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 »

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 »