecclesiasticcal Tribunal are taken from these documents.
The Apostolic Letter Justi Judicis (art. 6) of 1988 states that “Furthermore from the Album should be removed … those who agree with or are active in associations or movements which promote ways of thinking or acting that are contrary to the faith and the Catholic teachings about morals, or defend proposals and advice about civil order which go against the precepts of natural and christian law”… Read more »
l-Knisja Kattolika għada tiċċelebra l-ikbar festa tagħha; dik tal-qawmien ta’ Ġesù mill-imwiet, u permezz t’hekk, ir-rebħa fuq il-mewt u d-dnub. Bi tħejjija għal din il-festa, IL-ĠENSillum online tkellmet ma’ Fr Hector Scerri, Kap tad-Dipartiment tat-Teoloġija Fundamentali u Dogmatika fil-Fakultà tat-Teoloġija dwar is-sinjifikat ta’ din il-festa llum.
San Pawl jgħid li mingħajr riżurrezzjoni, il-fidi tagħna tkun fiergħa. Kif din tista’ tagħmel sens għan-nisrani fil-ħajja ta’ llum? … Read more »
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI warned of the consequences of a climate of indifference or even hostility to faith in increasingly secularized Spain and the dangers presented by the current difficult economic climate. Pope Benedict told the new Spanish ambassador to the Vatican that the role of the church and the help it can offer should not be overlooked, especially in such hard times… Read more »
On the Thursday, 28th April, 2011, at 7.00 p.m. Metropolitan Seraphim El-Suriany, Head of the British Orthodox Church, within the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, will preside at an Ecumenical Service at Cospicua Parish Church. Metropolitan Seraphim will deliver a sermon on Building Bridges: A Witness to be borne jointly. The Coptic Christians who fell victims to violence in the last months will be commemorated… Read more »
Vatican Library
The Vatican Library celebrates 560 years of existence this year. Its official beginnings date, in fact, from the Brief ‘pro communi doctorum virorum commodo’ (to facilitate the research of scholars) emanated by Pope Nicholas V on 30 April 1451. The Brief established that all important books and other documents within Vatican premises be gathered together in the same place, and that they be made accessible to all for consultation, even lay scholars… Read more »
Monday
10.00 a.m. The Archbishop attends Anzac Day Celebration at the Pieta Military Cemetery.
Tuesday
9.30 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a meeting of the Major Seminary Staff and the Staff of the Faculty of Theology, at his residence in Attard.
4.30 p.m. The Archbishop meets Ms. Kathleen Beckman from the Magnificat Prayer Group, at his residence in Attard… Read more »
