Grief at the attack on the Sikh community

The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs expressed the bishops’ prayerful solidarity with the Sikh community in the United States following Sunday’s shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.

“In this time of grief, we Catholics mourn with our Sikh brothers and sisters,” said Bishop Denis Madden, auxiliary bishop of Baltimore… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI

In a message for the end of Ramadan, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue says that educating young people for peace is increasingly urgent. The message was released by the Vatican Tuesday.

Justice and peace, the statement noted, are inseparable from truth and freedom.

“If the task of education is entrusted to the whole of society, as you know, it is first and foremost, and in a particular way, the work of parents and, with them, of families, schools and universities, not forgetting about those responsible for religious, cultural, social, and economic life, and the world of communication,” the message said… Read more »

Nhar it-Tlieta 7 t’Awwissu, l-E.T. Il-Kardinal Prospero Grech O.S.A. żar id-Dar tal-Providenza fejn iltaqa’ mar-residenti u l-ħaddiema kif ukoll mal-membri tal-Amministrazzjoni. Mal-wasla tiegħu, huwa  ingħata merħba mill-Arċisqof Mons. Pawl Cremona O.P. u mid-Direttur tad-Dar Fr Martin Micallef. Preżenti wkoll kien hemm l-Arċisqof Emeritus Mons Gużeppi Mercieca, s-Sindku tas-Siġġiewi, Dr Karol Aquilina u l-Arċipriet tal-parroċċa tas-Siġġiewi, Fr Joe Grech.

Huwa żar il-kappella tad-Dar kif ukoll il-mużew iddedikat lil Mons… Read more »

Fil-Kurja tal-Arċisqof, il-Kardinal Prospero Grech mexxa laqgħa informali mal-ġurnalisti. Din saret fuq xewqa tal-Kardinal innifsu. Din hija l-ewwel darba li l-Kardinal Grech qed iżur Malta mill-ħatra tiegħu ta’ Kardinal fi Frar li għadda, mill-Papa Benedittu Sittax.

Il-Kardinal Prospero Grech qal li l-ikbar sfida li l-Knisja qed tħabbat wiċċha magħha hija r-realtà tar-relattiviżmu li l-Papa jiddiskrivih bħala n-nuqqas fil-valuri.

Mistoqsi jekk iż-żgħażagħ hux qed jitbiegħdu mill-Knisja, qal li tajjeb li jippruvaw jifhmu lil Knisja qabel iwarbuha… Read more »

Pope in Castel Gandolfo

The Holy Father focused his remarks ahead of the Angelus on this Sunday’s Gospel reading, which is taken from the sixth chapter of the Gospel according to St. John (Jn 6:24-35), in which Our Lord begins to reveal Himself as the Bread of Life.

“Though material needs are important,” said Pope Benedict, “Jesus wants to help people move beyond the immediate satisfaction of them,” explaining that the Lord desires to open for us a horizon of existence that is not simply that of the daily concerns of eating, of clothing, and of one’s working career… Read more »

Il-Maratona Oħloq Tbissima, maratona ta’ 60 siegħa xandir live b’risq is-Soċjeta’ Missjunarja ta’ San Pawl (MSSP), għadha kif intemmet.

Is-sittin siegħa kienu mimlija attivita.  Il-pubbliku ipparteċipa f’quddies, rużarju u mumenti oħra ta’ talb. Segwa wkoll filmati esklussivi, djalogu dirett mal-missjunarji permezz ta’ Skype, diskussjonijiet, interviszi mal-voluntiera li akkumpanjaw lil-President ta’ Malta Dr. George Abela fl-esperjenza missjunarja fil-Peru fix-xahar ta’ Lulju, Rokna għat-tfal,  Musichiere, Il-Festival Żifna mal-Istilel u diversi  varjetajiet immirati biex jolqtu l-gosti tal-familja kollha, fejn wieħed seta’ japprezza l-livell għoli tat-talent Malti u Għawdxi… Read more »

Għadha kif ġiet inawgurata l-għaxar edizzjoni l-Maratona Oħloq Tbissima, f’dar San Ġużepp, Santa Venera. Din hija maratona ta’ 60 siegħa ta’ xandir kontinwu li s-Soċjetà Missjunarja ta’ San Pawl qed torganizza biex titqajjem kuxjenza missjunarja filwaqt li jinġabru fondi b’ risq il-missjonijiet li l-istess Soċjetà għandha fil-Perù, fil-Filippini u fil-Pakistan.

Mill-fondi miġbura fil-Maratona Oħloq Tbissima se tiggwadanja wkoll id-dar li fiha qed issir il-maratona li tgħin bosta tfal u adolexxenti li għal xi raġuni ma jistgħux jgħixu fil-familja naturali tagħhom… Read more »

People suffering after tsunami in Japan in 2011

Pope Benedict XVI sent his blessings to the twenty-fifth Interreligious Gathering of Prayer for World Peace on Mount Hiei in Japan, which began on Friday. The Summit includes a symposium studying the response of religious leaders to natural disasters. The Holy Father said he hoped the discussion would lead to greater solidarity and mutual help, adding that according to the Christian perspective, the love given to those who suffer is a reflection of the divine charity of God who so loved the world that he sent his only Son Jesus Christ… Read more »

Jesus-of-Nazareth-Vol II

Pope Benedict XVI has finished the third volume of Jesus of Nazareth, dedicated to the stories of Jesus’ infancy. A statement from the Press Office of the Holy See explains that this third volume, which is the completion of the previous two, is at present being translated from the original German into several languages – including English.

The statement goes on to express the hope that the new book will be translated contemporaneously into the most-spoken languages… Read more »