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Church prepares for food shortage post-Brexit

07/02/2019

  • The Cardinal’s Lenten Appeal this year will focus on food poverty and food sustainability, The Tablet can reveal.

    Speaking after the launch of a new Caritas project to promote sustainable business in Wembley, north London, Cardinal Vincent Nichols said that social need could increase “significantly” in the twelve months that follow Brexit. As a result, he said, Caritas Westminster is developing a systematic approach around how it will respond to issues such as food poverty…

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Venezuelan bishops, religious sisters and laity call for free elections

06/02/2019

  • Representatives of the Venezuelan bishops’ conference, along with lay and religious leaders

     

  • In a joint statement, the Venezuelan bishops’ conference, the Confederation of Religious Men and Women of Venezuela and the National Council of the Laity demanded the state agencies call “free and legitimate elections to retake the path to democracy,” allow the entry of humanitarian aid into the country and stop the repression against citizens…

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Mass on the World Day of the Sick to be celebrated in Cospicua

06/02/2019

  • Nhar it-Tnejn li ġej, 11 ta’ Frar 2019, madwar id-dinja ser jiġi ċċelebrat il-Jum Dinji tal-Morda, li twaqqaf minn San Ġwanni Pawlu II 27 sena ilu. Kull 11 ta’ Frar tiġi mfakkra wkoll l-ewwel dehra tal-Madonna f’Lourdes.

    Fil-fatt, din is-sena dan il-jum ser jaħbat mal-175 anniversarju mit-twelid ta’ Santa Bernardette Sounirous u l-140 anniversarju mill-mewt tagħha. Santa Bernardette kella x-xorti tara u titkellem mal-Madonna għal 18-il darba…

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Pope at Mass in UAE: ‘Jesus at our side when we are alone’

05/02/2019

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  • During the concluding Mass of his Apostolic Journey to the UAE on Tuesday, Pope Francis invites the region’s Christians to live in peace and to remember that Jesus always walks at their side.

     

  • Pope Francis told the largely-expat Catholic community living in the United Arab Emirates that Jesus walks at our side, even when we think we are alone…

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Two thirds of marriages between Maltese nationals and between Maltese nationals with foreign nationals are Church marriages

Analysis of statistics of marriages in 2018

05/02/2019

  • The number of Church marriages in 2018 stands at 1,192. This figure includes 62 convalidated marriages in Malta which are not included in the total of Church marriages given in Parliament. A convalidated marriage means that a couple who had only married civilly would have subsequently chosen to also get married in Church. This total does not include Church marriages celebrated in Gozo…

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Pope Francis signs peace declaration on ‘Human Fraternity’ with Grand Imam

05/02/2019

  • Pope Francis and Ahmed el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar, signed a joint declaration on human fraternity during an interreligious meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Feb. 4, 2019. 

     

  • Catholics, Muslims and all who believe in God must work together to build a culture of love, peace and human fraternity, Pope Francis said in a joint statement he signed with Ahmed el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of al-Azhar, during an interreligious meeting in Abu Dhabi…

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Launch of the Voluntary Solidarity Fund

The Archdiocese of Malta with the first contribution in aid of the fund

04/02/2019

  • Twaqqaf uffiċjalment fond għal solidarjetà volontarja (Voluntary Solidarity Fund ‑ VSF) bl‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta tkun l‑ewwel kontributur biex din l‑inizjattiva tibda titħaddem. L‑għan ta’ dan il‑fond, li twaqqaf wara ħidma li saret fi ħdan il‑Fondazzjoni Pontifiċja Centesimus Annus, hu li jgħin lil dawk il‑persuni li qegħdin f’riskju li jaqgħu lura biex jegħlbu l‑isfidi tagħhom billi jsiru iktar produttivi. Dan jista’ jsir ukoll b’sostenn mogħti mill‑VSF lil dawk li jixtiequ jibdew in‑negozju tagħhom iżda m’għandhomx il‑kapital u r‑riżorsi inizjali…

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Pope Francis in UAE Day 1: East meets West

04/02/2019

  • Pope Francis shakes hands with Ahmed el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of al-Azhar

     

  • It’s certainly not the first time Pope Francis engages in dialogue with the Muslim world.

    He has been welcomed by Jordan’s King in Amman and visited some of Islam’s most sacred sites, including the Al-Aqsa mosque in the Holy Land and the Blue Mosque in Turkey…

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