News from the Church in Malta
Pope during Palm Sunday celebration
Pope Benedict XVI presided over of Palm Sunday celebrations in St Peter’s Square before thousands of people who carried palms and olive branches as is tradition. On a spring day in Rome a solemn procession made up a Cardinals, Bishops and priests made its way around the square on this Sunday which marks the start of Holy Week… Read more »
The Mdina Cathedral Museum will be holding the Seventh Biennale of Christian Art on the 15th March 2013.
All artists who are interested in participating are requested to contact the same Museum by mail, telephone: 2145 4697 or email: [email protected] by not later than 12th April 2012.
All works are to be exhibited in the Biennale have to be completed by November 2012… Read more »
Archbishop Paul Cremona OP will lead the National Way of the Cross on Wednesday 4th April at 8pm. The theme selected for this year is ‘Jesus and the Refugee on the Way of the Cross’.
On the Archbishop’s request, the Way of the Cross, which normally takes place in locations where people are undergoing some form of suffering, will this year commence at the Marsa Open Centre, which is the residence of many immigrants who are separated from their families, after having to leave their countries due to various reasons… Read more »
Il-Kummissjoni Pastorali fid-Dinja tax-Xogħol, f’laqgħa li kellha, wriet id-dispjaċir tagħha għad-deċiżjoni li ttieħdet dan l-aħħar, li stabbilimenti kummerċjali ngħataw permess li jiftħu f’festi pubbliċi li jaħbtu l-Ħadd. Il-Kummissjoni dejjem sostniet li l-Ħadd huwa Jum il-Mulej, Jum ta’ mistrieħ, Jum tal-familja u Jum soċjali. Għal ħafna ħaddiema, dawn il-festi pubbliċi se jsiru ġranet ta’ xogħol li jkun ifisser anqas mistrieħ u ħin għalihom.
Il-Kummissjoni taf li s-soċjetà Maltija qegħda tinbidel, imma l-valuri, il-kultura, id-drawwiet u t-twemmin tagħna l-Maltin għandna ngħozzuhom u mhux nbiegħuhom… Read more »
On Friday 30th March, 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. led the pilgrimage in Valletta, on the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows.
Click on the photos to enlarge. The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta… Read more »
Il-poplu Malti lbieraħ ħa sehem f’għadd ta’ purċissjonijiet jew pellegrinaġġi li kienu organizzati mid-diversi parroċċi madwar Malta u Għawdex biex ingħaqad ma’ Marija fid-Dulur tagħha, f’din il-‘festa’ tradizzjonali magħrufa aħjar bħala ‘l-festa tad-Duluri’. Kienu eluf il-Maltin, kbar u żgħar, li ħarġu jimxu wara l-istatwa tal-Madonna mnikkta taħt is-salib ta’ binha Ġesù.
Kif inhi tradizzjoni, l-Arċisqof ta’ Malta Pawlu Cremona OP, mexxa l-purċissjoni li ħarġet mill-knisja ta’ Ġieżu, fil-Belt, waħda mill-eqdem purċissjonijiet tad-Duluri f’dawn il-gżejjer… Read more »
Two members of the Church Youth Commission (KDZ) are representing Malta at an international gathering in Rome, starting off the preparations towards World Youth Day 2013. This gathering comes to an end on Sunday 1st April.
KDZ president, Anthony Mifsud, along with Project Co-ordinator Stefan Busuttil, are taking part in these sessions to lay the groundwork for the international collaboration necessary over the next sixteen months… Read more »
Stem cell research
A Vatican-sponsored congress on the ethical use of stem cells in scientific research was canceled because of a lack of funding, organizers said. The Third International Congress on Responsible Stem Cell Research was to be held April 25-28 at the Vatican and was being organized by the Pontifical Academy for Life with the collaboration of the Vatican-based International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations, the Jerome Lejeune Foundation and the Bioethical Consultative Committee of Monaco… Read more »
Resqin lejn l-attivitajiet u ċelebrazzjonijiet tal-Ġimgħa Mqaddsa u kif għamlet fil-passat il-Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent tixtieq tappella lil dawk il-knejjes u parroċċi kollha li jorganizzaw dawn l-attivitajiet sabiex waqt li jagħmlu dan, jagħtu xhieda ta’ kif in-Nisrani jħares lejn il-Ħolqien b’rispett lejn il-Ħallieq.
F’Ħadd il-Palm, l-użanza tant għażiża tat-tqassim tal-palm jew weraq taż-żebbuġ lill-fidili għandha tkun okkażjoni fejn niftakru fid-daħla trijonfali tal-Imgħallem f’Ġerusalemm. M’hemmx għalfejn nużaw ammonti esaġerati minn dawn il-pjanti… Read more »
Gay Couples and child adoption
A new family law in Slovenia that would have allowed same-sex partners to adopt children in some circumstances was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in a nation-wide referendum on Sunday.
Last week, the nation’s Catholic bishops joined with Orthodox and Muslim leaders to urge Slovenians to vote against the law.
The referendum result is legally binding and prevents the enforcement of the law… Read more »
