St Peter's Square during canonisation

At Mass for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Pope Francis canonized 800 Martyrs from the Italian city of Otranto, along with two Latin American religious Foundresses, Mother Laura Montoya e Upegui – the first Colombian saint – and Mother Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, from Mexico.
In his homily, the Holy Father asked us to “look on the new saints in the light of the Word of God proclaimed: a Word that invited us to be faithful to Christ, even unto martyrdom; a word that recalled to us the urgency and the beauty of bringing Christ and his Gospel to everyone; a word that spoke to us about the witness of charity, without which even martyrdom and mission lose their Christian savor.”
Today, he said, “the Church proposes for our veneration a host of martyrs, who were called together to the supreme witness to the Gospel.” The more than 800 Martyrs of Otranto, when faced with the choice of renouncing Christ or death, remained faithful to the Gospel… Read more »

Wara li l-bieraħ, il-Ħadd 12 ta’ Mejju 2013, tħabbret il-mewt tal-Kappillan ta’ San Pawl il-Baħar, Patri Joseph Cilia OFM Conv, fl-età ta’ 61 sena, il-komunità tal-Patrijiet Franġiskani Konventwali qed tħabbar il-programm tal-funeral.

It-Tnejn, 13 ta’ Mejju 2013

4:15 p.m. Il-korteo bil-katavru ta’ Patri Joseph Cilia jitlaq mid-Dar tal-Kleru, Birkirkara.

4:30 p.m. Il-korteo jieqaf ħdejn il-Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Burmarrad fejn il-katavru jitbierek mill-komunità tal-patrijiet ta’ din il-Parroċċa… Read more »

During the Pastoral Visit at St. Gregory’s parish in Sliema, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met with various parish commissions.

On Sunday, 28th April, the Archbishop met with Diakonia Commission at the parish house. On Monday, 29th April, the Archbishop met with all the catechists at the Catechism Centre.Later he met the Parish Pastoral Council, the Synod Implementation Commission, and the Economic Pastoral Council, at the Catechism Centre, in Sliema… Read more »

Bergoglio's book

With a specialized education in both chemistry and theology, Pope Francis is no stranger to the relationship between science and faith. “Science has its autonomy that must be respected and encouraged,” the future pope said in a recently published book. “There is no reason to meddle with scientists’ autonomy, except when they overstep their field and get into the transcendent.” Pope Francis discussed the responsibility of science in the book “On Heaven and Earth: Pope Francis on Faith, Family and the Church in the 21st Century.” The book, published in April by Image Books, a division of Random House, is a conversation between then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Rabbi Abraham Skorka, an Argentine biophysicist and rector of the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary… Read more »

Wara li tħabbret il-mewt għall-għarrieda ta’ Dun Eric Overend, Arċipriet taż-Żejtun, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P., permezz ta’ Dun Gino Gauci bħala Amministrattur Parrokkjali, għamel konsultazzjoni mal-kleru tal-parroċċa, mal-Kunsill Pastorali Parrokkjali, mal-Għaqda tal-Armar, mas-Soċjetà Mużikali Beland, mal-Banda Żejtun u mal-Grupp tan-Nar, dwar iċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-Festa Santa Katarina li kellha tkun iċċelebrata fil-Parroċċa taż-Żejtun fis-16 ta’ Ġunju 2013.

Wara l-konsiderazzjoni meħtieġa, u wara li s-Soċjetajiet tal-Banda, tal-Armar u tan-Nar qablu li jħallu f’idejn l-Awtorità tal-Knisja, l-Arċisqof dehrlu li huwa l-aktar xieraq li b’rispett lejn il-memorja tal-Arċipriet Overend, għal din is-sena, jitħassru ċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet kollha li s-soltu jsiru fil-knisja u fit-toroq… Read more »

Today, Thursday 9th May 2013, on the occasion of the feast of the Maltese Saint, Saint George Preca, the Auxiliary Bishop Mgr. Charles J. Scicluna is celebrating Mass at the Society of Christian Doctrine (MUSEUM) Mother House in Blata l-Bajda, at 6.30pm.

Everyone is invited to attend. Read more »

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Pope Francis and a Swiss Guard

Dialogue doesn’t work with the devil; the only defense is the word of God, humility and meekness, especially in response to his works of hatred and persecution, Pope Francis said. “Humility and meekness: These are the weapons that the prince of the world, the spirit of the world does not tolerate, because he makes proposals for worldly power, proposals of vanity, proposals for riches,” he said in his daily morning Mass homily May 4… Read more »

On Saturday 27th April 2013, the Archbishop visits the Salesian Sisters, as part of his Pastoral Visit in St. Gregory’s Parish, Sliema.

The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta. Tel: 21236723. Email: [email protected] Read more »

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On Saturday 4th May 2013, the Archbishop celebrated mass at the Ursuline Chapel, as part of his Pastoral Visit in St. Gregory’s Parish, Sliema.

The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta… Read more »

On Saturday 4th May 2013, the Archbishop visited the community of the Ursuline Sisters, as part of his Pastoral Visit in St. Gregory’s Parish, Sliema.

The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta… Read more »