News from the Church in Malta
Pope Benedict XVI
In prayer, there must be a certainty of God’s presence, says Benedict XVI.
The Pope stressed this fundamental point today when he continued his catechesis series on prayer at the general audience held in St. Peter’s Square.
The Holy Father took up Psalm 3 for a reflection on faith in God’s presence as the basis of prayer… Read more »
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For the occasion of Benedict XVI’s apostolic trip to Germany, due to take place from 22 to 25 September, statistics have been published concerning the Catholic Church in that country. The information, updated to 31 December 2010, comes from the Central Statistical Office of the Church.
Germany has a population of 81,751,000 of whom 24,675,000 (30.18 percent) are Catholic… Read more »
On Tuesday 6th September 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. arrived back in Malta after leading a pilgrimage in Lourdes organized by the Lourdes Voluntary Association. Attending this pilgrimage were 350 people, which included 120 patients, 6 doctors, 12 nurses, a therapist and a pharmacist. Each patient was accompanied by a helper.
This year, the Lourdes Voluntary Association is celebrating their 10th anniversary… Read more »
Evangelisation
Benedict XVI is reiterating the importance of Christian unity for the success of the new evangelization.
The Pope spoke of these two papal priorities and their interrelatedness in a letter addressed to the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch.
The letter was on the occasion of the 12th Inter-Christian Symposium, promoted by the Franciscan Institute of Spirituality at the Pontifical Athenaeum Antonianum and by the Orthodox Theological Faculty at the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki… Read more »
Jesus says love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you. How can this be so? This is the subject for this 10th program of 4Given. Michael Pilavachi, a British youth leader is the protagonist on this week’s program, who will join Ian to talk about useful aspects of being a Christian and living for Jesus! One of the main aims of this program is to challenge the viewer to keep close to Jesus amidst all life situations, and one way in which this will be done is through a discussion of some youths with the Archbishop… Read more »
“Ma nistgħux ma nagħmlux riflessjoni fuq il-weġgħa kbira li għaddejna minnha ftit ilu. Qed nirreferi għall-abbużi fuq numru ta’ tfal u żgħażagħ minn xi saċerdoti snin ilu.”
Hekk sostna Mons Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP, fil-messaġġ tiegħu fil-ħarġa ta’ Settembru ta’ “Flimkien”, ir-rivista ta’ kull xahar maħruġa mill-Kulleġġ tal-Kappillan. L-Arċisqof fakkar li hu diġà kien talab maħfra lill-vittmi ta’ dawn l-abbużi.
Kien fil-bidu t’Awwissu li għadda li żewġ patrijiet tas-Soċjetà Missjunarja ta’ San Pawl instabu ħatja ta’ abbużi fuq minorenni, meta dawn kienu taħt il-kura tagħhom f’Dar tal-Knisja… Read more »
Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for September is: “That all teachers may know how to communicate love of the truth and instil authentic moral and spiritual values”.
His mission intention is: “That the Christian communities of Asia may proclaim the Gospel with fervour, witnessing to its beauty with the joy of faith”.
VATICAN CITY, 1 SEP 2011 (VIS) Read more »
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On Wednesday 31st August 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. left Malta to travel to Lourdes to lead a pilgrimage organized by the Lourdes Voluntary Association. Attending this pilgrimage are 350 people, which include 120 patients, 6 doctors, 12 nurses, a therapist and a pharmacist. Besides this, each patient will be accompanied by a helper.
This year, the Lourdes Voluntary Association is celebrating their 10th anniversary… Read more »
Wara t-talb tal-istazzjonijiet tas-Salib fil-Jum Dinji taż-Żgħażagħ nhar il-Ġimgħa 19 ta’ Awwissu filgħaxija, il-Papa Benedittu XVI saħaq mal-parteċipanti biex “ma jmorrux jinjoraw it-tbatija umana. . . għax huwa hawnhekk li Alla jistenna li inti tagħti l-aħjar tiegħek, il-kapaċità tiegħek għall-imħabba u l-kompassjoni”.
“Il-Passjoni ta’ Kristu tħeġġeġ biex nieħdu fuq spallejna t-tbatija tad-dinja,” il-Papa qal, “fiċ-ċertezza li Alla mhux ’l bogħod mill-bniedem u l-problemi tiegħu.”
Agħfas hawn biex tkompli taqra dan l-artiklu mis-sit www.il-gensillum.com Read more »
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Benin took a step toward becoming the 17th African state to abolish the death penalty, as Benedict XVI prepares to visit the nation in November.
On Aug. 19, Benin’s national assembly voted to join an international protocol that calls for the death penalty to be abolished. With the president’s ratification, it will be the 74th nation to join the agreement.
Benedict XVI will make a three-day visit to Benin in mid-November to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the country’s evangelization and to deliver the apostolic exhortation from the 2009 synod on Africa… Read more »
