News from the Church in Malta
On Sunday 23rd October, 2011 Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at Our Lady of Jesus Church in Rabat and after met with the people. Later on he met the Franciscan Fathers and dined with them.
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Pope Benedict XVI
Taking 300 religious leaders with him on pilgrimage to Assisi, Pope Benedict XVI said people who are suspicious of religion cannot be blamed for questioning God’s existence when they see believers use religion to justify violence. “All their struggling and questioning is, in part, an appeal to believers to purify their faith so that God, the true God, becomes accessible,” the pope said Oct… Read more »
Matul dawn l-aħħar xhur il-media wasslitilna rapporti dwar każijiet xokkanti ta’ kefrija kbira fuq l-annimali. Dawn l-atti ġibdu l-attenzjoni tal-pubbliku inġenerali u ħolqu ferment mal-pajjiż kollu. Bla tlaqliq ta’ xejn, il-Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent (KA) tingħaqad mal-bqija tal-poplu u tikkundanna bla riżervi dawn l-atti barbareski. Li tispara fuq kelb u tidfnu ħaj, li tagħlaq kelb f’borża tal-plastik u titfgħu fiż-żibel ferut u agunija, li ssallab ġeru u ssammru rasu ’l isfel ma’ bieb ta’ residenza, minbarra li jnaqqsu mill-ġieħ tal-istess persuni li jwettquhom, huma atti li joffendu s-sentimenti tal-komunità u għalhekk huma atti li jitolbu kundanna serja li għandha tkun riflessa fis-sentenzi u l-pieni xierqa li jingħataw fil-qorti li jservu ta’ deterrent… Read more »
Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. has appointed Fr Mario Tong as the new archpriest of St Paul’s Shipwreck Parish, Valletta.
Fr Mario Tong was born in Hamrun on 29th April, 1953. He received his education at Paola Primary School, the Minor Seminary and Major Seminary.
Fr Mario was ordained priest on 19th June, 1977. He started his pastoral work as parish priest in St Joseph the Worker parish in Gibraltar in 1978… Read more »
On Saturday 29th October 2011, christian musicians convene for a formation seminar at Dar Frate Jacoba in Marsascala ahead of the upcoming World Youth Day Song Contest.
The conference, themed MoreVolume, is divided between discussion sessions and hands-on workshops focusing on the unique call of musicians as ministers.
MoreVolume will be guided by Italian ensemble Nuova Civiltà who were purposely invited… Read more »
Financial Markets
A Vatican document called for the gradual creation of a world political authority with broad powers to regulate financial markets and rein in the “inequalities and distortions of capitalist development.” The document said the current global financial crisis has revealed “selfishness, collective greed and the hoarding of goods on a great scale.” A supranational authority, it said, is needed to place the common good at the center of international economic activity… Read more »
Il-Kummissjoni Pastorali fid-Dinja tax-xogħol se torganizza nofs ta’ nhar seminar f’Dar l-Ewropa, Valletta, nhar l-Erbgħa 26 ta’ Ottubru 2011. Peress li din is-sena hija ddedikata lil volontarjat, dan is-seminar ser jiffoka fuq kif din it-tema torbot mad-dinja tax-xogħol.
Il-Kummissjoni, f’Lulju li għadda, ħarġet paper fuq ‘Min iħaddem u x-xogħol volontarju (Employers and Voluntary Work) li titkellem fuq kif il-Knisja tħares lejn ix-xogħol volontarju fid-dinja tax-xogħol, u anke xi suġġerimenti ta’ kif min iħaddem jista’ jippromwovi l-ħidma volontarja… Read more »
On Saturday 22nd October 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at St Martin’s Church (Bahrija) and later met people, as part of his pastoral visit in the parish of Rabat.
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Illum il-Ħadd, 23 ta’ Ottubru 2011 fis-7.10 p.m., fid-Dar Santa Katarina, Ħ’Attard, fejn kien rikoverat, is-Sur Joseph M. Cremona, missier l-Eċċellenza Tiegħu Monsinjur Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P., irritorna lejn il-Ħallieq fl-eta’ ta’ 95 sena. Gawduh f’ħajtu: martu Josephine nee’ Cauchi, ibnu l-ieħor Carmel (k/a Lino) u martu Mary Helen u bintu Marie Louise, in-neputijiet Marco u martu Joanne, Stefano u martu Nicolette u Johann, kif ukoll il-pro-neputijiet Luigi, Gianluca, Lara u Sam… Read more »
Given below is the text of an English-language note published yesterday afternoon by the Holy See Press Office on the subject of the Holy See and Libya following the death of Colonel Gaddafi.
“The news of the death of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi marks the end of a much too long and tragic phase of a brutal struggle to bring down a harsh and oppressive regime… Read more »
