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THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CURIA AND THE BAND CLUBS ASSOCIATION STILL STANDS

27/03/2012

We refer to the statement issued in the Press by the Band Clubs Association where it was stated that the Association suspended the agreement reached with the Curia in December 2011.

The Curia wishes to bring to mind two general principles.  First, any agreement reached and signed by two parties should be respected by both parties.  Secondly, this particular agreement was made between two parties; therefore it can only be changed through another agreement between the two.  … Read more »

AT MASS, POPE RECOGNISES CUBANS’ STRUGGLES, CALLS FREEDOM A NECESSITY

27/03/2012

Pope during mass in Cuba

Celebrating an outdoor Mass on his first day in Cuba, Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged the struggles of the country’s Catholics after half a century of communism and described human freedom as a necessity for both salvation and social justice.

The pope spoke March 26 in Antonio Maceo Revolution Square, in Cuba’s second-largest city. He had arrived in the country a few hours earlier, after spending three days in Mexico… Read more »

WEEK OF SACRIFICE 2012

26/03/2012

The Church Secretariat for Social and Charitable Action is organizing a Week of Sacrifice between Friday 30th March, the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows and 6th April, Good Friday.  The theme for this year is The Joy of Giving.  The Secretariat has selected this theme to signify that when one gives from the heart, it brings happiness.  On the contrary, self-centeredness causes one to suppress the good in oneself and life loses its meaning… Read more »

CANA MOVEMENT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

26/03/2012

On Friday, 23rd March 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. attended the Annual General Meeting of the Cana Movement. The meeting was attended by a number of members who offer their voluntary services within the Movement. In their addresses, both the President, Dr Anna Vella and the Director, Rev Dr Joseph Mizzi, stated that it is important that Cana is not just viewed as a service-provider, an agency which offers several different services to families; rather it should retain its full identity as a Movement… Read more »

POPE BENEDICT CONDEMNS MEXICO’S DRUG VIOLENCE

26/03/2012

Pope Benedict in Mexico

Pope Benedict XVI has condemned drug-trafficking and corruption at a huge open-air Mass in central Mexico. He urged Catholics to look to their faith in response to poverty and crime and to reject violence and revenge.

More than 500,000 people gathered to hear his message beside the Christ the King monument in Silao – one of the most important symbols of Mexican Catholicism… Read more »

MALTA BIDS FAREWELL TO A PRIEST WITH A GREAT HEART AND AN EXTRAORDINARY MIND

24/03/2012

“L-ottimiżmu ta’ Fr Peter kien ġej mill-fehma sħiħa li kellu li, bit-trawwim u t-tħaddim xieraq tal-qalb u l-moħħ, xejn, xejn ma kellu għalfejn iżomm lill-bniedem milli jagħmel l-aħħar daħka fuq kull sitwazzjoni tal-ħajja.”

Din l-istqarrija għamilha Fr Mark Montebello OP fl-omelija li għamel waqt il-quddiesa tal-funeral ta’ Fr Peter Serracino Inglott, li saret ilbieraħ fil-knisja Arċipretali ta’ San Pawl Nawfraġu fil-Belt Valletta, u li kienet immexxija mill-Pro Vigarju Ġenerali, Mons Anton Gouder… Read more »

LENTEN SERMONS BY ARCHBISHOP PAUL CREMONA

23/03/2012

Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will lead Lenten sermons for separated persons as from Monday 26th to Thursday 29th March, daily at 7.00 p.m.  These talks will be held at Sarria Church, Floriana. Similar talks for seperated persons were also held last year.

When asked to comment about these Lenten sermons, the Archbishop said that the Church wants to spread the message of the Gospel to all people, particularly those who are passing through situations in life which require consolation and encouragement… Read more »

“WE ARE AT A DECISIVE MOMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF EUROPE” – COMECE

23/03/2012

Cardinal Reinhard Marx has been elected as the new President of the Commission of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences in the EU (COMECE). The Archbishop of Munich and Freising was elected by the Bishop Members yesterday, for a 3-year term of office as the COMECE Chair. He will be assisted by four Vice-Presidents: Mgr Gianni Ambrosio (Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy), Mgr Virgil Bercea (Bishop of Oradea Mare, Romania), Mgr Jarecki (Auxiliary Bishop of Warsaw, Poland) and Mgr Jean Kockerols (Auxiliary Bishop of Brussels-Malines, Belgium)… Read more »

Palm Sunday marks World Youth Day

23/03/2012

Palm Sunday April 1, 2012 – Dioceses around the world celebrate the faith of the young. Ever conscious of the role of youth in the christian community, the Church in Malta too will mark the day in a special manner.

Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will preside over the official mass in Mosta at 6:00pm. Various young communities have come together through the Mosta Parish Commission for Youth to prepare a welcoming and youthful celebration… Read more »