L-Eminenza Tiegħu il-Kardinal Prospero Grech O.S.A. se jżur Malta fl-okkażjoni tal-festa ta’ San Lawrenz fil-Birgu, belt twelidu.

Dettalji tal-Programm:

Il-Ġimgħa 3 t’Awwissu

12.30pm: Il-Kardinal jasal Malta fl-Ajruport Internazzjonali ta’ Malta

It-Tnejn 6 t’Awwissu

12:00pm: Il-Kardinal jiltaqa’ mal-ġurnalisti waqt konferenza tal-aħbarijiet fil-Kurja tal-Arcisqof

Il-Ġimgħa 10 t’Awwissu: Read more »

8.15am: Il-Kardinal Grech jasal ħdejn id-daħla prinċipali tal-Birgu fejn jingħata merħba mis-Sindku tal-Birgu, is-Sur John Boxall.  …

Pope praying

Benedict XVI will be praying this month for young people and their apostolic zeal in proclaiming Christ.

The Apostleship of Prayer announced the intentions chosen by the Pope for August.

His mission intention is “that young people, called to follow Christ, may be willing to proclaim and bear witness to the Gospel to the ends of the earth.”

And the Pontiff’s general intention focuses on prisoners: “that prisoners may be treated with justice and respect for their human dignity.” Read more »

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A stamp from a document in the Vatican secret archive

“On the 26th July, the Holy Father received in audience the Commission of Cardinals which is undertaking the administrative investigation into the leaking of reserved information: Cardinal Julian Herranz, Cardinal Jozef Tomko and Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi. The cardinals were accompanied by Fr. Luigi Martignani O.F.M. Cap., secretary of the Commission; Examining Magistrate Piero Antonio Bonnet, and Promoter of Justice Nicola Picardi of the Tribunal of Vatican City State”, according to a communique released by the Holy See Press Office… Read more »

Ser terġa tittella l-Maratona Oħloq Tbissima: 60 siegħa ta’ xandir live miċ-ĊAM Productions international (CPi) u l-Production House fi ħdan is-Soċjeta’ Missjunarja ta’ San Pawl (MSSP).   L-għaxar edizzjoni tal-maratona ser tibda f’nofsinhar tat-3 t’Awwissu u tibqa’ sejra sal-Ħadd 5 t’Awwissu f’nofsillejl.

Bħal edizzjonijiet passati,  l-għan huwa li titqajjem kuxjenza missjunarja, filwaqt li jinġabru fondi b’risq il-missjonijiet fi ħdan l-MSSP, fil-Filippini, fil-Peru  u fil-Pakistan, kif ukoll b’risq id-Dar ta’ San Ġużepp f’Santa Venera u għall-Evanġelizzazzjoni permezz tal-Media… Read more »

Pope during Angelus

Pope Benedict XVI appealed for peace in Syria and in Iraq. Speaking to pilgrims and tourists gathered in the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace at Castel Gandolfo, the Holy Father said that he continues, “[T]o follow with concern the growing and tragic episodes of violence in Syria,” where as many as 20 thousand people have perished in more than a year of increasingly intense civil strife… Read more »

World Tourism Day 2012

The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People has issued a Message for the 2012 World Tourism Day (September 27th). The theme this year is “Tourism and Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development”.
In the message, the President of the Council, Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò, said:
“Tourism has an important role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals which include ‘ensuring environmental sustainability’, and it must do everything in its power so that these goals will be reached… Read more »

Observatory of the New Evangelization for Latin America

The Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the promotion of the New Evangelization, His Exc. Mgr. Octavio Ruiz Arenas, announced that on Tuesday, July 24, during the opening session of the meeting of the President Bishops of the Commissions of CELAM (Latin American Episcopal Council) the inauguration of the “Observatory of the New Evangelization for Latin America” was held… Read more »

World Conference of Secular Institutes in Assisi

Pope Benedict XVI has sent his greetings to the congress of the World Conference of Secular Institutes underway in Assisi.
Signed by his Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the message encourages the particular vocation of consecrated lay men and women, which is rooted and centred in Christ, but lived within wider society.
“For many, many centuries,” says Archbishop Gérald Lacroix of Quebec, “if you wanted to consecrate your life to God, you either became a priest, a nun, or a monk… Read more »