On Wednesday 25th April 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Family Commission and the Leading Couples Commission of Vittoriosa as part of his pastoral visit to the parish.

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On Sunday 29th April 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met members of Civil Society of Vittoriosa as part of his pastoral visit to the parish.

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Tomorrow, 3rd May 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will leave Malta on a pastoral visit to Maltese emigrants in San Francisco, United States and to Maltese missionaries in Central America.

The Archbishop will arrive in California tomorrow, where he will be welcomed by the Maltese Consul, Mr Louis Farrugia and  members of the Maltese Community.  On Sunday 6th May, he will celebrate mass at the Cathedral dedicated to St Mary, in the city of San Francisco and attend several meetings with Maltese communities… Read more »

The Vatican condemned what it called “terrorist” attacks on Christians in Kenya and Nigeria on Sunday which claimed around 20 lives and called for restraint against a cycle of violence.

“The new terrorist attacks in Kenya and Nigeria at Christian celebrations are horrible and despicable acts,” Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said.

“We must be close to victims and communities that suffer just as they are peacefully celebrating a faith that wants love and peace for all,” he said… Read more »

Pope John Paul II's beatification

A year ago Benedict XVI beatified his beloved predecessor to the See of Peter John Paul II in Saint Peter’s Square in front of the Basilica where a vast sea of pilgrims had gathered spilling beyond into the streets surrounding it.
It was a prayerful moment but also a joyful one and pilgrims from Karol Wojtylas’s native Poland attended in great numbers… Read more »

On Saturday 28th April 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass and instituted the Ministry of Lectors to two seminarians, Luke Cutajar from Rabat and Brian Gialanzè from Birżebbuġa. The celebration of Mass was held at St. Lucia parish church.

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On Sunday 29th April 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at Lunzjata Church, Vittoriosa and afterwards met with the people. He then met with the Dominican priests and had lunch with them.

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The Good Spheperd

It was day to remember for 9 deacons who were ordained on this World Day of Prayer for Religious Vocations by Pope Benedict XVI in St Peter’s Basilica. Eight of the deacons were from the diocese of Rome, one a former pilot, another a chemistry graduate. Also ordained on Sunday was a deacon from Vietnam who had previously been a lawyer… Read more »

Pope John XXIII

As the Catholic Church increases its new evangelization efforts and works for justice and peace in the world, it would be wise to imitate the positive, prophetic approach taken by Blessed John XXIII in his encyclical “Pacem in Terris,” a French archbishop said. Archbishop Roland Minnerath of Dijon addressed the opening session April 27 of a meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, which was holding the second of three planned meetings preparing to mark the 50th anniversary next year of “Pacem in Terris,” the encyclical “on establishing peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty.”

Mary Ann Glendon, a professor of law at Harvard University and president of the academy, told members their study and discussions would be focused on “the role of religion in the quest for a ‘tranquility of order’ in our increasingly complex and conflict-ridden world.” Archbishop Minnerath said the encyclical had an unusually positive and popular reception around the world, first of all because it was the first encyclical addressed to “all men of good will.” In addition, he said, it tapped into people’s yearning for peace at the height of the Cold War, the emerging independence of former colonies in Africa and Asia, and widespread economic growth, he said… Read more »