On Friday 31st May 2013, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. and Auxiliary Bishop Charles J. Scicluna received donations by phone from the general public during the Xarabank Marathon in aid of the poor in Tanzania. , run by Mission Fund. A record sum of over € 500,000 was collected in aid of the poor in Tanzania, where the Mission Fund helps people in need… Read more »

Pope before Angelus

Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for prayers for victims of war. Speaking to those gathered for the Sunday Angelus in St. Peter’s Square, the Pope expressed sorrow and preoccupation for the war that has been raging in Syria for the past two years. He observed that it particularly strikes the defenseless civilian population that hopes for a just peace and comprehension… Read more »

Nhar il-Ġimgħa 31 ta’ Mejju 2013, sar l-Oratorju ‘San Paolo Evangelizza I Maltese’, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, fl-okkazjoni tal-100 sena mill-Kungress Ewkaristiku Internazzjonali tal-1913. Dan kien jinkludi l-parteċipazzjoni tal-Orkestra Filarmonika Nazzjonali, kor u solisti. L-Oratorju ta’ Mro Carlo Diacono inkiteb apposta għall-Kungress Ewkaristiku tal-1913.

Matul din il-ġimgha ser isiru numru ta’ attivitajiet fl-okkażjoni tal-Ġimgha Ewkaristika li bdiet nhar il-Ħamis 30 ta’ Mejju, u tagħlaq nhar il-Ġimgha 7 ta’ Ġunju 2013 b’ċelebrazzjoni fi Pjazza San Ġorg, il-Belt Valletta… Read more »

Pope during mass

“War is the suicide of humanity because it kills the heart and kills love,” Pope Francis said in his homily at Mass this morning at the Casa Santa Marta. In attendance at the Mass was a group of about 80 people, consisting of relatives of Italian soldiers killed in peacekeeping missions in the last 4-5 years, particularly in Afghanistan, along with a number of soldiers wounded during the same missions… Read more »