News from the Church in Malta
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 »
Fid-9 ta’ Lulju li għadda miet il-Kappillan tal-Imqabba, Dun Nazzareno Caruana. Bħala Knisja jidhrilna li fil-mewt tal-kappillan kellha titħassar il-Festa. Imma fi spirtu ta’ djalogu ġenwin u b’sinjal ta’ rieda tajba, saru diskussjonijiet ma’ dawk kollha konċernati u wasalna fi qbil fuq dawn il-punti li ġejjin.
'. . . 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 »
Fl-okkażjoni tal-festa ta’ San Kalċidonju ser tiġi ċċelebrata quddiesa fil-kappella ddedikata lil dan il-qaddis, li tinsab fil-bini tal-Kurja tal-Arċisqof, il-Furjana. Din se ssir nhar it-Tlieta 24 ta’ Lulju 2012, fis-6.00 p.m. Fil-5.30 p.m. ser jingħad ukoll ir-rużarju.
Ir-relikwi ta’ San Kalċidonju jinsabu meqjumin f’kappella żgħira li nbniet apposta, dahar ma’ dahar mal-kappella prinċipali fil-bini tal-Kurja. Ir-relikwi tal-qaddis, Ii nġiebu Malta miċ-ċimiterju ta’ Pretestato, l-Italja, waslu fil-kappella dedikata lilu fl-1753… 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 »
Il-Fondazzjoni Suret il-Bniedem qalet fi stqarrija li hi taqbel mal-proposta li għamel il-ġimgħa li għaddiet Dr George Abela, President ta’ Malta, dwar il-bżonn li jinbeda proġett ġdid għal persuni li jkunu fi tmiem is-sentenza tagħhom fil-Faċilità Korrettiva ta’ Kordin.
L-idea hi li tinħoloq dar li toffri programm biex id-detenuti li jkunu waslu fl-aħħar fażi tas-sentenza tagħhom iħejju ruħhom biex joħorġu lura fis-soċjetà u jaqbdu ħajja ġdida… Read more »
Cardinal Fernando Filoni
Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, arrived this afternoon in the Central African Republic, for a pastoral visit of a week. The most solemn moment will be characterized on Sunday, July 22, by the episcopal ordination of four Bishops, presided by the Prefect of the Congregation: the Bishops elected, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on May 14, 2012, are His Exc… Read more »
World Day of Peace
“Blessed are the peacemakers” is the theme chosen by the Holy Father for the forty-sixth World Day of Peace, which will fall on 1 January 2013, according to a communique released today by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. “The annual Message of the Pope, in the complexity of the present time, will encourage everyone to take responsibility with regard to peace-building”, the English-language communique reads… Read more »
During the middle of last month the Archbishop conducted a Pastoral visit in the parish of Marija Reġina in Marsa, where he visited the children and their catechists in the M.U.S.E.U.M. centre in Marsa.
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