News from the Church in Malta
Today, just after midday, right after reciting the Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI mentioned that he was going to hold a Consistory in which he was going to institute a number of cardinals.
It is with great joy for the people of our islands, especially the Catholic Church, that amongst them is a Maltese priest, Fr Prospero Grech. Fr Grech is an Augustinian Friar who is a highly renowned expert in Holy Scripture… Read more »
Pope with Rabbi Sacks
The free market is the economic model that seems most consonant with biblical teaching, but the global economic crisis demonstrates that, without moral values, the market economy can implode, said Great Britain’s chief rabbi. Sir Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, traveled to the Vatican to speak with Pope Benedict XVI about united efforts to bring morality back to the marketplace and to deliver a major speech at the Pontifical Gregorian University… Read more »
L-2012 issa tinsab magħna u magħha l-awguri għal sena ġdida mimlija risq u barka. Fl-istess ħin, ħarsa lejn il-previżjonijiet tal-osservaturi politiċi u ekonomiċi lejn is-sena l-ġdida huma aktarx ‘mudlama’ u mimlija tbassir ta’ sena diffiċli fejn il-kriżijiet tal-aħħar snin se jkomplu jiggravaw irwieħhom.
Hekk, in-Nazzjonijiet Uniti u l-Fond Monetarju Internazzjonali, biex niċċitaw tnejn, qed ibassru tkabbir ekonomiku dinji kajman bl-ekonomiji żviluppati (aqra Ewropa, Amerika u Ġappun) b’riskju qawwi ta’ spirall ekonomiku negattiv frott il-problemi tad-dejn tal-gvernijiet, is-settur bankarju fraġli, id-domanda baxxa u l-paraliżi politika, hekk kif il-politiċi qed isibuha diffiċli jsibu s-soluzzjonijiet… Read more »
Climate Change – A global issue
Climate change is a faith issue because it deals with God’s creation and with poverty, said Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa.
The cardinal, president of Caritas Internationalis, was in Durban, South Africa, for the U.N.-sponsored international conference on climate change; he discussed the conference with journalists at the Vatican. Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of 165 national Catholic charities, provides emergency relief and development aid around the globe… Read more »
Avventura ma’ Ġesu’, programm ġdid għat-tfal fuq Radju Marija mtella’ mill-Kummissjoni Djoċesana Tfal (frekwenza 102.3 għal Malta u 107.8 għal Għawdex).
Elena, membru ta’ din il-Kummissjoni, ser tippreżenta dan il-programm kull nhar ta’ Ġimgha, fid-9 ta’ filgħodu. Il-programm ser jixxandar għall-ewwel darba fit-tlettax ta’ Jannar. Dan il-programm se jgħin biex insiru nafu iktar lil Ġesu’ mill-qrib, għaliex fih se jkun hemm l-opportunita’ li tiġi spjegata għat-tfal, il-Liturgija tal-Ħadd… Read more »
Mourning of Cardinal John P.Foley
Pope Benedict XVI said he hoped the legacy of the late Cardinal John P. Foley would inspire others to make the Gospel known through mass media. In a telegram to Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia, the pope expressed his sadness and condolences for the death of Cardinal Foley, who died Dec. 11 in Darby, Pa., after a battle with leukemia… Read more »
An Open Day was organized by RTK Radio on New Year’s Day 2012 at Dar tal-Providenza, during which €831,212 were collected in aid of the Home. This was the highest sum ever collected during the last 15 years that RTK have organized this Open Day through a televised marathon. From early morning until late evening, in spite of inclement weather, large crowds of Maltese people gathered under a tent erected for this purpose in the parking home of the residence… Read more »
Friday, 6th January
11.30 a.m. The Archbishop meets the parish priest, Fr Josef Mifsud, in preparation for his pastoral visit in the parish, at the Curia.
Saturday, 7th January
4.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets Catechists at the Parish Centre.
5.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets the Diakonia Commission, at the Parish Centre.
6.30 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates Mass at the Parish Church and afterwards meets with the people… Read more »
On New Year’s day 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona OP and Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Mercieca welcomed representatives of civil authorities and constituted bodies to exchange greetings for the New Year, at the Archbishop’s Palace, Valletta.
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World Day of Peace and Justice
Benedict XVI is highlighting the importance of young people in the quest for justice and peace, but he says the fundamental question that must be asked to educate them is “who is man?”
The Pope thus encouraged all types of educators — from families to politicians to media professionals — to understand the beings they are educating… Read more »
