L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. ħatar lil Dun Joseph Grech bħala arċipriet tal-parroċċa tas-Siġġiewi.

Dun Joseph Grech twieled fil-Pieta’ fis-26 ta’ April 1970. Huwa rċieva l-edukazzjoni tiegħu fl-iskola Primarja tal-Mosta, il-Kulleġġ ta’ San Alwiġi, Birkirkara, u l-iskola Ġan Franġisk Abela, l-Imsida. Kompla l-istudji terzjarji tiegħu fil-Fakultà tal-Arti u fil-Fakultà tat-Teoloġija (Filosofija u Teoloġija) fl-Università ta’ Malta.

Dun Joseph ġie ordnat saċerdot fid-29 ta’ Ġunju, 1997… Read more »

January Pope's prayer intentions

Benedict XVI will be praying this month for the victims of natural disasters.

The Apostleship of Prayer announced the intentions chosen by the Pope for January.

His general intention is “that the victims of natural disasters may receive the spiritual and material comfort they need to rebuild their lives.”

The Pontiff’s mission intention is focused on peace: “That the dedication of Christians to peace may bear witness to the name of Christ before all men and women of good will.”

VATICAN CITY, JAN… Read more »

The Maltese Augustinian Province congratulates one of its members, Fr Prospero Grech OSA, for his nomination as Cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Fr Prospero (Stanley) Grech OSA hails from Birgu and was born on the 24th December 1925. He joined the Augustinian Order in 1943 and was sent to Rome to further his theological studies at the International College of St… Read more »

Today, just after midday, right after reciting the Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI mentioned that he was going to hold a Consistory in which he was going to institute a number of cardinals.

It is with great joy for the people of our islands, especially the Catholic Church, that amongst them is a Maltese priest, Fr Prospero Grech. Fr Grech is an Augustinian Friar who is a highly renowned expert in Holy Scripture… Read more »

Pope with Rabbi Sacks

The free market is the economic model that seems most consonant with biblical teaching, but the global economic crisis demonstrates that, without moral values, the market economy can implode, said Great Britain’s chief rabbi. Sir Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, traveled to the Vatican to speak with Pope Benedict XVI about united efforts to bring morality back to the marketplace and to deliver a major speech at the Pontifical Gregorian University… Read more »

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 »