Monthly Archives: August 2012

Pope Benedict XVI, “Jesus is the Word of God.”

Il-Papa Benedettu Sittax qal li Ġesu huwa l-Kelma t’Alla u li permezz tagħha il-bniedem jista’ jagħmel mill-volonta t’Alla il-ħobż tiegħu ta’ kuljum. Waqt il-messaġġ tiegħu tal-Anġelus minn Castelgandolfo, il-Papa spjega kif huwa biss f’Alla li l-bniedem isib it-triq tal-ħajja, tal-ġustizzja u tal-verita’.

Il-Papa fakkar fil-popolazzjonijiet tal-Filippini u taċ-Ċina li ntlaqtu mill-għargħar kif ukoll tal-Iran li ntlaqtu minn terremot qawwi… Read more »

Statement by the Cana Movement

Il-Moviment ta’ Kana jilqa’ l-Ittra Pastorali tal-Isqfijiet taghna, Mons P. Cremona O.P. u Mons. M. Grech, fid-dawl tad-diskussjoni u l-konsultazzjoni li ghaddejja bhalissa f’pajjizna dwar l-Abbozz tal-Att tal-Protezzjoni tal-Embrijuni Umani.

Il-Moviment ta’ Kana:

  1. Jemmen li, l-bniedem mhux ‘prodott’ u lanqas ‘oggett’.  Il-bniedem huwa frott l-ghotja shiha u totali tar-ragel u l-mara fiz-zwieg permezz tar-rabta konjugali taghhom.  Jikkonsidra li huwa uman sa mill-ewwel mument tat-tnissil u ghalhekk jisthoqqlu l-harsien u l-protezzjoni kollha taghna;
  2. Ilu zmien twil jifhem u jghin lil dawk il-koppji li ghandhom problema ta’ infertilita’, u lest li joffri s-support mehtieg lil dawn il-koppji permezz tas-Support Group Wanting and Waiting;
  3. Konxju tal-fatt li, f’pajjizna ghandna numru ta’ koppji bla ulied, izda dan ma jfissirx li huma familji inqas mill-ohrajn jew li l-missjoni taghhom falliet.  …
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The Archbishop participates in an activity for children at Dingli Parish

Nhar il-Ħamis 9 ta’ Awwissu 2012, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. ħa sehem f’attività għat-tfal u ċċelebra quddiesa fl-okkażjoni tal-festa ta’ Santa Marija ċċelebrata dan ix-xahar f’Ħad-Dingli. It-tfal inġabru bir-roti tagħhom ħdejn l-entratura tal-ġnien pubbliku fi Triq Maddalena, biex minn hemm telqu bir-roti għal Misrah Ġuże’ Abela. Hemmhekk, il-Kappillan, Dun Ewkarist Zammit, bierek lit-tfal kollha li mxew f’korteo bir-roti tagħhom wara l-istatwa tal-Assunta, bis-sehem tal-membri tal-M.U.S.E.U.M, il-Banda Santa Marija u l-gruppi tal-iScouts u l-Girl Guides, kollha fi ħdan il-parroċċa ta’ Ħad-Dingli… Read more »

Cardinal Prospero Grech meets the Prime Minister

On Thursday 9th August 2012, Cardinal Prospero Grech O.S.A. visited the Prime Minister, Dr Lawrence Gonzi, at Auberge de Castille. This meeting formed part of the Cardinal’s visit to Malta to celebrate the feast of St Lawrence in Vittoriosa, where he was born and brought up.

Photos by: DOI (Reuben Piscopo) Read more »

Formation Courses for Youth Ministers

Applications are now open for Leaders’ sessions starting in October. The Pastoral Formation Institute, Secretariat for Catecheses, Commission for Young People and the Faculty of Theology have jointly designed two formation courses for youth ministers. The two separate programmes are recognised and accredited by the Malta Qualifications Framework.

The Higher Education Award in Adolescent and Youth Ministry includes 112 hours of taught sessions covering areas from Spirituality to Ethics to Psychology… Read more »

Syrian Christians renounce from violent action

Sirjani Kristjani li jinsabu fil-belt ta’ Aleppo, fejn il-glied bejn ir-ribelli u l-forzi tal gvern qed jiħrax, qalu li mhumiex se jużaw armi.
L-aġenzija tal-aħbarijiet tal-Vatikan, Fides, ikkwotat persuni minn Knejjes fil-Belt Sirjana ta’ Aleppo jgħidu li qed jibżgħu li se jsir massakru ferm agħar jekk l-armata Sirjana tkompli tattakka ammonti kbar ta’ nies.

Minkejja li qalu li ma sar ebda theddid kontra persuni Kristjani, jeżisti biża’ kbir fost il-komunità Kristjana, l-iktar minħabba ġellieda barranin li wħud minnhom ġejjin mill-Al Qaeda… Read more »

Bishops Express Solidarity With Sikh Community After Tragedy

Grief at the attack on the Sikh community

The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs expressed the bishops’ prayerful solidarity with the Sikh community in the United States following Sunday’s shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.

“In this time of grief, we Catholics mourn with our Sikh brothers and sisters,” said Bishop Denis Madden, auxiliary bishop of Baltimore… Read more »

Vatican Calls Muslims, Christians to Prepare Youth for Peace

Pope Benedict XVI

In a message for the end of Ramadan, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue says that educating young people for peace is increasingly urgent. The message was released by the Vatican Tuesday.

Justice and peace, the statement noted, are inseparable from truth and freedom.

“If the task of education is entrusted to the whole of society, as you know, it is first and foremost, and in a particular way, the work of parents and, with them, of families, schools and universities, not forgetting about those responsible for religious, cultural, social, and economic life, and the world of communication,” the message said… Read more »

Bishops’ statement on the Pastoral Letter ‘Celebrating Human Life’

Our motivation for writing this Pastoral Letter was to carry out our duty of preaching to Catholics, those principles of the faith in which they should believe and how these may be applied to moral life.

Our mission as Bishops makes sense only if it is one with Christ.  This unity can only be guaranteed if it is in conformity with the teachings of the Magisterium.   … Read more »

Cardinal Prospero Grech visits Id-Dar tal-Providenza

Nhar it-Tlieta 7 t’Awwissu, l-E.T. Il-Kardinal Prospero Grech O.S.A. żar id-Dar tal-Providenza fejn iltaqa’ mar-residenti u l-ħaddiema kif ukoll mal-membri tal-Amministrazzjoni. Mal-wasla tiegħu, huwa  ingħata merħba mill-Arċisqof Mons. Pawl Cremona O.P. u mid-Direttur tad-Dar Fr Martin Micallef. Preżenti wkoll kien hemm l-Arċisqof Emeritus Mons Gużeppi Mercieca, s-Sindku tas-Siġġiewi, Dr Karol Aquilina u l-Arċipriet tal-parroċċa tas-Siġġiewi, Fr Joe Grech.

Huwa żar il-kappella tad-Dar kif ukoll il-mużew iddedikat lil Mons… Read more »