Cardinal Marx

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, President for the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community, COMECE, said that as yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI has announced his intention to resign on 28 February next, he felt “this decision fills me with great respect but also with huge regret. Benedict XVI has been leading the world Church for eight years with immense dedication and shaped her with his clear theology in a crucial way… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI

BBC News and Italian media were first in reporting that the Pope is to resign at the end of this month in an entirely unexpected development. The reports are confirmed from the Vatican’s spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi.

The 85-year-old became Pope Benedict XVI in April 2005 following the death of Pope John Paul II. Below is the letter with the Pope’s reasons for his resignation… Read more »

Pope addressing Order of Malta

Pope Benedict XVI received a group of Knights and Dames of Malta, as part of celebrations marking the 900th anniversary of the creation of their organization as a Sovereign Military Order under Papal protection. It was on the 15th of February, in the year 1113, that Pope Paschal II issued the Bull Pie Postulatio Voluntatis, by which he placed the newly created “hospitaller fraternity” of Jerusalem under the protection of the Church and gave it sovereign status, constituting it as an Order in church law, with the faculty freely to elect its superiors without interference from other lay or religious authorities… Read more »

Place: 1 Oratory Street, Naxxar

Time: 7-8pm

The Institute is organizing ‘A journey in couple spirituality for married couples’ during Lent.

These are four one-hour meetings of reflection, prayer, song and adoration and will be held on the following Saturday evenings: 23rd February; 2nd March, 16th March and 23rd March.

The talks will be delivered by Mons Anton Gouder… Read more »

On Thursday 7th February 2013 Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Commission for Preaching the Word and all the catechists of the M.U.S.E.U.M. centre (males) of St. Cajetan Parish, Ħamrun.

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

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On Thursday 7th February 2013 Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the residents of the Home for the elderly, Ħamrun.

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UK Parliament vote

The British House of Commons yesterday passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage with the support of Prime Minister David Cameron. The bill enables same-sex couples to get married in both civil and religious ceremonies, provided that the religious institution consents. The proposed law was strongly opposed by the Catholic Church.
“Naturally, I am very disappointed that Parliament wishes, in an Orwellian manner, to redefine the concept of marriage for England and Wales,” said Bishop Philip Egan, of the Diocese of Portsmouth… Read more »

Pope in weekly audience

“Everything is a gift from God: it is only by recognizing this crucial dependence on the Creator that we will find freedom and peace”, tweeted Pope Benedict XVI Wednesday at the end of his general audience with 8 thousand pilgrims in the Paul XVI hall.

The Holy Father continued his series of lessons on the Profession of Faith, or Creed, moving on from why we call God ‘Father Almighty’ to why we affirm God as ‘Creator of heaven and earth’… Read more »