News from the Church in Malta
A project entitled Żwieġ B’Saħħtu was launched by Cana Movement in October 2008, the aim of which is to create greater awareness among the general public on the necessity for strengthening marriage and the family, through the presentation of different topics and aspects of family life.
The third talk in the fourth cycle of seminars will be delivered on 25th April 2012 by Dr Anna Maria Vella, President of the Cana Movement… Read more »
Archbishop’s Seminary, Tal-Virtù
20th April 2012
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In the Gospel of John, we find these words: “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10,10). This is also the mission of the Church. Our Lord founded the Church and continues to sustain it so that it will give life to human beings… Read more »
On Friday 20th April 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. blessed and inaugurated the new primary school and vocations centre at the Archbishop’s Seminary in Tal-Virtù.
CLICK HERE to read the Archbishop’s message on this occasion.
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The current U.S. debate over religious freedom should inspire Catholics in Europe to seek greater legal protection of their right to conscientious objection, according to a retired Vatican cardinal. Believers and institutions must have a legal right to invoke conscientious objection when faced with “legislative norms that, because of their moral implications, are in conflict with moral norms officially affirmed by one’s religious authorities,” said Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, former president of the commission governing Vatican City State… Read more »
Sudan and South Sudan border
Saying civilian lives are at risk, Catholic leaders appealed to the international community to step up efforts to prevent full-scale war from erupting over disputed territory along the tenuous Sudan-South Sudan border.
Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Adwok Kur of Khartoum, Sudan, said in an email to Catholic News Service that tensions between Sudan and South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, could be defused if the United Nations and the African Union would mediate the differences and attempt to determine the proper border between the two countries… Read more »
On Tuesday 17th April 2012, the new Ambassador to France, H.E. Michel Vandepoorter, paid a courtesy visit to the Archbishop, at the Curia.
Click on the photos to enlarge. The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta… Read more »
Friday, 20th April
4.30 p.m. The Archbishop meets the ArchPriest in preparation for his pastoral visit in his parish.
Saturday, 21st April
4.30 p.m. The Archbishop meets the Diaconia Commission at Dun Pawl Camilleri hall.
6.00 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates Mass at the Parish Church, for the official opening of the pastoral visit and afterwards meets with the people… Read more »
Wednesday April 18 – The 5th edition of the Young People’s Forum is being held at Dar L-Ewropa, Valletta, between 7pm and 9pm. The theme, Education>Integration will discuss concrete changes in the educational system for the benefit of social integration.
The Forum brings together young people with a christian inspiration and from a wide spectrum of social interests… Read more »
‘Icons or Idols’ is the title of the next public ecumenical dialogue meeting to be held on Thursday, 26th April 2012. The meeting is organised by Christians together in Malta (Malta Ecumenical Council) and will start at 6.00 and last till 7.00 p.m., at St. Andrews House, Old Bakery Street, Valletta. Everyone is welcome to attend and share his/her views on this topic. Read more »
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Sacred Scripture
The annual plenary session of the Pontifical Biblical Commission began Monday and will run through Friday at the “Domus Sanctae Marthae” inside Vatican City under the presidency of Cardinal William Joseph Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Jesuit Father Klemens Stock, secretary general of the commission, is chairing the session. The participants will continue their reflections on the theme of “Inspiration and Truth in the Bible.”
As a first stage in its examination of this subject, the commission has chosen to focus attention on the way in which inspiration and truth appear in sacred Scripture… Read more »
