Pope Benedict XVI

Before reciting the Marian prayer, the Holy Father took time to reflect on Sunday’s Gospel featuring the speech made by Jesus in the synagogue at Capernaum.
“In the Gospel of today’s liturgy, Jesus presents himself as the living bread come down from heaven. May we always hunger for the gift of his presence in the Eucharistic sacrifice, wherein Jesus gives us his very self as food and drink to sustain us on our pilgrim journey to the Father.”
Pope Benedict described the pronouncement of Jesus being the bread of life, as being a critical moment and a turning point in his public mission… Read more »

L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. ħatar lil Kan. Dun Ġorġ Spiteri bħala kappillan tal-Parroċċa ta’ S. Marija, l-Imqabba.

Dun Ġorġ Spiteri twieled iż-Żejtun fit-30 ta’ Novembru 1957. Huwa rċieva l-edukazzjoni tiegħu fi skola primarja u sekondarja tal-Istat.  Fl-1977 daħal fis-seminarju fid-djoċesi ta’ Westminster, Londra, fejn studja l-filosofija. Kompla l-istudji tiegħu fis-seminarju tal-Qalb ta’ Ġesù, ir-Rabat Għawdex, u fis-seminarju tal-Virtù, r-Rabat Malta… Read more »

Trade Union roles

Labor unions and other worker associations are necessary to help propel workers and their families out of poverty amid a “broken economy,” said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development. “Economic renewal that places working people and their families at the center of economic life cannot take place without effective unions,” declared Bishop Stephen E… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI in Assumption feast

Pope Benedict XVI prayed the Angelus with the faithful gathered in the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo at noon on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In remarks ahead of the Angelus, the Holy Father explained that Mary’s assumption, body and soul, into heaven at the end of the course of her earthly life – though only dogmatically defined in 1950 by Pope Pius XII – is something that Christians throughout the world have always believed, confessed and celebrated… Read more »

Msgr Silvano Tomasi

Australia’s weather bureau says there are clear signs El Nino is developing in the eastern Pacific, raising concerns over the potential impact of the weather event on agriculture at time of soaring global food prices. Prices are already up because of a drought in the United States and other food-exporting countries. Leading members of the Group of 20 nations were planning to hold a conference call at the end of August over soaring grain prices, aiming to avoid a repeat of the food price spike that triggered riots in poorer countries in 2008… Read more »

Nhar it-Tnejn 13 t’Awwissu 2012,  l-Arcisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. bierek Monument lill-Bahhara fil-Port il-Kbir, waqt cerimonja fl-okkazjoni tat-tifkira tas-70 anniversarju mill-Konvoj ta’ Santa Marija. Dan il-monument, li gie inawgurat mill-Prim Ministru Lawrence Gonzi, twaqqaf fuq inizjattiva ta’ Fr Joe Borg, Kappillan tal-Port, li jmexxi l-hidma tal-Appostolat tal-Bahar fi hdan il-Kummissjoni Emigranti tal-Knisja f’Malta.

Click on the photos to enlarge… Read more »

Rimini Meeting 2012

Preparations for the annual Rimini Meeting began with the arrival of the first volunteers: 150 youngsters who joined 15 carpenters from Brianza, who have been in Rimini already for several days.

The Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, sponsored by the Catholic Communion and Liberation Movement in Rimini, Italy, draws hundreds of thousands of participants every year.

In the coming three days, other volunteers will join them who will stay in Rimini until the 17th: to reach the total number of 600, between youngsters and adults… Read more »