Demography and Family

The Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe gathering in Zagreb, Croatia, for the 40th General Assembly of the Council of the European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE), discussed the issue of demography and family. A survey carried out via the Bishops’ Conferences of 47 Countries confirms a downward population trend. This is certainly the result of family policies in each Nation, but such observation does not appear sufficient to explain the sharp and generalised fall in birth rates described as a demographic winter… Read more »

On Friday October 8th, Archbishop Paul Cremona will be welcoming back the hundreds of young volunteers who spent their summer holidays with the underprivildged. The volunteers took part in projects in Malta and in other countries as distant as Ethiopia, India and Peru, freely committing themselves to marginalised communities and individuals.

In the homecoming celebration the young people will share their experiences and reflections with the Archbishop who will, in turn, present each of them with a commemorative token… Read more »

The first programme of this new TV series addresses the vulnerability of the elderly. Click on the image below to watch the latest edition of ‘QalbinNies’.

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Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI will be praying in October for Catholic universities, particularly that they might become places where people find a faith-reason unity.

The Apostleship of Prayer announced the intentions chosen by the Pope for October. His general prayer intention is: “That Catholic universities may increasingly become places where, in light of the Gospel, people may experience the unity of faith and reason.”

The Holy Father also chooses an apostolic intention for each month… Read more »

World Religions thread

Citizens of the United States might be among the most religious of the developed world, but when it comes to knowing about religions, U.S. atheists score higher than U.S. Christians. This is one of the results shown by a survey from the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, which was released Tuesday.

The survey asked 32 questions about religion — such as what religion was Mother Teresa, where Jesus was born, what religion are most inhabitants of Indonesia, and if the Dalai Lama is Buddhist… Read more »

Radio Maria

The Catholic broadcasting company Radio Maria continues to grow worldwide, now present in 54 nations with 65 new broadcasting stations in various languages.

Recently, the Catholic chain has been welcomed in Switzerland, Slovakia and Ukraine.

Three new broadcasting stations in the United States have also been incorporated to the Global Family of Radio Maria: in Washington, Boston, and an additional one in Chicago for Italian-speaking listeners… Read more »