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CLIMATE CHANGE IS A FAITH ISSUE, HONDURAN CARDINAL SAYS

05/01/2012

Climate Change – A global issue

Climate change is a faith issue because it deals with God’s creation and with poverty, said Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa.

The cardinal, president of Caritas Internationalis, was in Durban, South Africa, for the U.N.-sponsored international conference on climate change; he discussed the conference with journalists at the Vatican. Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of 165 national Catholic charities, provides emergency relief and development aid around the globe… Read more »

‘AVVENTURA MA’ GESU’ – A NEW PROGRAMME ON RADJU MARIJA

04/01/2012

Avventura ma’ Ġesu’, programm ġdid għat-tfal fuq Radju Marija mtella’ mill-Kummissjoni Djoċesana Tfal (frekwenza 102.3 għal  Malta u 107.8 għal Għawdex).

Elena, membru ta’ din il-Kummissjoni, ser tippreżenta dan il-programm kull nhar ta’ Ġimgha, fid-9 ta’ filgħodu.  Il-programm ser jixxandar għall-ewwel darba fit-tlettax ta’ Jannar.  Dan il-programm se jgħin biex insiru nafu iktar lil Ġesu’ mill-qrib, għaliex fih se jkun hemm l-opportunita’ li tiġi spjegata għat-tfal, il-Liturgija tal-Ħadd… Read more »

POPE SAYS LATE CARDINAL SHOULD INSPIRE USE OF MEDIA TO SPREAD GOSPEL

03/01/2012

Mourning of Cardinal John P.Foley

Pope Benedict XVI said he hoped the legacy of the late Cardinal John P. Foley would inspire others to make the Gospel known through mass media. In a telegram to Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia, the pope expressed his sadness and condolences for the death of Cardinal Foley, who died Dec. 11 in Darby, Pa., after a battle with leukemia… Read more »

€831,212 COLLECTED DURING THE OPEN DAY ORGANISED BY RTK FOR DAR TAL-PROVIDENZA

03/01/2012

An Open Day was organized by RTK Radio on New Year’s Day 2012 at Dar tal-Providenza, during which €831,212 were collected in aid of the Home.  This was the highest sum ever collected during the last 15 years that RTK have organized this Open Day through a televised marathon.  From early morning until late evening, in spite of inclement weather, large crowds of Maltese people gathered under a tent erected for this purpose in the parking home of the residence… Read more »

BIRKIRKARA (ST JOSEPH THE WORKER) PASTORAL VISIT PROGRAMME

03/01/2012

Friday, 6th January

11.30 a.m. The Archbishop meets the parish priest, Fr Josef Mifsud, in preparation for his pastoral visit in the parish, at the Curia.

Saturday, 7th January

4.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets Catechists at the Parish Centre.

5.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets the Diakonia Commission, at the Parish Centre.

6.30 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates Mass at the Parish Church and afterwards meets with the people… Read more »

POPE ASKS TEACHERS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR STUDENTS

02/01/2012

World Day of Peace and Justice

Benedict XVI is highlighting the importance of young people in the quest for justice and peace, but he says the fundamental question that must be asked to educate them is “who is man?”

The Pope thus encouraged all types of educators — from families to politicians to media professionals — to understand the beings they are educating… Read more »

MESSAGE OF POPE BENEDICT XVI FOR THE WORLD DAY OF PEACE 2012

01/01/2012

1. The beginning of a new year, God’s gift to humanity, prompts me to extend to all, with great confidence and affection, my heartfelt good wishes that this time now before us may be marked concretely by justice and peace.

With what attitude should we look to the New Year? We find a very beautiful image in Psalm 130. The Psalmist says that people of faith wait for the Lord “more than those who watch for the morning” (v… Read more »

A NEW YEAR: ‘AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEW BEGINNING’

31/12/2011

“Sena ġdida toffri opportunità lill-bniedem biex jibda mill-ġdid.” Hekk qal l-Arċisqof ta’ Malta Mons Pawlu Cremona OP f’kumment li ta lil IL-ĠENSillum online ilbieraħ dwar is-sena l-ġdida.

Mons Arċisqof qal li għandu żewġ riżoluzzjonijiet għall-2012: li jkompli jkun ta’ servizz għall-poplu Malti u li jkompli jimtela bil-barka tal-Mulej. Sostna li bħala persuna, Nisrani u saċerdot “nixtieq nissaffa u nimtela bil-barka tal-Mulej biex inkun nista’ naqdi lill-oħrajn”… Read more »

CLARIFICATION

30/12/2011

The Communications Office of the Archbishop’s Curia denies the information published in an article on an online news portal which states that “since the introduction of divorce in Malta from 1 October 2011 couples are being asked if they agree with divorce and if they answer yes, they are told they are not fit for a Catholic marriage as the Church believes in the indissolubility of marriage.”

It is common knowledge that the teaching of the Church states that marriage is for life… Read more »