Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI warned of the consequences of a climate of indifference or even hostility to faith in increasingly secularized Spain and the dangers presented by the current difficult economic climate. Pope Benedict told the new Spanish ambassador to the Vatican that the role of the church and the help it can offer should not be overlooked, especially in such hard times… Read more »

On the Thursday, 28th April, 2011, at 7.00 p.m. Metropolitan Seraphim El-Suriany, Head of the British Orthodox Church, within the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, will preside at an Ecumenical Service  at Cospicua Parish Church. Metropolitan Seraphim will deliver a sermon on Building Bridges: A Witness to be borne jointly. The Coptic Christians who fell victims to violence in the last months will be commemorated… Read more »

Vatican Library

The Vatican Library celebrates 560 years of existence this year. Its official beginnings date, in fact, from the Brief ‘pro communi doctorum virorum commodo’ (to facilitate the research of scholars) emanated by Pope Nicholas V on 30 April 1451. The Brief established that all important books and other documents within Vatican premises be gathered together in the same place, and that they be made accessible to all for consultation, even lay scholars… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI

In an unprecedented TV appearance, Pope Benedict XVI answered questions posed by Christians and non-Christians about global conflicts, interreligious relations and human suffering.

One of the most moving questions came from a 7-year-old Japanese girl who lost friends in the recent earthquake and tsunami and who asked: “Why do I have to be so afraid? Why do children have to be so sad? … Read more »

The Secretariat for Parishes, together with the Secretariat for the Laity is organizing Prayer Meetings to pray for families.  Maltese Christians are invited to attend so that all together – lay persons, members of the clergy and religious males and females – can meet to offer a moment of prayer for the intentions of all the families in our country. During these meetings, the Rosary dedicated to the Family will be prayed; there will also be a Eucharistic Adoration… Read more »

Pope John Paul II

The Vatican Museums will extend their hours during the week of Pope John Paul II’s beatification, reports the Holy See.

The Governorate of Vatican City State announced that the Vatican Museums will open from 7 p.m. to midnight (last entrance at 10 p.m.) on the nights of April 26, 27, 28 and 29, and on May 2… Read more »

On Thursday 21st April, 2011, at St. John’s Co-Cathedral Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass of the Institution of the Priesthood and the Holy Eucharist.

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L'Osservatore Romano

The Vatican’s semi-official daily launched a new Web site on Tuesday, marking the anniversary of Benedict XVI’s election in 2005.

L’Osservatore Romano is posted in its various weekly or monthly language editions, as well as the Italian daily.
Subscriptions to the weekly/monthly editions are already available. The daily will be available for free until Aug… Read more »

On Wednesday 20th April 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. led the National Via Crucis which was organized by RTK Radio, in conjunction with the Pastoral Secretariat of the Church in Malta.  This was held on the occasion of Pope John Paul II’s beatification and his ties with Malta.  This event took place in the environs of Mdina bastions and began at 8.00pm.  … Read more »