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CHURCH LEADERS JOIN PROTESTS TO HALT INDIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

02/05/2011

Church leaders in Maharashtra have added their voice to a movement opposed to several proposed nuclear projects in the state, including what would be the largest nuclear power generating plant in the world. “We don’t want a Chernobyl nuclear disaster or Fukushima crisis to happen in India,” Bishop Alwyn Barreto of Sindhudurg told the Asian church news agency UCA News April 28. He said the diocesan center for social action organized meetings to educate people on the consequences a nuclear accident could have on the western coastal region… Read more »

POPE JOHN PAUL II DECLARED BLESSED

01/05/2011

Beatification of Pope John Paul II

Benedict XVI bestowed the status of “blessed” on the late John Paul II this morning in Saint Peter’s Square, filled to overflowing as more than one million people took part in the solemn mass.

The throngs cheered as Pope Benedict pronounced the formula of beatification for John Paul and a giant banner bearing the Polish pontiff’s portrait was unveiled over the facade of St Peter’s basilica… Read more »

PRAYER MEETINGS FOR FAMILIES

01/05/2011

Nhar it-Tlieta 26 t’April saret laqgħa oħra ta’ Talb għall-Familji.  Din saret fil-Knisja Parrokkjali taż-Żurrieq bis-sehem tal-Parroċċi ta’ Ħal Kirkop, Mqabba, Qrendi u Ħal Safi li jiffurmaw parti mill-istess Unità 16.

Dawn il-laqgħat qed jiġu organizzati mis-Segretarjat tal-Parroċċi flimkien mas-Segretarjat tal-Lajċi li għalihom l-insara Maltin kollha huma mistiedna jattendu sabiex ilkoll flimkien, kemm lajċi, kemm saċerdoti kif ukoll reliġjużi rġiel u nisa, jiltaqgħu f’mumenti ta’ talb għall-familji kollha ta’ pajjiżna.  … Read more »

LECTURE BY ABBA SERAPHIM EL SOURIANI

30/04/2011

On Friday 29th April, 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. presided over a lecture by Abba Seraphim El souriani, Metropolitan of Glastonbury, Head of the British Orthodox Church, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, at Aula Magna, Valletta.

Click on photos to enlarge. The photos of the  Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta. Tel:    21236723… Read more »

DO YOU BELIEVE . . . WHAT IN?

30/04/2011

Immaġina li xi ħadd jistiednek ittir miegħu fuq ajruplan b’magna waħda, bi storja ta’ ħsarat spissi fil-magna. Int, pulit pulit, tiċħad l-istedina. Imma l-pilota jgħidlek: “Għax qed tibża’? M’intix qed tara li jien nirkeb fuqu bla l-iċken biża’?” Imma int tibqa’ tirrifjuta. Sakemm ftit ġimgħat wara tisma’ li dak l-imsejken pilota kkaxxja bl-ajruplan.

Miskin: kellu fidi sħiħa fl-ajruplan tiegħu, iżda għarralu!

Hi stupidaġni li tiftaħar li int ma temmen f’xejn… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 30th April

30/04/2011

Click on the image below to watch the latest edition of the programme ‘Kelma ghall-Hajja’.

Mark 16,9-15

Having risen in the morning on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdala from whom he had cast out seven devils. She then went to those who had been his companions, and who were mourning and in tears, and told them… Read more »

MAGNIFICAT CELEBRATIONS

29/04/2011

On Thursday 28th April, 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. participated in the Magnificat Celebration, at the Palace Hotel, Sliema.

Click on photos to enlarge. The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta… Read more »

PEOPLE GIVE WITNESS TO WAYS POPE JOHN PAUL CHANGED, SAVED THEIR LIVES

29/04/2011

Pope John Paul II

Hundreds of people have been giving public witness to the ways Pope John Paul II changed or even saved their lives. Men and women of all ages and nationalities have sent personal stories to www.karol-wojtyla.org — a website run by the Diocese of Rome dedicated to the late pope’s beatification and canonization. As of April 28, the multi-lingual site published more than 400 testimonies from people sharing the ways they feel Pope John Paul interceded on their behalf or brought them back to the church… Read more »

ADMISSION OR EXCLUSION OF ADVOCATES FROM THE ECCLESIASTICAL TRIBUNAL

27/04/2011

Without referring to any particular case, the principles for the admission or exclusion of advocates from the Album of an Ecclesiasticcal Tribunal are taken from these documents.

The Apostolic Letter Justi Judicis (art. 6) of 1988 states that “Furthermore from the Album should be removed … those who agree with or are active in associations or movements which promote ways of thinking or acting that are contrary to the faith and the Catholic teachings about morals, or defend proposals and advice about civil order which go against the precepts of natural and christian law”… Read more »