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POPE HIGHLIGHTS LINK IN TWO OF HIS PRIORITIES

05/09/2011

Evangelisation

Benedict XVI is reiterating the importance of Christian unity for the success of the new evangelization.

The Pope spoke of these two papal priorities and their interrelatedness in a letter addressed to the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch.

The letter was on the occasion of the 12th Inter-Christian Symposium, promoted by the Franciscan Institute of Spirituality at the Pontifical Athenaeum Antonianum and by the Orthodox Theological Faculty at the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki… Read more »

SEEKING THE FACE OF GOD IN THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST US

05/09/2011

Jesus says love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you. How can this be so? This is the subject for this 10th program of 4Given. Michael Pilavachi, a British youth leader is the protagonist on this week’s program, who will join Ian to talk about useful aspects of being a Christian and living for Jesus! One of the main aims of this program is to challenge the viewer to keep close to Jesus amidst all life situations, and one way in which this will be done is through a discussion of some youths with the Archbishop… Read more »

THE ARCHBISHOP ONCE AGAIN ASKS FOR FORGIVENESS

03/09/2011

“Ma nistgħux ma nagħmlux riflessjoni fuq il-weġgħa kbira li għaddejna minnha ftit ilu. Qed nirreferi għall-abbużi fuq numru ta’ tfal u żgħażagħ minn xi saċerdoti snin ilu.”

Hekk sostna Mons Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP, fil-messaġġ tiegħu fil-ħarġa ta’ Settembru ta’ “Flimkien”, ir-rivista ta’ kull xahar maħruġa mill-Kulleġġ tal-Kappillan. L-Arċisqof fakkar li hu diġà kien talab maħfra lill-vittmi ta’ dawn l-abbużi.

Kien fil-bidu t’Awwissu li għadda li żewġ patrijiet tas-Soċjetà Missjunarja ta’ San Pawl instabu ħatja ta’ abbużi fuq minorenni, meta dawn kienu taħt il-kura tagħhom f’Dar tal-Knisja… Read more »

BENEDICT XVI’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER

01/09/2011

Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for September is: “That all teachers may know how to communicate love of the truth and instil authentic moral and spiritual values”.

His mission intention is: “That the Christian communities of Asia may proclaim the Gospel with fervour, witnessing to its beauty with the joy of faith”.

VATICAN CITY, 1 SEP 2011 (VIS) Read more »

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350 MALTESE ON PILGRIMAGE IN LOURDES

01/09/2011

On Wednesday 31st August 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. left Malta to travel to Lourdes to lead a pilgrimage organized by the Lourdes Voluntary Association. Attending this pilgrimage are 350 people, which include 120 patients, 6 doctors, 12 nurses, a therapist and a pharmacist. Besides this, each patient will be accompanied by a helper.

This year, the Lourdes Voluntary Association is celebrating their 10th anniversary… Read more »

THE POPE AT WORLD YOUTH DAY: ‘PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING’

31/08/2011

Wara t-talb tal-istazzjonijiet tas-Salib fil-Jum Dinji taż-Żgħażagħ nhar il-Ġimgħa 19 ta’ Awwissu filgħaxija, il-Papa Benedittu XVI saħaq mal-parteċipanti biex “ma jmorrux jinjoraw it-tbatija umana. . . għax huwa hawnhekk li Alla jistenna li inti tagħti l-aħjar tiegħek, il-kapaċità tiegħek għall-imħabba u l-kompassjoni”.

“Il-Passjoni ta’ Kristu tħeġġeġ biex nieħdu fuq spallejna t-tbatija tad-dinja,” il-Papa qal, “fiċ-ċertezza li Alla mhux ’l bogħod mill-bniedem u l-problemi tiegħu.”

Agħfas hawn biex tkompli taqra dan l-artiklu mis-sit www.il-gensillum.com Read more »

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THREE MONTHS BEFORE PAPAL VISIT, BENIN VOTES TO END DEATH PENALTY

30/08/2011

Benin took a step toward becoming the 17th African state to abolish the death penalty, as Benedict XVI prepares to visit the nation in November.

On Aug. 19, Benin’s national assembly voted to join an international protocol that calls for the death penalty to be abolished. With the president’s ratification, it will be the 74th nation to join the agreement.

Benedict XVI will make a three-day visit to Benin in mid-November to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the country’s evangelization and to deliver the apostolic exhortation from the 2009 synod on Africa… Read more »

ECONOMIC WOES SEEN AS TEST OF FAITH

29/08/2011

Bishop Stephen Blaire

The stark reality of unemployment and poverty is not only an economic problem, but also a moral challenge and a test of faith, according to the U.S. bishops.

Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, California, affirmed this in “Human Costs and Moral Challenges of a Broken Economy,” the annual Labor Day statement of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)… Read more »

SEEKING GOD IN THE POOR AND NEEDY

29/08/2011

We may not realise it, but everyone around us, each person we meet can lead us to better seek the face of God! Can this also be said when we meet the poor and needy? How can such suffering help us seek God more? To help answer this question and many others, Dr. John Bonnici Mallia will be on today’s program of 4given to give us his weekly teaching… Read more »

THIS IS ‘THE LORD’S PROJECT’, SAY THE CLOISTERED NUNS

27/08/2011

“Il-proġett tal-Mulej” – hekk qed jirreferu għaliha s-sorijiet Klarissi ‘Dar Nazareth’, id-dar ġdida tagħhom li għadhom kemm fetħu fi Triq Santa Duminka, f’taċ-Ċawla, limiti tar-Rabat, Għawdex.

Dar Nazareth infetħet ilbieraħ, wara konċelebrazzjoni solenni ta’ radd il-ħajr li tmexxiet mill-Isqof t’Għawdex, Mons Mario Grech. Kien l-Isqof innifsu li ġimgħatejn ilu, fl-Ittra Pastorali li wassal lill-komunità fl-okkażjoni tal-festa ta’ Santa Marija, ħabbar il-ftuħ ta’ din id-Dar ġdida tas-sorijiet tal-klawsura fid-Djoċesi tiegħu… Read more »