Catholics are looking for guidance and a larger voice from the Vatican on ethical principles for the world of finance and the environment, said some participants attending a Vatican meeting on social justice in a globalized world. Some 200 people involved in social justice issues for the church gathered May 16-18 for an international conference sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. The meeting celebrated the 50th anniversary of Blessed Pope John XXIII’s social encyclical, “Mater et Magistra.”

The gathering also was designed to find ways that the church’s social teaching, including Pope Benedict XVI’s 2009 social encyclical “Caritas in Veritate,” could be applied to bring greater justice to a globalized world… Read more »

Is-Soċjetà tad-Duttrina Nisranija, M.U.S.E.U.M., qed torganizza tliet laqgħat dwar iż-‘Żwieġ u l-Familja’. Il-laqgħat se jsiru fid-Dar Ġenerali tal-M.U.S.E.U.M., il-Blata l-Bajda, skont dan il-programm:

L-Erbgħa 18 ta’ Mejju:   ‘Iż-Żwieġ Nisrani: Mixja ta’ Qdusija’

Il-Ħamis 19 ta’ Mejju:   ‘It-Tagħlim tal-Knisja dwar iż-Żwieġ u l-Familja’

Il-Ġimgħa 20 ta’ Mejju: ‘Sfidi, Diffikultajiet u Għajnuniet fil-Ħajja taż-Żwieġ u tal-Familja‘

Il-laqgħat jibdew fis-7.00 p.m.  … Read more »

Bishops have been given a year to turn in guidelines for dealing with the sexual abuse of minors by clergy or religious, according to three Vatican documents made public today.
The request is made in a circular letter, along with an introduction and a summary, published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
The letter provides a broad set of principles to help bishops’ conferences to establish guidelines, thereby ensuring that the universal Church will respond to sexual abuse consistently from one country to another… Read more »

A conference sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace will reflect on the Church’s social doctrine, especially in the context of modern-day globalization and injustices.

In regard to the results expected from the congress, Bishop Mario Toso, the dicastery’s secretary explained, “We hope there will be a new awareness of the importance of the mobilization of all ecclesial communities and the various lay associations and movements in respect to the great problems of the world.”

The three-day international congress on the theme “Justice and Globalization: From ‘Mater et Magistra’ to ‘Caritas in Veritate’” will be held in Rome beginning Monday… Read more »

Il-Knisja se tkompli twassal messaġġ favur żwieġ stabbli u għalhekk anki kontra d-divorzju u tħeġġeġ lill-Insara jinvolvu ruħhom b’mod attiv fil-ħajja soċjali u politika, u dan minkejja li jkollha tbati minħabba f’hekk.

Din kienet, f’sinteżi, it-tema ta’ messaġġ li ta’ l-Arċisqof Pawl Cremona OP waqt laqgħa maċ-chairperson u r-rappreżentanti tal-Moviment Żwieġ Bla Divorzju, fir-residenża tiegħu Ħ’Attard.

Fil-messaġġ tiegħu l-Arċisqof saħaq li li l-Knisja f’Malta, l-istess kif għamlet f’pajjiżi oħra, trid tkompli twassal it-tagħlim kollu ta’ Kristu dwar iż-żwieġ stabbli u fl-istess ħin tkompli ddawwal lil dawk li jemmnu fih biex iwettquh… Read more »