The generosity of the Maltese people came to the fore during last Friday’s Xarabank programme on TVM when a total of €163,715 was pledged to Caritas Malta.  Xarabank was dedicated to the programmes of rehabilitation from drug abuse pioneered by Caritas, and other services the organisation provides to people in need.This was also a tribute to Mgr. Victor Grech, who turned 83 on Friday and was regaled with well wishes and thanks for his vision and work in helping addicts stop the use of illict drugs and return to society.At the base of this edition of Xarabank were chilling stories of pre-teen addiction to injected heroin, uncontrollable use of drugs in spite of seeing death in the family from overdose, and the suffering of parents who see their children fall victims to drugs.   … Read more »

In a statement to the Director General of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, José Graziano da Silva, Pope Benedict XVI stated that Church regards agricultural initiatives important in feeding the hungry.  The statement was made by the Holy Father to mark World Food Day.

Highlighting the importance of World Food Day particularly with the current economic crisis, the Holy Father stated that it was “the fundamental right of every person” to have access to “sufficient and healthy nutrition.”

“Hence I greet with particular satisfaction the choice to dedicate this Day to reflection on the topic ‘Agricultural Cooperatives Feed the World.’ It is not only about giving support to cooperatives as expression of a different way of economic and social organization, but of considering them a real instrument of international action,” the Pope said… Read more »

Qegħdin ngħaddu l-messaġġ li għamel dalgħodu l-Isqof t’Għawdex Mons. Mario Grech fis-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet li qiegħed isir f’Ruma dwar l-Evanġelizzazzjoni l-Ġdida għat-Trasmissjoni tal-Fidi Kristjana.

NEVANĠELIZZAW IL-FAMILJI FERUTI

Fil-bidu tas-Sena tal-Fidi, il-Q.T. il-Papa jistedinna biex ngħaddu mill-“bieb tal-fidi” ħalli nidħlu f’komunjoni ma’ Alla, u fl-istess ħin biex nagħtu spinta ġdida lill-evanġelizzazzjoni “ħalli niskopru mill-ġdid il-ferħ li hemm filli nemmnu u nerġgħu nsibu l-entużjażmu filli ngħaddi l-fidi lill-oħrajn” (Porta fidei, 1.7)… Read more »

The rich man

In his last public address, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the wealthy in light of the Gospel of the rich man.  The Holy Father said that while it is difficult for a rich man to enter into heaven, it is not impossible.  In fact, the Pope said, “God can conquer the heart of a person who has many possessions and move him to solidarity and sharing with the needy, with the poor, to enter into the logic of the gift.”

“The Church’s history is full of examples of rich people who used their possessions in an evangelical way, achieving sanctity… Read more »