WYD Rio de Janeiro 2013

A 12-foot replica of the Cristo Redentor statue of Brazil has been touring Europe as preparations for next year’s World Youth Day (WYD) in Rio de Janeiro are under way.

The replica was presented Friday at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris as part of the “Cristo Redentor For All” exhibition. The event, which celebrates 80 years since the statue was erected, presents exhibitions on the history of the monument from its inception till the present… Read more »

Cardinal Martini

Benedict XVI sent a message to the archbishop of Milan offering condolences upon the death of Cardinal Carlo Martini, who passed today at age 85.

The cardinal had been ill with Parkinson’s for some years.

The Holy Father noted how the cardinal lived his lengthy illness “in serenity of soul and trustful abandonment to the will of the Lord.”

He assured his own “deep participation” in the sorrow of those mourning the Torino native… Read more »

The European Conference of Justice and Peace Commissions and the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Church in Malta would like to invite the public for the opening session of the  International Workshop  ‘The Arab Spring…One Year Later’on Friday 14th September 2012, at The Archbishop’s Seminary,  tal-Virtù in Rabat at 6pm.

Persons attending are to register… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for September is: “That politicians may always act with honesty, integrity, and love for the truth”.

His mission intention is: “That Christian communities may have a growing willingness to send missionaries, priests, and lay people, along with concrete resources, to the poorest Churches”. Read more »

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Archbishop Paul Cremona has appointed Fr Reuben Micallef archpriest of the Immaculate Conception parish in Cospicua.

Born on the 29th July 1977, Fr Reuben was raised in the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes, Paola.  He was educated at the Immaculate Conception primary school in Tarxien, at De La Salle College, and at G.F. Abela Junior College in Msida.  … Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI

Before reciting the Marian prayer, the Holy Father took time to reflect on Sunday’s Gospel featuring the speech made by Jesus in the synagogue at Capernaum.
“In the Gospel of today’s liturgy, Jesus presents himself as the living bread come down from heaven. May we always hunger for the gift of his presence in the Eucharistic sacrifice, wherein Jesus gives us his very self as food and drink to sustain us on our pilgrim journey to the Father.”
Pope Benedict described the pronouncement of Jesus being the bread of life, as being a critical moment and a turning point in his public mission… Read more »

L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. ħatar lil Kan. Dun Ġorġ Spiteri bħala kappillan tal-Parroċċa ta’ S. Marija, l-Imqabba.

Dun Ġorġ Spiteri twieled iż-Żejtun fit-30 ta’ Novembru 1957. Huwa rċieva l-edukazzjoni tiegħu fi skola primarja u sekondarja tal-Istat.  Fl-1977 daħal fis-seminarju fid-djoċesi ta’ Westminster, Londra, fejn studja l-filosofija. Kompla l-istudji tiegħu fis-seminarju tal-Qalb ta’ Ġesù, ir-Rabat Għawdex, u fis-seminarju tal-Virtù, r-Rabat Malta… Read more »

Trade Union roles

Labor unions and other worker associations are necessary to help propel workers and their families out of poverty amid a “broken economy,” said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development. “Economic renewal that places working people and their families at the center of economic life cannot take place without effective unions,” declared Bishop Stephen E… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI in Assumption feast

Pope Benedict XVI prayed the Angelus with the faithful gathered in the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo at noon on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In remarks ahead of the Angelus, the Holy Father explained that Mary’s assumption, body and soul, into heaven at the end of the course of her earthly life – though only dogmatically defined in 1950 by Pope Pius XII – is something that Christians throughout the world have always believed, confessed and celebrated… Read more »