Yearly Archives: 2012

Message of Benedict XVI to U.S. President Basrack Obama

President Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI, are photographed when they met at the Vatican, Friday, July 10, 2009.

Benedict XVI, through the apostolic nunciature in Washington, U.S.A., has sent a message to Barack Obama, congratulating him on his re-election as president of the United States of America.

In his message the Holy Father expresses his best wishes to the president on his new mandate, and gives assurances of his prayers to God to help him carry out his serious responsibilities, both in his own country and within the international community… Read more »

Guardamangia Pastoral Visit Opening Mass

On Saturday 3rd November, 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P.  celebrated Mass at Our Lady of Fatima in Guardamangia, for the official opening of his pastoral visit. The Archbishop also met met with parisioners and later this month he will meet the various commissions which work together in the Pastoral sector of the Parish. There will also be time for the Archbishop to visit Catechism centre’s, and meet boys and girls… Read more »

Alliance and solidarity: the strongest bastion against criminality

Archbishop Mamberti

Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States, addressed the eighty-first session of the general assembly of the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL), which is currently being held in Rome on the theme: “Challenges for police facing contemporary criminal violence”.
Archbishop Mamberti noted that “crime has undergone a substantial increase, both in quantitative terms and as regards the use of violence… Read more »

Archbishop meets Kalkara’s youth

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

Click on the photos to enlarge. The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta. Tel: 21236723. Email: [email protected] Read more »

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 »