In a meeting today with the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, COMECE President, expressed his deep concern for the situation of refugees and asylum seekers, especially after the tragedy off Lampedusa, where an estimated 280 people died whilst attempting to reach the shores of Europe. In the light of this tragedy, Cardinal Marx has urged the Europeans to act:

“The EU is not an abstract international body…

Nhar l-Erbgħa 9 ta’ Ottubru 2013 saret laqgħa fis-Seminarju ta’ l-Arċisqof f’Tal-Virtu’, bejn il-Kappillani tad-Djoċesi ta’ Għawdex u ta’ l-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta. Għal din il-laqgħa kienu preżenti ukoll l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. u l-Isqof Mario Grech.  Wara mument ta’ talb flimkien, is-Sur Joe Farrugia, delegat ta’ l-Arċisqof għal-Lajċi tkellem fuq il-bżonn li l-Knisja tkun iktar akkoljenti, tema li hi ħafna għal qalb il-Qdusija tiegħu il-Papa Franġisku…

The Holy See Press Office today announced that Holy Father Francis has convened the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, to be held in the Vatican from 5 to 19 October 2014, on the theme “The pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelisation”.

In the Chapter of the Code of Canon Law relating to synodal assemblies, the Synod of Bishops meets in an extraordinary general assembly when the matter under consideration, while related to the good of the universal Church, requires rapid definition…

Għalkemm mhuwiex nisrani, il-filosofu Jürgen Habermas isostni li d-demokraziji Ewropej ma jistax ikollhom fundament etiku jekk ma jkollhomx l-esperjenza reliġjuża! Sentenza oħra li timbuttana biex nirriflettu hija dik li jgħid wieħed espert fil-liġi kostituzzjonali, Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, li l-Istat liberali sekularizzat ma jistax jassigura li l-istess prinċipji li jmexxuh ser jiġu rispettati! …