Communicating to journalists in reaction to the Moneyval Report

The Moneyval’s Report on the Holy See and Vatican City State, published on Wednesday, comes in response to a request, made by the Holy See in February 2011, for its control system and safeguards against criminal activity in the economic and financial sphere, to be evaluated according to the procedures of the organization set up by the Council of Europe for this purpose… Read more »

Il-Fondazzjoni Suret il-Bniedem qalet fi stqarrija li hi taqbel mal-proposta li għamel il-ġimgħa li għaddiet Dr George Abela, President ta’ Malta, dwar il-bżonn li jinbeda proġett ġdid għal persuni li jkunu fi tmiem is-sentenza tagħhom fil-Faċilità Korrettiva ta’ Kordin.

L-idea hi li tinħoloq dar li toffri programm biex id-detenuti li jkunu waslu fl-aħħar fażi tas-sentenza tagħhom iħejju ruħhom biex joħorġu lura fis-soċjetà u jaqbdu ħajja ġdida… Read more »

Cardinal Fernando Filoni

Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, arrived this afternoon in the Central African Republic, for a pastoral visit of a week. The most solemn moment will be characterized on Sunday, July 22, by the episcopal ordination of four Bishops, presided by the Prefect of the Congregation: the Bishops elected, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on May 14, 2012, are His Exc… Read more »

World Day of Peace

“Blessed are the peacemakers” is the theme chosen by the Holy Father for the forty-sixth World Day of Peace, which will fall on 1 January 2013, according to a communique released today by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. “The annual Message of the Pope, in the complexity of the present time, will encourage everyone to take responsibility with regard to peace-building”, the English-language communique reads… Read more »

During the middle of last month the Archbishop conducted a Pastoral visit in the parish of Marija Reġina in Marsa, where he visited the children and their catechists in the M.U.S.E.U.M. centre in Marsa.

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Il-motto ta’ l-aħħar ‘gradwazzjoni’, jew aħjar ‘Lejla ta’ Solidarjetà’, li saret fil-kumpless San Blas, il-Ħamis, 5 ta’ Lulju li għadda kien “fejn hemm il-ħajja, hemm it-tama”. Is-serata rat 22 żagħżugħ u żagħżugħa ‘jiggradwaw’ wara li temmew kors ta’ rijabilitazzjoni mid-dipendenza tad-droga f’dan iċ-ċentru mmexxi mill-CARITAS.

Mons Victor Grech, Direttur tal-CARITAS, fid-diskors tiegħu rabat it-tama ma’ dik li hu sejjaħ “il-kultura tal-ħajja” u ħeġġeġ lil dawk preżenti biex “innisslu fit-tfal minn ċkunithom, fil-familja u fl-iskejjel” din il-kultura tal-ħajja… Read more »

Pan African Congress logo

“Being witnesses of Jesus Christ in Africa today. ‘Salt of the earth … light of the World’” is the theme of the forthcoming Pan African Congress for Catholic Laity, which has been organised by the Pontifical Council for the Laity and is due to take place in Yaounde, Cameroon, from 4 to 9 September. The initiative is part of the council’s tradition of organising continental and/or regional congresses for Catholic lay people in various parts of the world… Read more »

Pope's Butler

In a press briefing Thursday afternoon, the head of the Holy See Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, SJ, told reporters the investigation into the public release of confidential Vatican documents by a three-Cardinal commission led by Cardinal Julian Herranz will soon come to a conclusion. The special commission is expected to submit the results of their work to the Holy Father next week… Read more »