Colonnade of St. Peter’s Square  (AFP or licensors)

Following probe, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Consecrated Life expels Luis Fernando Figari, the founder of Peru’s Sodalitium religious movement, who had already, years ago, been removed from the movement that he had established in the 1970s, due to accusations of psychological and sexual abuse, including against minors, and for financial irregularities.

Luis Fernando Figari, founder of the Peruvian apostolic society Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SVC), more commonly known as Sodalicio, ends with a measure by the Holy See, expelling him from the movement he himself created. 

The movement had previously been placed under supervision due to cases of abuse and financial mismanagement by its leaders… Read more »

Kien bħal-lum 69 sena li Patri Dijonisju Mintoff qaddes l-ewwel quddiesa tiegħu. Il-ġurnata kienet it-Tnejn 15 t’Awwissu tal-1955 u l-ewwel quddiesa ta’ Patri Dijonisju kienet fil-knisja ta’ Santa Marija ta’ Ġesù (Ta’ Ġieżu) fil-Belt Valletta. Minn dakinhar ‘l hawn Patri Dijonisju Mintoff qaddes 50,370 quddiesa u priedka b’ħafna riċerka u ħafna għerf.

Bħala parrini Patri Dijonisju kellu lil ħuh, Duminku Mintoff u Ġużè Ellul Mercer, li kellu ħuh Franġiskan ukoll: P… Read more »

Żabbari imma mal-Furjana. Mal-Arsenal, imma fl-iskola mar-Reds, ma’ La Vallette. Lasalljan, edukatur olistiku li dejjem ħares il-moħħ, il-qalb u r-ruħ ta’ eluf ta’ studenti. Kien hemm żmien li kien jitlob lil Alla li l-aħħar nifsijiet tiegħu jkunu fil-klassi mal-istudenti imma mbagħad bidel it-talba għax għaraf li kieku se jagħti qatgħa u battikata lill-għalliema! Ċentinarju.

Jiem biss qabel jagħlaq 100 sena Newsbook Malta ltaqa’ ma’ Br Edward Galea biex jiskopri aktar dwar minn fejn kienet ġiet is-sejħa tiegħu, u l-mument li fih ħarab lin-Nażisti u l-isfidi li qed jaffaċċjaw l-istudenti llum il-ġurnata fid-dawl tal-fatt li hu għadu attiv fil-Kulleġġ De la Salle… Read more »

Two and a half years after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Vatican continues its call for peace in the region. The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, spoke about the recent Ukrainian attack in Russia, saying:

These are very worrying developments because it means opening new fronts. In this sense, the possibilities of peace are getting further and further away.

On August 6, thousands of Ukrainian troops entered Russia’s western Kursk region—in what is now their farthest and most significant invasion since 2022… Read more »

Archbishop Noël Treanor, who was serving as Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union, has died in Brussels at age 73. The bishop emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland, passed away on the morning of Sunday, 11 August, due to a heart attack.

“It is with a profound sense of shock and sadness that I learned yesterday of the death of Archbishop Noël Treanor”, said Bishop Alan McGuckian, Archbishop Treanor’s successor in Down and Connor… Read more »