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CATHOLIC MEDIA WORKERS: LIVE IN CONFORMITY TO THE GOSPEL

25/01/2011

Yesterday in the Holy See Press Office, the Message for the forty-fifth World Day of Social Communications was presented. Its theme this year is: “Truth, Proclamation and Authenticity of Life in the Digital Age”. Participating in yesterday’s press conference were Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, Msgr. Paul Tighe, Msgr. Giuseppe Antonio Scotti and Angelo Scelzo, respectively president, secretary, adjunct secretary and under secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications… Read more »

ANNIVERSARY OF THE EPISCOPAL ORDINATION OF ARCHBISHOP PAUL CREMONA

24/01/2011

On the occasion of the fourth anniversary if his Episcopal Ordination, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will be celebrating a Thanksgiving Mass at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, on Sunday, 30th January 2011, at 5:30 p.m. Priests are invited to concelebrated, and everyone is invited to attend.

On Tuesday 25th January, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will be celebrating his 65th Birthday. Mgr. Cremona was born in 1946… Read more »

CHURCH SCHOOL ENTRY REGULATIONS UPDATED

24/01/2011

The regulations for entry into Church schools have been updated since they were first published in December 2010.

Recently a decision to re-organise some of the Church’s Kindergarten schools was taken by Church School officials and the Heads of the Church Kindergarten schools.  This has resulted in 32 boys and 33 girls less vacancies in Kindergarten 1 and 31 boys and 32 girls more vacancies in Kindergarten 2… Read more »

INCONSISTENCY

24/01/2011

Il-kontorni tad-dibattitu nazzjonali dwar jekk f’Malta għandhiex tiddaħħal leġiżlazzjoni li tippermetti lill-koppji miżżewġin biex jiddivorzjaw, kulma jmur qed jiffurmaw irwieħhom.

Fl-aħħar ħmistax rajna l-ewwel it-twaqqif tal-moviment ‘Żwieġ bla Divorzju’, moviment li jsostni li d-dħul tad-divorzju mhix għażla għaqlija hekk kif dan ibiddel in-natura taż-żwieġ. Sussegwentement, il-‘Moviment Iva Għad-Divorzju’ nieda l-logo tiegħu li jġib il-kliem: ‘Iva għad-Divorzju, Iva għaż-Żwieġ’.

Irridu nistqarru li l-logo magħżul mill-moviment favur id-dħul tad-divorzju f’Malta għalina jqajjem għadd ta’ mistoqsijiet li jitolbu tweġiba, primarjament dwar il-konsistenza bejn iż-żewġ frażijiet li jikkomponu dan l-istess logo… Read more »

EGYPT ISLAM CENTER FREEZES DIALOGUE WITH VATICAN

24/01/2011

The Islamic Research Council of the University of al-Azhar, the highest authority of Sunni Islam, is freezing dialogue with the Vatican in protest of Benedict XVI’s defense of Christians in Egypt.

This is the latest development in relations between Egypt and the Vatican that have become strained in the wake of a Jan. 1 attack on a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria, which caused the death of more than 20 people leaving the Divine Liturgy… Read more »

POPE MAKES MORAL APPEAL TO ITALIAN PUBLIC OFFICIALS

22/01/2011

Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI has said public officials must offer a strong moral example, his first apparent comment on the sex scandal engulfing Italy’s PM.

Though Silvio Berlusconi’s name was not explicitly mentioned, the Pope’s words echo those of a senior Vatican official who said the issue was troubling.

Mr Berlusconi’s lawyers have said he will not attend questioning on charges that he paid for sex with a minor… Read more »

FUNERAL ARRENGEMENTS OF ARCHBISHOP EMMANUEL GERADA

21/01/2011

On Monday, 24th January, 2011 at 4.00 p.m, the funeral cortege will leave Mater Dei Hospital for the parish of Zejtun, where Archbishop Gerada used to reside.  At 4.30 p.m. it will arrive at Carlo Diacono square and make its way towards the Oratory (near the Parish Church) . The cortege will  be made up of clergy, religious and social movements.  There will be prayers for the repose of the soul of Mgr… Read more »

ARCHBISHOP EMMANUEL GERADA RETURNS TO THE HEAVENLY FATHER’S HOUSE

21/01/2011

The death is announced of Archbishop Emmanuel Gerada from Zejtun.  Mons Gerada was born on 18th May 1920.  In 1967 he was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Nomentum and Auxiliary Bishop of Mgr. Michael Gonzi.  He served in various roles within the Diplomatic Corp of the Holy See. Mg.r Gerada died at 6.30 a.m. at Mater Dei Hospital.

BIOGRAPHY

Vatican diplomat born in Żejtun, Mgr… Read more »

RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PROPOSE MEASURES TO REDUCE ABORTION

21/01/2011

Abortion

Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has proposed to Russian President Dimitri Medvedev a series of family policies that would restrict access to abortion, reports the Agence France Presse.

The proposals, which mark the first time the Russian Orthodox Church has suggested specific policies to the Russian government, were sent Monday, ahead of a meeting of the Council of State on the theme of the family… Read more »