Cardinal Mario Grech, today Monday, 30 November 2020, presided a concelebrated mass on the altar of the Chair in St Peter’s Basilica. The assembly consisted of lay people, sisters and priests from Malta and Gozo.

Cardinal Grech said that Jesus’ gaze on St Andrew was also cast on him last Saturday when Pope Francis appointed him as a cardinal in the service of the Universal Church… Read more »

The consistory in the Vatican to create 13 new cardinals, 28 November 2020  (Vatican Media)

Pope Francis on Saturday held the 7th ordinary public consistory of his pontificate to create 13 new cardinals who come from 8 nations of the world.  He shared a reflection before bestowing on them the cardinal’s birretta (red hat), the ring and the title. 

He commented on a passage from Mark’s Gospel where Jesus speaks about his humiliation, passion, death and resurrection while approaching Jerusalem.  Meanwhile, James and John urge Jesus for a place of privilege when He is in glory.  But Jesus tells the two brothers they must first be ready to suffer and be a servant of others like the Son of Man.   

The Pope said that the road to Jerusalem is the road of life and salvation, which is travelled with Christ and which leads to the paschal mystery of Jesus… Read more »

Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Ivan Camilleri as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Toronto. Following his episcopal ordination, the new bishop will join three auxiliary bishops currently assisting the Archbishop of Toronto, Cardinal Thomas Collins, in serving the faithful of the Archdiocese of Toronto. Bishop-designate Camilleri commented on the appointment from the Holy Father:

“I am very humbled by the trust that Pope Francis and Cardinal Collins have placed in me to serve the Archdiocese of Toronto in this ministry… Read more »

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Today, Saturday, 28th November 2020, at 4pm, the Church will have 13 new cardinals. Nine of them are younger than 80 and therefore, have the right to participate in a future conclave.

Two of the new Cardinals work in the Roman Curia: the Secretary-General of the Synod of Bishops, Maltese Mario Grech, and the Italian Marcello Semeraro, former Bishop of Albano and the new Prefect for the Congregation of the Causes of Saints… Read more »

Red hats await new heads  (Vatican Media)

Pope Francis announced just over a month ago that he would create 13 new Cardinals at a Consistory on 28 November.

The news came as a surprise, not least to those men called to serve the Church and the Successor of Peter in a special way, to the point of giving their own blood.

For that is what the color red in their distinctive dress symbolizes: their willingness to sacrifice themselves usque ad sanguinis effusionem, “to the point of shedding their own blood”… Read more »

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Good morning!

The Church’s first steps in the world were interspersed with prayer. The apostolic writings and the great narration of the Acts of the Apostles give us the image of an active Church, a Church on the move, yet which, gathered in prayer, finds the basis and impulse for missionary action. The image of the early Community of Jerusalem is the point of reference for every other Christian experience… Read more »

People hold candles and photos during a vigil in memory of women who were murdered, ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women at Constitution Square in Guatemala City, Guatemala. According to the Guatemalan Women’s Group, to date, 444 women have been murdered in 2020.

Wednesday, 25 November, marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which seeks to raise awareness of what the UN calls a “shadow pandemic”… Read more »