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Papal and Holy See highlights in the last four months of 2012

The following are highlights of the activities of Pope Benedict XVI and of the Holy See for the months of September to December 2012.

SEPTEMBER

4: Message from the Holy Father for the funeral of Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, S.J., archbishop emeritus of Milan, Italy, who died on 31 August at the age of 85.

10: The Holy Father receives the second group of bishops from the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, at the end of their five-yearly “ad limina” visit… Read more »

Christmas greetings to the bishops

Nhar il-Ħadd 30 ta’ Diċembru 2012, fl-okkażjoni tal-festi ta’ żmien il-Milied u l-bidu tas-Sena l-Ġdida, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P., l-Isqof Awziljarju Charles J. Scicluna u l-Arċisqof Emeritus Ġuzeppi Mercieca,  iltaqgħu mal-familji u kull min xtaq iżurhom għal bdil tal-awguri tal-istaġun. Akkumpanjaw l-isqfijiet kor tat-tfal li kantaw innijiet tal-Milied.

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New President for Cana Movement

Dr Arthur Galea Salomone is the new President of the Cana Movement.  His appointment was announced by Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. during Cana’s annual Christmas gathering. Dr Galea Salomone is a lawyer by profession. He is married and has three children. He succeeds Dr Anna Maria Vella who for the past seven years has offered her invaluable services and expertise in the field of the family, to the Cana Movement… Read more »

Pope: St Stephen, model of New Evangelisation

St Stephen

“On St. Stephen’s Day, we are called to fix our gaze on the Son of God”, and like St. Stephen, deacon and first martyr of the Church “open up our lives to the light that directs us” on life’s path, said Benedict XVI in his Angelus reflections this Wednesday.

In Baptism and Confirmation, with the precious gift of faith nourished by the Sacraments of the Church, especially the Eucharist, Jesus Christ has bound us to Him and wants to continue in us, through the action of the Holy Spirit, his work of salvation that redeems, enhances, elevates and leads all to fulfilment… Read more »

Pope: “There is hope in the world”

Pope Benedict XVI

Concern, mixed with joy and hope, were expressed in the words of Pope Benedict XVI this Christmas, during Vigil Mass Christmas eve and again in the Urbi et orbi message, addressed Christmas Day from the central balcony of St. Peter’s basilica to 50 thousand people in St Peter’s Square . The Pope spoke of the Middle East and Africa and launched an appeal to the new leaders of China… Read more »

The Archbishop meets children from Church Homes

On Sunday 23rd December 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. attended a Christmas party for children coming from Church Homes, at the Archbishop’s Seminary in Tal-Virtù, Rabat. The party was organised by RTK radio.

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Pope: hospitality focus

Pope Benedict XVI, addressing pilgrims and tourists gathered in St Peter’s Square beneath the window of his study in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on the fourth Sunday of Advent, spoke of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin, Elisabeth – the episode narrated during the Gospel reading for the day. “The episode,” said Pope Benedict, “does not represent a mere gesture of courtesy, but dramatises with great simplicity the encounter of the Old Testament with the New Testament.”

The Holy Father explained that the elderly and yet miraculously fertile Elisabeth represents Israel awaiting the Messiah… Read more »

Papal visit and Christmas pardon for Paolo Gabriele

Pope with Gabriele in prison

Holy See Press Office director, Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J., informed journalists: “The Holy Father Benedict XVI visited Paolo Gabriele in prison in order to confirm his forgiveness and to inform him personally of his acceptance of Mr Gabriele’s request for pardon, thereby remitting the sentence passed against the latter. This constitutes a paternal gesture towards a person with whom the Pope shared a relationship of daily familiarity for many years… Read more »

Religious Celebrations by Archbishop Paul Cremona and Bishop Charles J. Scicluna

Il-funzjonijiet reliġjużi li se jmexxu l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. u l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna fl-okkażjoni tal-Milied jibdew fil-Lejl tal-Milied.

It-Tnejn 24 ta’ Diċembru, l-Arċisqof Cremona jiċċelebra Quddiesa Stazzjonali Konċelebrata fil-Katidral, l-Imdina. Il-funzjoni tibda fil-11.00 p.m. b’kant ta’ għanjiet tal-Milied u l-prietka tat-tifel. Fil-11.30 a.m. tibda translazzjoni ta’ Ġesù Bambin li tkompli biċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-quddiesa.

F’ Jum il-Milied, it-Tlieta 25 ta’ Diċembru, l-Arċisqof imexxi Quddiesa Stazzjonali Konċelebrata fil-KonKatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, fid-9.30 a.m… Read more »

The Bishops exchange Christmas greetings with Curia employees

Nhar il-Ġimgħa 21 ta’ Diċembru 2012, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P., l-Isqof Awżiljarju Charles J. Scicluna u l-Isqof Emeritus Ġużeppi Mercieca awguraw Milied ħieni lil impjegati tal-Kurja, tal-Caritas u tat-Tribunal Ekklezjastiku, filwaqt li apprezzaw il-ħidma fejjieda li dawn iwettqu tul is-sena kollha.

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