News from the Church in Malta
4given – the television programme for the summer months. A programme, that for 13 consecutive weeks, shall be broadcast on Net TV. The presenter for this year’s series is a particularly charming youth – Bernice Abdilla.
The main subject which shall be shared by Dr John Bonnici Mallia is “Fittex lil Wiċċu”… “Search his Face”… Whose face shall we search? … Read more »
WYD2011
World Youth Day will begin in just 48 days, and the number of pilgrims registered for the Madrid meeting with Benedict XVI is already a record-breaker. Today there was a press conference at the Vatican to give an update on the Aug. 19-21 Youth Day.
Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, said that there have never before been 440,000 registered youth a month and a half before the event… Read more »
Benedict XVI is pushing Vatican communication to take “enormous steps,” according to the president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.
Archbishop Claudio Celli affirmed this today when he presented News.va, the Vatican’s new Web portal that will bring news from various Church sources to the same site.
A sneak preview of News.va is already online, but the site will begin functioning Wednesday, the feast of Sts… Read more »
Il-Kapitlu tal-Katidral tal-Imdina, anki din is-sena se jkun qed itella’ programm ta’ attivitajiet reliġjużi biex jiċċelebra b’mod solenni l-festa tal-martirju ta’ San Pietru u San Pawl, patruni tal-istess katedra.
Iċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet jibdew nhar it-Tlieta 28 ta’ Ġunju għall-ħabta tal-5.30pm bil-wasla tal-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP. Huwa se jkun qed jippresiedi fiċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet ta’ filgħaxija li jinkludu t-translazzjoni tar-Relikwiji u quddiesa bl-Ewwel Għasar Pontifikali.
Agħfas hawn biex tkompli taqra dan l-artiklu mis-sit www.il-gensillum.com Read more »
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On Friday 17th June, 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Executive Committee of the University Catholic Student Movement at his residence, Attard.
Click on photos to enlarge. The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta. Tel: 21236723. Email: [email protected] Read more »
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Il-Festa tal-Beatu Nazju Falzon din is-sena ser tiġi ċċelebrata nhar il-Ħamis 30 ta’ Ġunju, 2011, peress li nhar l-1 ta’ Lulju taħbat il-festa tal-Qalb ta’ Ġesu’.
Nhar il-Gimgħa, 24 ta’ Ġunju, fis-6.15p.m. ir-Relikwja tal-Beatu Nazju Falzon ser tittieħed fil-Kappella tal-Isptar Mater Dei. Mal-wasla tar-Relikwja fis-6.30p.m. ser tiġi ċċelebrata Quddiesa.
Nhar is-Sibt, 25 ta’ Ġunju, bejn it-8.00a.m. u 7.00p.m. ir-Relikwja ser tkun esposta għall-qima tal-morda u l-familjari tagħhom fil-Kappella tal-Isptar… Read more »
A longtime friend of leaders in the Russian Orthodox Church, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray visited Russia for Pentecost, inviting the faithful to “walk by the Spirit” in bettering relations between the two Churches.
Cardinal Etchegaray is vice dean of the College of Cardinals. He served as president of the Pontifical Councils Cor Unum and for Justice and Peace.
He was in St… Read more »
“Bla dubju kien ikun aħjar għal Malta kienu tgħallmet mill-iżbalji tad-dinja moderna qabel ma għaġlet biex tingħaqad magħha.”
Hekk ikkummenta l-editur maniġerjali ta’ First Things, Meghan Duke, dwar ir-referendum li sar ħmistax ilu u li għamilha possibbli li d-divorzju issa jibda jagħmel parti mil-leġislazzjoni ta’ pajjiżna.
First Things hu ġurnal online ippubbikat fl-Istati Uniti minn The Institute on Religion and Public Life… Read more »
sexual abuse
A conference at the Pontifical Gregorian University in February and an electronic database with best practices and research results are two more means the Church is offering to the global fight against sexual abuse.
The Feb. 6-8, 2012, conference, “Toward Healing and Renewal,” was presented at the Gregorian on Saturday.
Some 200 participants will analyze the pastoral, juridical and psychological aspects of abuse… Read more »
