Pope in St Peter's Square

Appearing at his study window at midday Sunday, Pope Benedict greeted thousands of pilgrims gathered under drizzling rain in Saint Peter’s Square. In his remarks at the Angelus prayer, the Pope spoke of Sunday’s Feast of the Baptism of the Lord and invited Catholics to “contemplate our share in the divine life through the gift of the Holy Spirit in the waters of Baptism.”

The Holy Father was speaking to pilgrims after having celebrated the traditional feast day liturgy in the Sistine Chapel where he baptised twenty babies… Read more »

Wara li nhar is-Sibt 5 ta’ Jannar 2013, mil-Kappella tal-Isptar Boffa insterqu żewġ pissidijiet li kien fihom Ostji Kkonsagrati, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. jirrikmanda li fil-knejjes parrokjali u fl-oħrajn ukoll, matul il-ġimgħa d-dieħla, issir siegħa ta’ Adorazzjoni Solenni lill-Ġesù Sagramentat, bħala sinjal ta’ fidi, ta’ mħabba, ta’ adorazzjoni u fuq kollox, ta’ tpattija għal dan id-delitt. Malli ġie infurmat b’dan is-sagrileġġ, l-Arċisqof mar mill-ewwel fil-post tas-sagrileġġ, talab għal min għamlu u wera x-xewqa li jsir dak kollu possibbli biex jinstabu l-Ostji Kkonsagrati misruqa… Read more »

Holy Land

Bishops from North America and Europe have concluded their annual pilgrimage of solidarity to the Christians of the Holy Land with an appeal for prayers for peace.
In their final statement the bishops note that the people in the region are living through dark and dramatic events, such as the conflict in Gaza and southern Israel; civil war in Syria, and increasing polarisation within Israel and Palestine… Read more »

To celebrate the Year of Faith, the Spiritual Development Unit within the Secretariat for Education is organizing a Mass for Church school representatives, on Sunday 13th January 2013, at the Divine Mercy Sanctuary, San Pawl tat-Targa, Naxxar. Mass will be presided by Bishop Charles J. Scicluna, accompanied by school spiritual directors and animated by a choir formed by students from different Church schools. The theme of the Mass will be ‘Church Schools – Beacon of Faith’.   … Read more »

Nhar l-Erbgħa 9 ta’ Jannar 2013, il-membri kollha tas-Soċjeta’ tad-Duttrina Nisranija (M.U.S.E.U.M) inġabru flimkien fl-Awditorjum, fid-Dar Ġenerali l-Blata l-Bajda f’laqgħa ta’ merħba mal-E.T. Mons. Charles J. Scicluna, l-Isqof Awżiljarju. Matul il-laqgħa saret riflessjoni fuq ir-rabta li San Ġorg Preca ried li s-Soċjeta’ jkollha mal-Knisja u l-għan tagħha li tgħin lir-Ragħaj Spiritwali fil-kura tal-erwieħ permezz tal-katekeżi. Fil-messaġġ tiegħu, l-Isqof ukoll qasam ħsieb dwar l-istess tema… Read more »

The Church Authorities have published a document about the procedures to be followed in cases of breaches of the regulations for the admission to Church schools.

Two years ago, the Church Authorities revised the admission procedures into Church schools. This brought about a new level of transparency and justice. The new document, which has been agreed upon by the Episcopal Conference together with the Council for Major Religious Superiors, follows in the same direction… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI

Since everyone experiences joy at receiving a gift that comes from the heart, Christians should be in absolute awe at Christmastime when they remember God’s gift of himself, Pope Benedict XVI said.

“The original Christmas gift,” he said, was the gift of God becoming flesh in Jesus Christ and giving his life for the salvation of the world… Read more »

On Saturday 12th of January a Seminar will be held on the theme: Il-Karattru… id-Drama u l-Bibbja, part of the on-going formation series co-ordinated by the Secretariat for Catecheses in collaboration with KDŻ and the Institute for Pastoral Formation.

The seminar equips Pastoral Operators and others engaged in youth services, with skills and methodology that integrate activities, sketches, drama and performances in the process of character formation… Read more »

Bejn il-bieraħ, it-Tlieta 8 ta’ Jannar, u għada, il-Ħamis 10 ta’ Jannar 2013, il-kappillani tas-70 parroċċa f’Malta jinsabu miġbura fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof għal-Live-in ta’ tlett ijiem. L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. u l-Isqof Awżiljarju Charles J. Scicluna qed jattendu wkoll għal dan il-live-in flimkien mal-kappillani. Din is-sena, il-kappillani qed jirriflettu fuq it-tema “Int imbagħad meta terġa lura għas-sewwa, wettaq lil ħutek”, li hija silta mill-Vanġelu ta’ San Luqa, magħżula b’mod partikolari għal din is-Sena tal-Fidi… Read more »

Pope during bishops' an ad limina visit

It took more than seven years, but Pope Benedict XVI has hosted the formal visits of bishops from every country in the world and will begin the cycle all over again by meeting the heads of Italy’s 227 dioceses in 2013.

The Code of Canon Law calls for the heads of every diocese in the world to make their formal visit “ad limina apostolorum” (“to the threshold of the apostles”) every five years, but there are now almost 2,900 dioceses in the world and the 85-year-old pope also has other obligations as well… Read more »