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 »

Young married couple discussing their everyday life

Benedict XVI sent greetings to participants of the 11th International Gathering of the Teams of Our Lady, which is currently being held in Brazil. The message was sent through the Pope’s secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.

Founded in 1939 in Paris by Father Henri Caffarel, the Teams of Our Lady is a movement of married spirituality in the Catholic Church and aims to help couples discover the riches of the sacrament of marriage and to live out a married spirituality… Read more »

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of St. George Preca’s death, Mass will be celebrated  by  Mgr. Mario Grech Bishop of Gozo, at the SDC MUSEUM Hall in Blata l-Bajda, next Thursday at 6.30pm. Another mass will be celebrated by  Mgr. Grech in the Santuary of Our Lady of Ta’ Pinu, Gozo on Friday 27 of July, at 6.30pm … Read more »

Pope in Castel Gandolfo

Pope Benedict spoke of his shock on Sunday in what he called “the senseless violence” that took place in Aurora Denver in which twelve people were killed and dozens of others injured when a gunman opened fire during a film screening this week. The Holy Father also expressed his sadness at the loss of life in the recent ferry disaster near Zanzibar in which at least 68 people died… Read more »

Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. has appointed Can. Fr Carm Busuttil as the new parish priest of Swatar.

Fr Carm Busuttil was born in Birkirkara in 1947. He received his education at St. Francis School, Birkirkara Primary school and the Minor Seminary. In 1966 he entered the Archbishop’s Seminary and was ordained to the priesthood in 1974.

Fr Carm served as an assistant parish priest of St… Read more »