Cardinal Van Thuan

The Church in Vietnam expressed hope for Cardinal Van Thuan’s speedy beatification.

“The bishops, the faithful, the whole Church in Vietnam, have great hopes for the success of the process of beatification of our beloved Cardinal Xavier Van Thuan. He was a special person, who lived the Gospel as the sole criterion of his life,” said Bishop Paul Nguyen Thai Hop, OP, the bishop of Vinh and president of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Vietnamese Episcopal Conference, to Fides on the eve of the arrival of a Vatican delegation of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace… Read more »

A new edition of the Ecclesiastical Directory for 2012 with over 500 pages of updated information in Maltese and English about the organization, including structures and entities of the Archdiocese of Malta, has just been published.

The Directory includes detailed information about the number of parishioners and families; Masses on Sundays and Feast Days, as well as during the week; processions; the names of the religious associations and movements represented in the various parishes; the number of Baptisms, First Holy Communions, Confirmations, Marriages and Funerals held in the previous year in every parish; and small churches or chapels where marriages can be celebrated… Read more »

On Thursday 22nd March 2012, DISCERN is organising it’s annual public lecture. This year, the theme is ‘Pray, Pay and Obey: The Laity before and After Vatican II?’. The main speaker is Dr Oonagh O’Brien, Principal of the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology at the University of Cambridge. The lecture will take place at Palazzo de Piro in Mdina at 6.30 p.m. Read more »

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On Sunday 18th March 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Family Commission and members of the Pembroke Civil Society.

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On Tuesday 20th March 2012, the Archbishop’s Seminary organized a Think-Tank, for seminarians to discover the way in which the priesthood is looked upon by journalists, who are considered to be in touch with the views embraced by society. The journalists expressed various opinions as to how they feel the priest should communicate effectively, using language that is easily understood in a world which is under the widespread influence of different means of social communication… Read more »

Pope Shenouda III

This is the full text of Vatican Radio’s unofficial translation of Pope Benedict XVI’s Message of condolence for the death of Pope Shenouda III of Alexendria.
“On learning of the sad departure to God, our common Father, of His Holiness Shenouda III, Patriarch of Alexandria on the See of Saint Mark the Evangelist, I wish to express to the members of the Holy Synod, to the priests and all the faithful of all the Patriarchate, my most sincere brotherly compassion… Read more »

St.Joseph

Feast of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Patron of the Universal Church. It is also the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI’s “name day”. The head of Vatican Radio’s English for Africa service, Fr. Moses Hamungole, offered his reflections on the role of St. Joseph in the life of the Church.
“It is the day to celebrate fatherhood,” he said… Read more »

On Saturday 17th March 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at Pembroke Parish Church, as the official opening of his pastoral visit to the parish.

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