News from the Church in Malta
Pope in audience
An appeal to be consistent and an invitation to practice the commandment of love, having Jesus as a model, which is presented as “servant”. This was the appeal conveyed by Pope Benedict XVI, before leading the recitation of the Angelus from St. Peter’s square. After the Angelus, he prayed for the population of Thailand affected by severe floods, and for all those in Italy, Liguria and Tuscany, who suffered from heavy rains … Read more »
Bħalissa quddiem l-aġenzija Appoġġ hemm b’kollox 11-il persuna weħidha, jew single, u 134 koppja li qegħdin fi stadi differenti tal-proċess ta’ adozzjoni. Fost dawn, 28 koppja u tliet persuni waħedhom qed jistennew biex jibdew il-proċess tal-adozzjoni, waqt li 106 koppja u tmien persuni waħedhom qed jiġu assessjati u qed jirċievu t-taħriġ meħtieġ biex ikunu jistgħu jipproċedu bl-adozzjoni.
Tajjeb jingħad għall-korrettezza li adozzjoni tista’ tkun ta’ tarbija, kif ukoll ta’ minuri… Read more »
The JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING of the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches will be held in Malta, at the St George Preca Centre, Archbishop’s Seminary, Rabat, between Monday 31st October and Saturday 5th November. The Diocesan Ecumenical Commission and the Hospitality Staff at the Seminary have been assisting the organizers with regard to logistical arrangements.
Although the Catholic Church is not a member of the World Council of Churches (WCC), there has been a solid partnership in the shared quest for Christian unity… Read more »
On Thursday 26th Ocotber, 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. visited the Community of the Sisters of Charity in Rabat.He later met the Parish Adolescent and Youth Commission of Rabat and then moved on to meet the Youth and Adolescent Commission of the same parish.
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On Sunday 23rd October, 2011 Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at Our Lady of Jesus Church in Rabat and after met with the people. Later on he met the Franciscan Fathers and dined with them.
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Pope Benedict XVI
Taking 300 religious leaders with him on pilgrimage to Assisi, Pope Benedict XVI said people who are suspicious of religion cannot be blamed for questioning God’s existence when they see believers use religion to justify violence. “All their struggling and questioning is, in part, an appeal to believers to purify their faith so that God, the true God, becomes accessible,” the pope said Oct… Read more »
Matul dawn l-aħħar xhur il-media wasslitilna rapporti dwar każijiet xokkanti ta’ kefrija kbira fuq l-annimali. Dawn l-atti ġibdu l-attenzjoni tal-pubbliku inġenerali u ħolqu ferment mal-pajjiż kollu. Bla tlaqliq ta’ xejn, il-Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent (KA) tingħaqad mal-bqija tal-poplu u tikkundanna bla riżervi dawn l-atti barbareski. Li tispara fuq kelb u tidfnu ħaj, li tagħlaq kelb f’borża tal-plastik u titfgħu fiż-żibel ferut u agunija, li ssallab ġeru u ssammru rasu ’l isfel ma’ bieb ta’ residenza, minbarra li jnaqqsu mill-ġieħ tal-istess persuni li jwettquhom, huma atti li joffendu s-sentimenti tal-komunità u għalhekk huma atti li jitolbu kundanna serja li għandha tkun riflessa fis-sentenzi u l-pieni xierqa li jingħataw fil-qorti li jservu ta’ deterrent… Read more »
Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. has appointed Fr Mario Tong as the new archpriest of St Paul’s Shipwreck Parish, Valletta.
Fr Mario Tong was born in Hamrun on 29th April, 1953. He received his education at Paola Primary School, the Minor Seminary and Major Seminary.
Fr Mario was ordained priest on 19th June, 1977. He started his pastoral work as parish priest in St Joseph the Worker parish in Gibraltar in 1978… Read more »
On Saturday 29th October 2011, christian musicians convene for a formation seminar at Dar Frate Jacoba in Marsascala ahead of the upcoming World Youth Day Song Contest.
The conference, themed MoreVolume, is divided between discussion sessions and hands-on workshops focusing on the unique call of musicians as ministers.
MoreVolume will be guided by Italian ensemble Nuova Civiltà who were purposely invited… Read more »
Financial Markets
A Vatican document called for the gradual creation of a world political authority with broad powers to regulate financial markets and rein in the “inequalities and distortions of capitalist development.” The document said the current global financial crisis has revealed “selfishness, collective greed and the hoarding of goods on a great scale.” A supranational authority, it said, is needed to place the common good at the center of international economic activity… Read more »
