Pope Benedict XVI has asked Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, to lead his Lenten retreat Feb. 17-23. The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, reported Jan. 18 that the cardinal will focus on “Ars orandi, ars credendi” (the art of praying, the art of believing), looking particularly at “the face of God and the face of man in the Psalm prayers.” Pope Benedict and top officials from the Roman Curia suspend their normal schedules from the afternoon of the first Sunday of Lent until the following Saturday morning… Read more »

Tana attacks

Kenyan bishops asked government leaders to end ethnic violence in the country’s coastal region near the Tana River, where fighting has left hundreds killed and displaced in the last five months. “Young children going to school have been killed with their school bags strapped on their backs while the elderly, unable to run for their safety, have been burned in their houses by their neighbors with whom they have lived closely for several decades,” said a Jan… Read more »

Fl-okkażjoni tas-Sena tal-Fidi se jsir Pellegrinaġġ ta’ Fidi nhar il-Ġimgħa 25 ta’ Jannar 2013 fis-7.15 p.m. bis-sehem ta’ Unita’ Pastorali 3. Dawn jinkludu l-Parroċċi ta’ Sant’ Elena, ta’ Santa Marija, ta’ San Ġużepp Ħaddiem Birkirkara, flimkien mal-Parroċċi ta’ Fleur De-Lys u l-Parroċċa tas-Swatar.

Il-Pellegrinaġġ bl-istatwa ta’ San Pawl jibda fil-pjazza ta’ wara l-istabbiliment Mc Donalds u jkompli b’mixja lejn il-Bażilika ta’ Sant’Elena… Read more »

On Saturday 19th January 2013, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass organised by the Cana Movement, for couples married during 2012, at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta.

On the 24th of January, at 6.30 pm, the Archbishop will celebrate Mass with couples who are going to marry this year.

CLICK HERE to read the message by Archbishop Cremona to couples married in 2012

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Pope in St Peter's Square

Pope Benedict XVI appealed for an end to conflicts around the world on Sunday. Speaking to pilgrims and faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus with him, Pope Benedict especially prayed that, in the various conflicts unfortunately under way around the world, “The slaughter of innocent civilians should cease.” He went on to say, “Let there be an end to all violence, and let there be found the courage to conduct dialogue and to negotiate.” The Pope’s appeal for peace came in the context of a reflection on the pressing need for a recovery of the full, visible communion of all Christians, which Christ Himself desires for His Church… Read more »