News from the Church in Malta
Islamic-Catholic Committee
We are publishing the statement on the Extraordinary Meeting of the Islamic-Catholic Liaison Committee, which took place on 10 July 2012. The Committee – established in 1995 by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and, on the Muslim side, by the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue – meets every year… Read more »
Twenty Caritas Malta volunteers working in various Diaconia Commissions all over Malta have acquired first hand experience of poverty and social exclusion issues in Italian cities by successfully completing a two-week Leonardo Mobility Traing Placement as guests of Caritas Europa.
Through this placement, the volunteers acquired new skills which would enable them to better work with the underprivileged in the local environment. … Read more »
Mons Charles J. Scicluna
The majority of bishops’ conferences in the Americas, Europe and Asia have complied with a Vatican mandate to draw up anti-abuse guidelines, said the Vatican’s top investigator of clerical sex abuse. Without counting Africa, “more than half of the conferences responded” by the May deadline, Msgr. Charles Scicluna of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said in an interview with the Italian monthly Catholic magazine Jesus… Read more »
Residenti fil-Faċilità Korrettiva ta’ Kordin dan l-aħħar organizzaw għadd ta’ attivitajiet biex jiġbru fondi għall-Fondazzjoni Suret il-Bniedem.
Il-Fondazzjoni taħdem mill-qrib ma’ eks-residenti tal-Faċilità, l-aktar billi toffri għajnuna fl-edukazzjoni lit-tfal tar-residenti u tipprovdi wkoll kenn lil dawk ir-residenti li wara li jiskontaw is-sentenza tagħhom, isibu ruħhom bla saqaf fejn jgħixu.
Agħfas hawn biex tkompli taqra dan l-artiklu mis-sit www.il-gensillum.com Read more »
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Is-Segretarjat għall-Appostolat tal-Emigranti, li fergħa minnu hija responsabbli mis-Saċerdoti, Reliġjużi u Lajċi Maltin li qed jaħdmu għall-Knisja bogħod minn artna (Secretariat for Maltese Priests Overseas, SMPO) ser jorganizza laqgħa għall-missjunarji reliġjużi u lajċi li jkunu Malta għall-ġranet ta’ mistrieħ. Mons. Lawrence Gatt, Aġent Vigarju, se jkun preżenti f’isem l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. Din il-laqgħa se ssir nhar il-Ħamis 12 ta’ Lulju 2012, fl-4:30 p.m… Read more »
With reference to the article ‘Gozitan parish complex scaled down by MEPA’ published on Maltatoday, on Sunday 1st July 2012, the Communications Office of the Archbishop’s Curia is hereby publishing the following clarification, which has also been published in agreement with Maltatoday, on the same newspaper published on Sunday 8th July 2012.
In the above mentioned article, it was mistakenly reported that the proposed parish centre in Triq il-Kastell in the vicinity of the Cittadella will be hosting a residence for Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P… Read more »
Tħabbret il-mewt tal-kappillan tal-parroċċa tal-Imqabba, Dun Nazzareno Caruana, li ħalla din id-dinja għall-ħajja ta’ dejjem, nhar it-Tnejn 9 ta’ Lulju 2012, fl-età ta’ 65 sena. Il-funeral tiegħu se jsir nhar il-Ħamis 12 ta’ Lulju.
DETTALJI TAL-FUNERAL:
11:30am: Il-korteo jitlaq mill-Isptar Mater Dei
12:00pm: Jitqiegħed għall-qima tal-pubbliku fil-kappella ta’ San Mikiel fl-Imqabba
2:00pm: Il-korteo jħalli l-kappella ta’ San Mikiel għall-knisja parrokkjali
2:30pm: Issir ċelebrazzjoni tal-quddiesa presente cadavere b’suffraġju għal ruħu
4:00pm: Il-korteo jħalli l-parroċċa tal-Imqabba għall-parroċċa tal-Mellieħa
5:00pm-5:45pm: Korteo funebri għall-Knisja parrokkjali
5:45pm: Isir it-talb tal-għasar u wara ssir id-difna fiċ-ċimiterju tal-Mellieħa… Read more »
Pope Benedict XVI walks during his visit at the House of the Verbites in Nemi.
The director of the Vatican press office commented on Benedict XVI’s trip today to the house of the Verbites in Nemi, Italy, noting that it was a chance for the Pope to visit the place where as a young theologian he worked on documents of the Second Vatican Council… Read more »
On Monday 18th June 2012, Archbishop Cremona presided over the Parish Assembly of Marija Reġina in Marsa. More information about the parish assembly will be put shortly.
Click on the photos to enlarge. The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta… Read more »
Speaking from his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about Sunday’s Gospel, which tells how Jesus, when He had returned to His hometown of Nazareth, was rejected by His own people. “This fact is understandable,” the Pope said, “because familiarity at the human level makes it difficult to go beyond that and to be open to the divine dimension.”
Jesus was not able to work any miracles in Nazareth – “apart from curing a few sick people by laying His hands on them” – because the people were closed off to the spiritual dimension… Read more »
