Pope John Paul II

Hundreds of people have been giving public witness to the ways Pope John Paul II changed or even saved their lives. Men and women of all ages and nationalities have sent personal stories to www.karol-wojtyla.org — a website run by the Diocese of Rome dedicated to the late pope’s beatification and canonization. As of April 28, the multi-lingual site published more than 400 testimonies from people sharing the ways they feel Pope John Paul interceded on their behalf or brought them back to the church… Read more »

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 »