Monthly Archives: November 2012

Archbishop meets Kalkara’s youth

On Friday 2nd November 2012, the Archbishop met an enthusiastic youth group in Kalkara. See the photos below.

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Archbishop’s message on the Ordination of six deacons

Knisja Parrokkjali, il-Mosta

4 ta’ Novembru 2012

Ħuti, permezz tas-sagramenti, Alla l-Imbierek għoġbu jagħti lill-Knisja il-mezzi kollha biex wieħed ikun jista’ jitqaddes. Fost dawn is-sagramenti huwa tana wkoll l-Ordni Sagri għaliex bħal kull ġemgħa oħra għandna bżonn dawk li jmexxuna u li jgħallmuna. L-Ordni Sagri għandu tliet gradi: il-pjenezza tas-saċerdozju ministerjali qiegħda fl-Isqof, imbagħad għandna l-presbiteri, is-saċerdoti, il-qassisin, imbagħad għandna d-djakni… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI: ‘Joy on election of new Coptic Orthodox Pope’

Pope Benedict XVI has sent a message to His Holiness Abna Tawadros, the new head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, expressing his joy at hearing the news of his election.

Tawadros was chosen in a solemn ceremony in the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt Sunday as the new Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Mark, replacing His Holiness Shenouda III, who died in March… Read more »

November 5-11

Monday

9.15 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting, in his residence in Attard.

4.45 p.m. The Archbishop meets with children and their catechists as part of his pastoral visit in Guardamangia.

6.00 p.m.             The Archbishop meets the Catechetical Commission, in Guardamangia.

Tuesday

9.30 a.m.             … Read more »

Ordination of six deacons

Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will ordain six deacons tomorrow (Sunday 4th November) at the Parish Church of the Assumption of our Lady, Mosta, during a con-celebrated Mass starting at 5.30 p.m.  The new deacons are: Bro. Stephen Borg O.F.M. Conv;  Leonard Mintoff from the Parish of St Helen’s Birkirkara; Charlon Muscat from the Parish of Our Lady’s Assumption Mosta; Bro… Read more »

Guardamangia’s Pastoral Visit Programme

Wednesday 31st November

11.00 a.m.       The Archbishop meets with the Parish priest of Guardamangia, at the Curia, in Floriana.

Saturday 3rd November

4.30 p.m.         The Archbishop meets the Diakonia Commission at Yvonne Hall.

6.00 p.m.         The Archbishop celebrates mass at the Parish Church for the opening of the his Pastoral Visit and afterwards he meets the people… Read more »

Respect and difference: interreligious dialogue since Vatican II

Arcbishop Gerhard Muller

Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council launched a new Catholic commitment to interreligious dialogue, work continues on clarifying the church’s attitudes toward other religions. While some Catholics still look on other religions with disdain, other Catholics seem to believe Vatican II taught that all religions were equally valid paths to God and to the fullness of truth.

The new prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith recently said both extremes are wrong… Read more »

The Saints, where heaven and earth meet

All Saints day

The Feast of All Saints is keenly felt in Rome and early November first tens of thousands of Romans made their way to Saint Peter’s square under foreboding skies. The police had completely shut down the area around the Vatican basilica and the long boulevard that leads up to Bernini’s colonnades, freeing Via della Conciliazione from its incessant traffic and creating an oasis of pedestrian peace… Read more »

Official launch of Newsbook.com.mt on the occasion of RTK’s 20th anniversary

Nhar il-31 ta’ Ottubru 2012, saret it-tnedija uffiċċjali tan-news portal Newsbook.com.mt, fil-lukanda The Palace, tas-Sliema.Dan in-news portal, li huwa immexxi mill-kamra tal-ahbarijiet tal-RTK, tnieda fl-okkazjoni tal-20 sena mit-twaqqif ta’ dan l-istazzjon. Matul din l-attivita’ tnediet ukoll il-mobile phone application ‘Newsbook’ li tista’ titniżżel mill-App Store għal dawk li huma iOS users, u fi żmien li ġej se tkun disponibbli wkoll mill-Google Play għal dawk li huma Android users… Read more »