World Conference of Secular Institutes in Assisi

Pope Benedict XVI has sent his greetings to the congress of the World Conference of Secular Institutes underway in Assisi.
Signed by his Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the message encourages the particular vocation of consecrated lay men and women, which is rooted and centred in Christ, but lived within wider society.
“For many, many centuries,” says Archbishop Gérald Lacroix of Quebec, “if you wanted to consecrate your life to God, you either became a priest, a nun, or a monk… Read more »

Young married couple discussing their everyday life

Benedict XVI sent greetings to participants of the 11th International Gathering of the Teams of Our Lady, which is currently being held in Brazil. The message was sent through the Pope’s secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.

Founded in 1939 in Paris by Father Henri Caffarel, the Teams of Our Lady is a movement of married spirituality in the Catholic Church and aims to help couples discover the riches of the sacrament of marriage and to live out a married spirituality… Read more »

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of St. George Preca’s death, Mass will be celebrated  by  Mgr. Mario Grech Bishop of Gozo, at the SDC MUSEUM Hall in Blata l-Bajda, next Thursday at 6.30pm. Another mass will be celebrated by  Mgr. Grech in the Santuary of Our Lady of Ta’ Pinu, Gozo on Friday 27 of July, at 6.30pm … Read more »

Pope in Castel Gandolfo

Pope Benedict spoke of his shock on Sunday in what he called “the senseless violence” that took place in Aurora Denver in which twelve people were killed and dozens of others injured when a gunman opened fire during a film screening this week. The Holy Father also expressed his sadness at the loss of life in the recent ferry disaster near Zanzibar in which at least 68 people died… Read more »

Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. has appointed Can. Fr Carm Busuttil as the new parish priest of Swatar.

Fr Carm Busuttil was born in Birkirkara in 1947. He received his education at St. Francis School, Birkirkara Primary school and the Minor Seminary. In 1966 he entered the Archbishop’s Seminary and was ordained to the priesthood in 1974.

Fr Carm served as an assistant parish priest of St… Read more »

'. . . barra mill-Etika morali individwali, tajjeb li tingħata dejjem iktar enfasi fuq l-etika soċjali.' – Dr. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici

L-iskandli fit-tmexxija ta’ ċerti banek importanti fl-Istati Uniti u fir-Renju Unit għandhom jiftħu għajnejn dawk li għandhom fiduċja żejda fil-mod kif jaħdmu s-swieq.

Inkixef li altru milli l-forzi tas-suq jiffissaw il-prezzijiet b’mod awtomatiku kif jitolbu d-domanda u l-offerta, kien hemm manipulazzjoni sfaċċata… Read more »

Communicating to journalists in reaction to the Moneyval Report

The Moneyval’s Report on the Holy See and Vatican City State, published on Wednesday, comes in response to a request, made by the Holy See in February 2011, for its control system and safeguards against criminal activity in the economic and financial sphere, to be evaluated according to the procedures of the organization set up by the Council of Europe for this purpose… Read more »