News from the Church in Malta
The family
At an open-air Mass at Bresso Park in Milan, Italy, for the closure of the seventh World Meeting of Families, the Pope said:
“The liturgical Solemnity of the Holy Trinity that we are celebrating today … urges us to commit ourselves to live our communion with God and with one another according to the model of Trinitarian communion… Read more »
Waqt iż-żjara ad limina tagħhom fil-Vatikan, iż-żewġ Isqfijiet ta’ Malta u Għawdex kemm-il darba tkellmu dwar l-evanġelizzazzjoni ġdida li l-Knisja qed tipproponi fi żmienna, “anki fid-dawl tas-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet li se jsir f’Ottubru li ġej”.
“Il-Knisja tagħna waqqafha Pawlu u fuqha għaddew is-sekli. U allura rridu nerġgħu niskopru mill-ġdid l-Vanġelu u l-Ġesù Kristu,” qal l-Isqof Mario Grech lil IL-ĠENSillum online… Read more »
11.00am The Archbishop meets Fr Paul Bugeja OFM Cap., the Parish Priest in preparation for his pastoral visit in his parish.
5.00pm The Archbishop meets the Diaconia Commission, at St Pius hall.
6.30pm The Archbishop celebrates mass at the Parish Church for the official opening of the pastoral visit and afterwards meets with the people… Read more »
Paolo Gabriele
Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., director of the Holy See Press Office, held a meeting with journalist to answer questions on the publication of reserved Vatican documents, an act for which the Pope’s personal assistant has been arrested.
Regarding the questions on the pope’s possible resignation, a hypothesis maintained by various media outlets, Fr. Lombardi affirmed that those were baseless creations of some journalists, which have no foundation in reality… Read more »
World Meeting of Families logo
Families from five continents are meeting in Milan for the 7th World Meeting. It will be these same families that will welcome Benedict XVI on Friday afternoon, 1 June, upon his arrival in the capital of Lombardia.
The participating families – coming from 100 countries including Guinea Bissau, one of the poorest countries, and even Australia from the other side of the world – are not only enlivening the Pastoral Theological Congress’ work at MiCo (Fieramilanocity) and in several places in the city and various neighbouring dioceses in Lombardia, but are actively participating in all initiatives, such as the “Congress of children”, uniting the youngest participants… Read more »
Pope Benedict XVI met with Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. and with Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Mercieca, together with some of the Maltese priests who work at the Holy See. These are (from left) Mons Alfred Xuereb, the Pope’s Secretary; Mons Charles J. Scicluna, Promoter of Justice at the Congregation of the Faith; Mons Frans Bonnici, Director at the Pontifical Office for Priestly Vocations; Fr Patrick Incorvaja, from the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura… Read more »
An ecumenical service is being held on the 31st May, during the Pentecost period. Pentecost is the feast not only of the birth of Christianity, but also of the shift from plurality to unity: many united in one body. It is therefore right and fitting that at Pentecost we should continue to pray for unity amongst Christians.
The ecumenical service is being organised by Christians Together in Malta – Malta Ecumenical Council in collaboration with the Diocesan Ecumenical Commission… Read more »
Monsignor Victor Grech, a pioneering figure in Caritas Malta, has been jointly nominated by MEPs Louis Grech and Simon Busuttil for the European Citizens’ Prize.
The European Citizens’ prize is an award organised by the European Parliament each year to recognize the exceptional achievements of European citizens in fostering closer integration among EU citizens and promoting the values found in the EU’s Charter of fundamental rights… Read more »
Pope Benedict XVI met Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. and Bishop Mario Grech during a private audience on the first day of the ad Limina visit with respect to the diocese of Malta and the diocese of Gozo. This meeting was held last Monday in the Pope’s study at the Apostolic Palace, at the Vatican.
In his initial comments to the media, Archbishop Cremona said that he spoke to the Pope about the family and the up-bringing of children, and the necessity of the transmission of faith from one generation to another as an integral part of family life. … Read more »
Syria massacre
Pope Benedict XVI joined the international community in condemning a massacre in Syria, and he called for Christian and Muslim leaders in the country to guide their faithful in prayer and collaboration to restore peace and calm. The massacre in Houla May 25-26 left about 108 people dead, including 49 children and 34 women. The U.N. Security Council May 27 condemned the massacre of civilians and, while not pinning all the blame on the Syrian government, it accused the government of inappropriately using heavy weapons in a residential area… Read more »
