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06/03/2018

Epilepsy is often a hidden medical condition, yet it affects over 4,000 persons in Malta and Gozo. Learning that a family member or loved one has been diagnosed with epilepsy can be a big shock, especially due to the many questions about treatment, societal misunderstandings and the stigma association with this condition. Diagnosis may also require several medical and support services. It can also greatly affect a person’s social and personal life…

Pope at Mass: Faith is not a show but thinking like Christ

05/03/2018

According to Pope Francis, faith and religion are not a “show”, but a way of converting our thoughts to the ways of Christ. Delivering a homily at his morning Mass on Monday at the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta chapel, Pope Francis said that through the readings of the day, the Church wants us to reflect on the conversion of our thoughts, way of thinking, as well as our actions and feeling in conformity with Christ…

04/03/2018

Wara disa’ xhur ta’ studju u xogħol intensiv ta’ restawr u konservazzjoni, is-Sibt filgħaxija, 3 ta’ Marzu 2018, ġiet inawgurata l-istatwa ta’ Ġesù Redentur fil-Bażilika tal-Isla.

Matul ir‑Randan kollu, l‑istatwa ser tkun għall‑qima u d‑devozzjoni tal‑pubbliku fil‑Bażilika stess. Wara ċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet tal‑Ġimgħa Mqaddsa ser isir trattament speċjali li jipproteġi din x‑xbieha mill-elementi, u għalhekk, matul ix‑xahar ta’ April, ir‑Redentur mhux ser ikun espost għall‑qima tal‑pubbliku…

03/03/2018

Pope Francis inserts the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, into the Roman Calendar on the Monday following Pentecost Sunday.
Pope Francis has decreed that the ancient devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of Mother of the Church, be inserted into the Roman Calendar.

The liturgical celebration, B…

03/03/2018

“Men do not need the human qualities of the pastors, but rather the warm friendship of God who must dwell in us”, says Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa and President of CCEE, in a message sent to the participants of the European Congress of national delegates for the pastoral care of vocations in Tirana until next March 3rd.

Recalling the situation of vocations in Europe affected by “a certain decrease in vocations to the priesthood and religious life”, the CCEE President invited the over fifty participants to “think about the changes taking place, to adapt our pastoral care by keeping steady to the pillars of vocation, of formation and of the priestly mission and of the mission of religious men and women”…

02/03/2018

L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna wasal lura Malta llum waranofsinhar wara ġimagħtejn fiċ‑Ċilì fuq xogħol assenjat lilu mill‑Qdusija Tiegħu l‑Papa Franġisku. Fl‑Ajruport Internazzjonali ta’ Malta ġie milqugħ minn ommu, ħutu u qraba oħra, u mill‑Vigarju Ġenerali, Mons. Joe Galea Curmi.

L‑Arċisqof ser ikompli bil‑ħidma tiegħu fl‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta, bl‑ewwel impenn pubbliku jkun nhar il‑Ġimgħa 9 ta’ Marzu. Dakinhar Mons…

02/03/2018

Looking for something new to read to make the rest of this season of Lent a spiritually enriching and productive one? Or are you just looking for a good book?

In either case, you may want to consult the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, to find out which books have influenced his spiritual life, inspired and simply entertained him…

02/03/2018

Opening the Congress, H.E. Mgr Oscar Cantoni, Bishop in charge of the Vocations section of the CCEE Commission Youth, recalled the aims of the meeting in Tirana “everything is aimed at helping the educators of God’s people, and therefore all pastoral workers, in suggesting the most opportune ways so that all the ordinary pastoral care of the Church underlines the vocational dimension and offers useful criteria to accompany young people, all young people, in discerning their personal vocation”…

01/03/2018

The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, writes a letter to the President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, on the occasion of the Palliative Care Congress set for 28 February – 1 March 2018. Photo: A member of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God cares for a patient
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01/03/2018

Italian designer Donatella Versace poses on February 26, 2018, with editor-in-chief of Vogue Anna Wintour and cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President of the Vatican Pontifical Council for Culture, at Rome’s Palazzo Colonna.
The Vatican, Versace and Vogue are joining forces to show off the Catholic influences in fashion.

The Vatican’s culture minister joined Donatella Versace and Vogue’s Anna Wintour on Monday to offer sneak peek of gorgeous Vatican liturgical vestments, jeweled miters and historic papal tiaras that will star in a spring exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York…