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CARITAS ASKS FOR A MINIMUM BUDGET THAT ALLOWS FOR A DECENT LIVING

21/03/2012

Il-Caritas Malta għadha kemm ippubblikat studju dwar ‘Baġit minimu għal ħajja diċenti’, li jkompli jistħarreġ ir-realtà soċjali f’pajjiżna, wara l-pubblikazzjoni ta’ riċerka li kienet għamlet l-istess Caritas f’Mejju 2010.

Waqt li f’dak l-istudju kien tqies il-prezz ta’ basket ta’ oġġetti u servizzi essenzjali fuq bażi tal-infiq medju tad-djar kollha Maltin, fl-istudju preżenti l-prezz kien meqjus fuq kemm kull oġġett jiswa fis-suq… Read more »

DISCERN PUBLIC LECTURE

21/03/2012

On Thursday 22nd March 2012, DISCERN is organising it’s annual public lecture. This year, the theme is ‘Pray, Pay and Obey: The Laity before and After Vatican II?’. The main speaker is Dr Oonagh O’Brien, Principal of the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology at the University of Cambridge. The lecture will take place at Palazzo de Piro in Mdina at 6.30 p.m. Read more »

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REPORT DOCUMENTS ANTI-CHRISTIAN PREJUDICE, INCLUDING LAWS, IN EUROPE

21/03/2012

A church-backed report has documented rising anti-Christian prejudice in Europe, despite calls for fairer legislation and measures to curb discrimination.

“Studies suggest 85 percent of hate crimes in Europe are directed against Christians — it is high time for the public debate to respond to this reality,” said Gudrun Kugler, director of the Vienna-based Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians. “A restrictive application of freedom of conscience is leading to professions such as magistrates, doctors, nurses and midwives as well as pharmacists slowly closing for Christians… Read more »

JOURNALISTS AND SEMINARIANS PARTICIPATE IN A THINK-TANK DISCUSSION

21/03/2012

On Tuesday 20th March 2012, the Archbishop’s Seminary organized a Think-Tank, for seminarians to discover the way in which the priesthood is looked upon by journalists, who are considered to be in touch with the views embraced by society. The journalists expressed various opinions as to how they feel the priest should communicate effectively, using language that is easily understood in a world which is under the widespread influence of different means of social communication… Read more »

POPE’S CONDOLENCE TO COPTIC CHRISTIANS

20/03/2012

Pope Shenouda III

This is the full text of Vatican Radio’s unofficial translation of Pope Benedict XVI’s Message of condolence for the death of Pope Shenouda III of Alexendria.
“On learning of the sad departure to God, our common Father, of His Holiness Shenouda III, Patriarch of Alexandria on the See of Saint Mark the Evangelist, I wish to express to the members of the Holy Synod, to the priests and all the faithful of all the Patriarchate, my most sincere brotherly compassion… Read more »

ST. JOSEPH: A MODEL OF FATHERHOOD

20/03/2012

St.Joseph

Feast of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Patron of the Universal Church. It is also the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI’s “name day”. The head of Vatican Radio’s English for Africa service, Fr. Moses Hamungole, offered his reflections on the role of St. Joseph in the life of the Church.
“It is the day to celebrate fatherhood,” he said… Read more »

PEMBROKE PASTORAL VISIT OPENING MASS

19/03/2012

On Saturday 17th March 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at Pembroke Parish Church, as the official opening of his pastoral visit to the parish.

CLICK HERE for more information on the Archbishop’s Pastoral Visit in your parish.

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CARDINAL BRAZ DE AVIZ TO VISIT MALTA

19/03/2012

Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life,  will arrive in Malta on Saturday 24th March, on the invitation of the Council of Religious Major Superiors to meet with Maltese and Gozitan religious priests and nuns. This encounter will take place on Monday, 26th March at 5pm at the Augustinian Sisters, Fleur-de-Lys.

The first meeting between the Cardinal and the religious priests and nuns will be held on the day of his arrival, 24th March at 6.30pm… Read more »