News from the Church in Malta
‘In all truth I tell you, you will be weeping and wailing while the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy. A woman in childbirth suffers, because her time has come; but when she has given birth to the child she forgets the suffering in her joy that a human being has been born into the world… Read more »
Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. is the first Maltese Archbishop to visit the Maltese missionaries in Honduras. He was welcomed by the Maltese bishops, Robert Camilleri OFM and Joe Bonello OFM, together with Fr Albert Gauci. On leaving the airport, following a courtesy visit to Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriegues, Archbishop Cremona commenced a three hour journey to the diocese of Olancia, in Juticalpa, where Mons Bonello serves as the Bishop… Read more »
As part of the Cana Movement project ‘Zwieg b’Sahhtu’, a talk will be organised on 23rd May 2012 on ‘Spiritual Intimacy’. The talk will be delivered by Leslie and Charmaine Caruana, leaders of the couples’ support group ‘Belong’. The general public is invited to attend this session which will be held at Sala San Pawl, Catholic Institute, Floriana, at 7.00pm.
During the talk, Leslie and Charmaine Caruana will explore aspects of spousal spiritual intimacy including: basics on prayer; the vocation to agape love; the spousal gift of self that reflects Christ’s love; entering into a covenant with God; the couple’s life journey towards holiness and becoming a source of grace through the Sacrament of Marriage… Read more »
Francois Hollande, French President
Pope Benedict XVI wrote to the newly sworn-in President of France, Francois Hollande. In his telegram, the Holy Father expresses the hope that France continue to be, “a factor of peace and solidarity in the active search for the common good, respect for life and the dignity of every person and all peoples,” in Europe and the international community… Read more »
In a short time you will no longer see me, and then a short time later you will see me again. Then some of his disciples said to one another, ‘What does he mean, “In a short time you will no longer see me, and then a short time later you will see me again,” and, “I am going to the Father”? … Read more »
Work and Family
“Work should not be an obstacle to the family, but should rather sustain and unite it”, affirmed Benedict XVI in an appeal made at the end of today’s general audience.
After recalling that yesterday was the celebration of the International Day of Families that the UN dedicated this year to the relationship between family and work, the Pope noted that work should favour the family, “helping it to be open to life and to enter into relationship with society and with the Church”… Read more »
I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you to bear now. However, when the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth, since he will not be speaking of his own accord, but will say only what he has been told; and he will reveal to you the things to come… Read more »
Sansepolcro
Celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of a town founded to be a model of Gospel peace and justice, Pope Benedict XVI said Christians today must find ways to infuse their cities and nations with Gospel values while welcoming and respecting people with other beliefs. In his evening visit May 13 to Sansepolcro, named after the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, the pope urged the townspeople to use the anniversary to emulate Sts… Read more »
Now I am going to the one who sent me. Not one of you asks, ‘Where are you going?’ Yet you are sad at heart because I have told you this. Still, I am telling you the truth: it is for your own good that I am going, because unless I go, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you… Read more »
On Wednesday 9th May 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. expressed his appreciation for the dedication of Maltese mothers via a telephone call during an activity organized for mothers of priests, religious and Maltese lay persons who work in foreign lands. Presently, the Archbishop is in San Francisco visiting Maltese emigrants as part of his pastoral visit to Central America. In his message, the Archbishop conveyed his regards to the missionaries’ mothers, expressing his appreciation for the work which their children and relatives perform. … Read more »
