Bishop Sylvester Magro in Benghazi

As Benghazi residents marked the anniversary of Libya’s revolution, the head of the city’s diminished Catholic community spoke of a need to rebuild his congregation and of the uncertainties ahead. “Thank God everything passed peacefully” on the anniversary, Bishop Sylvester Magro said after the Feb. 19 Mass attended by just a few dozen, mainly Filipino, worshippers.

“After such a prolonged war you are always in doubt of what might happen next,” the bishop said… Read more »

On Wednesday 22nd February 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Children’s Commission of St Julians as part of his pastoral visit to the parish.

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On Monday 20th February 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Parish Pastoral Council, the Commission for the Implementation of the Synod and the Parish Economical Council, of St Julians, as part of his pastoral visit to the parish.

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On Monday 20th February 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the community of Cloistered Nuns of St Julians as part of his pastoral visit to the parish. Later on, the Archbishop met the Leaders of the Family and Couples Commission of the same parish.

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On Friday 24th February 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will preside over a concelebrated Mass during which two seminarians will ask the Church to accept them officially as candidates for their Ordination to the Diaconate and the Presbiterate. This celebration is being held at Ħal Għaxaq Parish Church at 6.30pm.

The two seminarians, who are in their fifth year of formation, are Luke Cutajar from Saint Paul’s Parish, Rabat, and Brian Gialanzè from Saint Peter in Chains Parish, Birżebbuġa… Read more »

This Wednesday, the Universal Church enters the liturgical period of Lent; the 40 days of fasting, prayer and almsgiving, that lead us towards Easter. In his message this year, Pope Benedict called believers to show fraternal concern for one another. His invitation is echoed by the Patriarch of the Holy Land Faud Twal, who asks us not to forget the families struggling to keep a Christian presence alive in the land of Our Lord’s Passion, Death and Resurrection:

He says that in the Holy Land “the situation is still really not encouraging”… Read more »

Cardinal Prospero Grech

St. Peter’s Basilica at 10.30 a.m. Saturday morning, Benedict XVI celebrated the fourth ordinary public consistory of his pontificate, during which he created twenty-two new cardinals.

Following the opening prayer and the proclamation of the Gospel, the Holy Father pronounced his homily, extracts of which are given below:

“‘Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedificabo Ecclesiam meam’… Read more »