News from the Church in Malta
It wasn’t until 1588 that the Vatican’s Congregation for Saints’ Causes was officially created to help regulate this title and be more selective regarding the process of formal canonization…
Pope Francis on Thursday appointed a new Director of the Holy See Press Office. British-born Matteo Bruni is the new spokesperson of the Holy See, with effect from 22 July.
Born on 23 November 1976 in Winchester, Bruni graduated in modern and contemporary foreign languages and literature from Rome’s La Sapienza University. He has been working since July 2009 at the Holy See Press Office, where he has been overseeing the accreditation of journalists and operational communications as coordinator of the Accreditation Section…
Fi tmiem is-sena akkademika 2018-2019, għadd ta’ studenti, alumni u staff tal-Fakultà tat-Teologija ngħaqdu għal ċelebrazzjoni ta’ għeluq is-sena akkademika fil-kappella tal-Università. Matul l-attività l-istaff u l-istudenti rringrazzjaw ukoll lil Dun René Camilleri fi tmiem is-servizz tiegħu bħala Senior Lecturer fil-Fakultà. Dun René beda jgħallem fil-Fakultà tat-Teologija fl-1984.
Waqt il-Quddiesa, Dun René qasam riflessjoni fuq is-silta mill-Evanġelju tal-gurnata (Mt 8, 23-27)…
The Catholic bishops of the Philippines have released a major pastoral letter on “climate emergency”, urging their communities to ecological conversion, listen to the cry of the Earth and the poor and act together to mitigate the ill effects of climate change.
Signed by Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), the pastoral letter, entitled “An urgent call for ecological conversion, hope in the face of climate emergency”, was released on Tuesday.
The 9-page document is divided into eight sections, with the first half offering a reflection on the state of the environment, followed by concrete ecological actions…
The Academic formation of priests in the University of Malta 1838-1938, author Francis Bonnici, knows its origin to “100 years ago: Exhibition to be conferred on best student in Theology” in The Times of Malta of 21 February 2000.
Research work was carried out in the Archives of Malta (the National Library, the University Melitensia and Archives, the National Archives in Rabat, which hosts the documentation of the English period and the Archives of the Cathedral Church)…
One of the incredible things about being part of a large family is the overall sense of unity between the siblings that so often occurs. Of course, there are always the squabbles, but there’s so much love — and influence — shared from the oldest to the youngest. This seems to be the case with the Hinnebusch family. When William (1908-1981), the eldest of 10, set off to join the Dominicans, six of his other siblings soon followed his example…
Żgħażagħ Azzjoni Kattolika (ŻAK) members frequently organise or participate in youth exchange programmes. Last Sunday a group of 5 young people returned from an Erasmus+ funded project, titled Solidarity: Just a Word?! These are their experiences for that week.
“The week in Slovakia was a week I will never forget. Apart from the fact that I really enjoyed nature and the activities we had, I can say that I learnt a lot from the people I met…
A brief statement issued by the interim director of the Holy See Press Office, Alessandro Gisotti, shone light on the continuation of operations in the Vatican’s Teutonic Cemetery.
Gisotti said the preliminary investigations that took place onJuly 11in the cemetery inside Vatican City were both of a documentary and a logistical nature. It emerged, he said, that between the 1960s and ‘70s of the last century work was carried out to expand the college itself and that work, during this period, involved the entire cemetery area and the building of the Teutonic College…
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There are no human remains, no coffins, no urns and no bones in the two 19th century graves in the Teutonic Cemetery inside the Vatican where forensic experts were searching for the remains of Emanuela Orlandi.
The 15 year-old-daughter of a Vatican bank employee, whose family lived inside Vatican City, disappeared on June 22, 1983.
A statement by the Holy See Press Office on Thursday confirmed that the operations at the Teutonic Cemetery to verify the hypothesis of the presence of human remains attributable to Emanuela Orlandi ended at 11.15 a.m…
