News from the Church in Malta
Mourning of Cardinal John P.Foley
Pope Benedict XVI said he hoped the legacy of the late Cardinal John P. Foley would inspire others to make the Gospel known through mass media. In a telegram to Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia, the pope expressed his sadness and condolences for the death of Cardinal Foley, who died Dec. 11 in Darby, Pa., after a battle with leukemia… Read more »
An Open Day was organized by RTK Radio on New Year’s Day 2012 at Dar tal-Providenza, during which €831,212 were collected in aid of the Home. This was the highest sum ever collected during the last 15 years that RTK have organized this Open Day through a televised marathon. From early morning until late evening, in spite of inclement weather, large crowds of Maltese people gathered under a tent erected for this purpose in the parking home of the residence… Read more »
Friday, 6th January
11.30 a.m. The Archbishop meets the parish priest, Fr Josef Mifsud, in preparation for his pastoral visit in the parish, at the Curia.
Saturday, 7th January
4.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets Catechists at the Parish Centre.
5.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets the Diakonia Commission, at the Parish Centre.
6.30 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates Mass at the Parish Church and afterwards meets with the people… Read more »
On New Year’s day 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona OP and Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Mercieca welcomed representatives of civil authorities and constituted bodies to exchange greetings for the New Year, at the Archbishop’s Palace, Valletta.
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World Day of Peace and Justice
Benedict XVI is highlighting the importance of young people in the quest for justice and peace, but he says the fundamental question that must be asked to educate them is “who is man?”
The Pope thus encouraged all types of educators — from families to politicians to media professionals — to understand the beings they are educating… Read more »
1. The beginning of a new year, God’s gift to humanity, prompts me to extend to all, with great confidence and affection, my heartfelt good wishes that this time now before us may be marked concretely by justice and peace.
With what attitude should we look to the New Year? We find a very beautiful image in Psalm 130. The Psalmist says that people of faith wait for the Lord “more than those who watch for the morning” (v… Read more »
“Sena ġdida toffri opportunità lill-bniedem biex jibda mill-ġdid.” Hekk qal l-Arċisqof ta’ Malta Mons Pawlu Cremona OP f’kumment li ta lil IL-ĠENSillum online ilbieraħ dwar is-sena l-ġdida.
Mons Arċisqof qal li għandu żewġ riżoluzzjonijiet għall-2012: li jkompli jkun ta’ servizz għall-poplu Malti u li jkompli jimtela bil-barka tal-Mulej. Sostna li bħala persuna, Nisrani u saċerdot “nixtieq nissaffa u nimtela bil-barka tal-Mulej biex inkun nista’ naqdi lill-oħrajn”… Read more »
The Communications Office of the Archbishop’s Curia denies the information published in an article on an online news portal which states that “since the introduction of divorce in Malta from 1 October 2011 couples are being asked if they agree with divorce and if they answer yes, they are told they are not fit for a Catholic marriage as the Church believes in the indissolubility of marriage.”
It is common knowledge that the teaching of the Church states that marriage is for life… Read more »
OPEN DAY li se tkun organizzata fid-DAR TAL-PROVIDENZA nhar l-1 ta’ Jannar 2012.
Din id-DAR, tgħix biss bil-PROVIDENZA tal-poplu Malti u Għawdxi. Nistednuk iżżur id-Dar tal-Providenza u tagħti d-donazzjoni tiegħek biex flimkien inkomplu l-ħolma li beda Monsinjur Mikiel Azzopardi aktar minn 45 sena ilu.
Tista’ anke iċċempel bid-donazzjoni tiegħek minn issa:
Eur 10 – 516 02 012
Eur 15 – 517 02 013
Eur 25 – 518 02 014
SMS ta’ Eur 7 fuq 506 18 922
F’isem ir-residenti tad-Dar tal-Providenza, GRAZZI!! … Read more »
Pope greeted by inmates during his visit to Rome's Rebibbia prison
“‘I was in prison and you came to me’ (Matthew 25:36). These are the words of the Last Judgment, as told by the Evangelist Matthew, and these words of the Lord, in which he identifies with the prisoners, express the full meaning of my visit with you today. Wherever there is the hungry, stranger, sick, incarcerated, there is Christ himself who awaits our visit and our help… Read more »
