News from the Church in Malta
On Monday 5th November 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met children who attend Catechism with the Ursoline Sisters and catechists in Guardamangia.
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On Saturday 3rd November, 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at Our Lady of Fatima in Guardamangia, for the official opening of his pastoral visit. The Archbishop also met met with parisioners and later this month he will meet the various commissions which work together in the Pastoral sector of the Parish. There will also be time for the Archbishop to visit Catechism centre’s, and meet boys and girls… Read more »
Archbishop Mamberti
Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States, addressed the eighty-first session of the general assembly of the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL), which is currently being held in Rome on the theme: “Challenges for police facing contemporary criminal violence”.
Archbishop Mamberti noted that “crime has undergone a substantial increase, both in quantitative terms and as regards the use of violence… Read more »
On Sunday 4th of November 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. ordained six new deacons at Mosta parish church.
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On Friday 2nd November 2012, the Archbishop met an enthusiastic youth group in Kalkara. See the photos below.
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Pope Benedict XVI has sent a message to His Holiness Abna Tawadros, the new head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, expressing his joy at hearing the news of his election.
Tawadros was chosen in a solemn ceremony in the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt Sunday as the new Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Mark, replacing His Holiness Shenouda III, who died in March… Read more »
On Saturday 3rd November 2012, the Archbishop met the Diakonia Commission of Guardamangia, at Yvonne Hall.
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Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will ordain six deacons tomorrow (Sunday 4th November) at the Parish Church of the Assumption of our Lady, Mosta, during a con-celebrated Mass starting at 5.30 p.m. The new deacons are: Bro. Stephen Borg O.F.M. Conv; Leonard Mintoff from the Parish of St Helen’s Birkirkara; Charlon Muscat from the Parish of Our Lady’s Assumption Mosta; Bro… Read more »
11.00 a.m. The Archbishop meets with the Parish priest of Guardamangia, at the Curia, in Floriana.
4.30 p.m. The Archbishop meets the Diakonia Commission at Yvonne Hall.
6.00 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates mass at the Parish Church for the opening of the his Pastoral Visit and afterwards he meets the people… Read more »
Arcbishop Gerhard Muller
Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council launched a new Catholic commitment to interreligious dialogue, work continues on clarifying the church’s attitudes toward other religions. While some Catholics still look on other religions with disdain, other Catholics seem to believe Vatican II taught that all religions were equally valid paths to God and to the fullness of truth.
The new prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith recently said both extremes are wrong… Read more »
