News from the Church in Malta
On 19 April 2005, three days after his 78th birthday, the Cardinals gathered in Conclave in the Sistine Chapel elected as head of the Church Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He took the name of Benedict. On 16 April 2012, Pope Benedict XVI will be 85 years old and will have completed the seventh year of his ministry as Successor of Peter… Read more »
Kien kumment li ta fi Frar li għadda Dr Thomas W Hilgers, Fundatur u Direttur tal- Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction, li jinsab f’Omaha, Nebraska, fl-Istati Uniti, u li fih sostna li t-teknoloġija tal-Fertilizzazzjoni In-Vitro, jew l-IVF, hi “highly abortive”, li reġa’ fetaħ d-diskussjoni f’pajjiżna dwar it-tnissil assistit fil-kamp xjentifiku tal-infertilità.
Nhar il-Ġimgħa li għadda, imbagħad, festa tad-Dulur ta’ Marija, l-Isqof t’Għawdex Mons Mario Grech, waqt l-omelija li għamel espona r-realtà tat-tbatija tal-omm li ma jistax ikollha tfal, f’relazzjoni mal-misteru tal-ħajja… Read more »
On Monday, April 9, 2012, the Carmelite Friars of the Maltese Carmelite Province met at the ‘Lunzjata’ Retreat House in Rabat to celebrate their Provincial Chapter. The Provincial Chapter, which takes place every three years, is presided over by the Prior General of the Carmelite Order Fr Fernando Millán Romeral, and is due to end on Friday, April 13, 2012. Fr John Keating, General Counsellor, is accompanying the Priory General during the Chapter… Read more »
Syria-violence
“Its never too late to give up violence”, says Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald, nuncio to Egypt and the Cairo based League of Arab States, referring to the Syrian crisis. On Monday Syria pledged to withdraw all military units from towns by April 10 to pave the way for a ceasefire with rebels two days later, as part of a U.N.-Arab League peace plan brokered by envoy Kofi Annan… Read more »
On Monday 9th April 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass with priests who were celebrating their 50th anniversary from their ordination to the priesthood, at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta. These are Mgr Vincenz Deguara, Fr Vincent Deguara, Fr Maurice Mifsud, Mgr Joseph Grech Cremona, Mgr Guzepp Mifsud Bonnici, Can. John Ciarlo, Fr Guzepp Berry, Mgr Joe Carabott, Mgr Alfred Micallef, Mgr Joseph Busuttil, Mgr Lawrence Gatt, Mgr Joseph Pace, Mgr Can… Read more »
Pope on Easter Sunday
Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass this Easter Sunday in St Peter’s Square, after which he offered the urbi et orbi benediction – the blessing of the city and the world – which it is tradition for the Pope to give at Easter and at Christmas. The Holy Father delivered remarks to the faithful gathered in the square, focusing on the radical and permanent novelty of Christ’s resurrection… Read more »
On Monday 2nd April 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Liturgy Commission of Tal-Ibrag as part of his Pastoral Visit to the Parish. Later on, the Archbishop met members of Tal-Ibrag Civil Society and then presided over a meeting of the Parish Assembly of the same parish.
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Meta kien qed ikellem lis-saċerdoti waqt l-omelija li għamel fil-Quddiesa tal-Griżma nhar il-Ħamis filgħodu, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP ħeġġiġhom biex ikunu ta’ servizz, ubbidjenti u disponibbli.
Waqt din il-quddiesa, l-unika waħda li kienet iċċelebrata nhar Ħamis ix-Xirka filgħodu fl-Arċidjoċesi, is-saċerdoti, li mlew aktar minn nofs il-Konkatidral, ġeddew il-wegħdiet saċerdotali tagħhom. L-Arċisqof qal lis-saċerdoti miġbura fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann li “hemm tliet kelmiet li jfissru dak li se nagħmlu bit-tiġdid tal-wegħdiet saċerdotali tagħna: servizz, ubbidjenza u disponibbiltà”… Read more »
On Thursday 5th April 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass of the Institution of the Priesthood and the Holy Eucharist at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, on the occasion of Maundy Thursday.
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Pope on Maundy Thursday
In the dark night of the Mount of Olives, “Jesus resolved the false opposition between obedience and freedom and opened the path to freedom”, said Pope Benedict XVI this Holy Thursday, duringMissa in coena Domini, Mass of Our Lord’s Supper. “We think we are free and truly ourselves only if we follow our own will… Read more »
