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“LENT IS TIME TO HELP OTHERS SPIRITUALLY, MATERIALLY” – POPE

21/02/2012

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 »

LENT

21/02/2012

Għada, l-Erbgħa 22 ta’ Frar, il-Knisja tagħti bidu għar-Randan Imqaddes: erbgħin jum ta’ talb u penitenza bi tħejjija għaċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-Passjoni, il-Mewt u l-Qawmien mill-mewt ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu.

Matul ir-Randan, il-Knisja tħeġġeġ lill-membri tagħha biex, fost affarjiet oħra, jaqraw il-Kelma ta’ Alla, jieħdu sehem fis-sagramenti, u jattendu l-Eżerċizzi Spiritwali.

Bħala gwida dwar ċaħda personali u ta’ karita’, l-Isqfijiet iqiegħdu quddiem il-membri tal-Knisja għadd ta’ opri tajba biex jagħżlu minn fosthom dawk li l-iktar jiswewlhom sagrifiċċju… Read more »

NEW CARDINALS MUST LOVE GOD, THE CHURCH AND THEIR FELLOW MAN

18/02/2012

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 »

The Exile – Lent 2012

18/02/2012

Dear brothers and sisters,

Once again, it is the time of Lent. The culmination of Lent is the suffering, death and resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.  These events are very relevant for our lives and during the coming forty days, we need to reflect upon them and prepare ourselves, not only through prayer, but also by pondering upon their relevance in our lives… Read more »

PASTORAL LETTER FOR CHILDREN – LENT 2012

18/02/2012

Għeżież tfal,

Wasalna għaż-żmien tar-Randan.  Dan huwa żmien li jfakkarna fit-tbatija, il-mewt u l-Qawmien ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu.  Dawn il-ġrajjiet huma tant importanti fil-ħajja tagħna li hemm bżonn naħsbu ftit aktar fuqhom u nippreparaw għalihom tul dawn l-erbgħin jum li ġejjin.  Dawn l-erbgħin jum iridu jgħinuna biex inġibu quddiem għajnejna dawn il-ġrajjiet billi nitolbu, iżda wkoll billi naraw kif jistgħu jgħinuna fil-ħajja tagħna… Read more »

MALTA TODAY TO HAVE THE SECOND CARDINAL IN ITS HISTORY

18/02/2012

Malta llum se jkollha t-tieni Kardinal tagħha fl-istorja. Dalgħodu fil-Bażilika ta’ San Pietru, fil-Belt tal-Vatikan, il-Papa Benedittu XVI se jaħtar 22 Kardinal ġdid waqt konċelebrazzjoni solenni li matulha se jsir konċistorju “pubbliku”. Il-konċelebrazzjoni għandha tibda fl-10.30am u se tixxandar live fuq TVM u fuq Radju RTK.

Fost il-Kardinali l-ġodda se jkun hemm il-Malti l-Patri Prospero Grech OSA, li kien ordnat Arċisqof fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta fit-8 ta’ Frar… Read more »

CARDINALS PREPARE FOR TOMORROW’S CONSISTORY

17/02/2012

Day of prayer and reflection before the Concistory

Friday morning, in preparation for Saturday’s consistory, the members of the College of Cardinals and the new cardinals-elect, including Mons Prospero Grech, met in the Vatican’s New Synod Hall for a day of reflection and prayer, presided by the Holy Father. Benedict XVI had called the day at the beginning of this month.

According to a communique made public by the Holy See Press Office, the Day began with the celebration of Lauds, followed by an introductory address by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals… Read more »

EUROPEAN, AFRICAN BISHOPS STUDY EVANGELIZATION

16/02/2012

Symposium

The second symposium of European and African Bishops was held at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, in anticipation of the forthcoming synod on the new evangelization, scheduled for October.

The symposium theme is “Evangelization Today: Communion and Pastoral Collaboration between Africa and Europe.” It is promoted by the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) and the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM)… Read more »

PROGETTIMPENN FORUM ABOUT FAMILY-WORK BALANCE

16/02/2012

On Thursday 16th February 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. participated in a Forum about family-work balance, organised by ProgettImpenn at the Hotel Phoenicia.

The main speaker was Dr Rita Borg Xuereb, President of the Diocesan Family Commission, and Mr Joseph Farrugia, Director General of the Maltese Employers Association. An experience was then shared by a married couple and a message was delivered by Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P… Read more »