News from the Church in Malta
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 »
On Tuesday 20th March 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. visited the Catechetical centre of Pembroke, as part of his pastoral visit to the parish. He then met with the Catechetical Commission, the Parish Pastoral Council, the Parish Economical Commission and the Commission for the Implementation of the Synod, at the Parish Office of Pembroke.
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Cardinal Van Thuan
The Church in Vietnam expressed hope for Cardinal Van Thuan’s speedy beatification.
“The bishops, the faithful, the whole Church in Vietnam, have great hopes for the success of the process of beatification of our beloved Cardinal Xavier Van Thuan. He was a special person, who lived the Gospel as the sole criterion of his life,” said Bishop Paul Nguyen Thai Hop, OP, the bishop of Vinh and president of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Vietnamese Episcopal Conference, to Fides on the eve of the arrival of a Vatican delegation of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace… Read more »
A new edition of the Ecclesiastical Directory for 2012 with over 500 pages of updated information in Maltese and English about the organization, including structures and entities of the Archdiocese of Malta, has just been published.
The Directory includes detailed information about the number of parishioners and families; Masses on Sundays and Feast Days, as well as during the week; processions; the names of the religious associations and movements represented in the various parishes; the number of Baptisms, First Holy Communions, Confirmations, Marriages and Funerals held in the previous year in every parish; and small churches or chapels where marriages can be celebrated… Read more »
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 »
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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On Sunday 18th March 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Family Commission and members of the Pembroke Civil Society.
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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 »
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 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 »
