A Learning Centre sponsored by the Voices Foundation was inaugurated at the Caritas Malta Therapeutic Centre at San Blas on Wednesday, 22nd September, 2010.  This gives Caritas state of the art facilities to raise the level of education of clients undergoing programmes of rehabilitation from drug addiction, and for the training of staff.

The Centre was inaugurated by Voices Foundation Chairman Mr… Read more »

USA Catholic Charities

Benedict XVI is sending a promise of prayers for the 100th anniversary celebrations of Catholic Charities USA, which reaches out to 9 million people every year.

The Pope sent a message to the organization through an Aug. 11 letter from his secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, to Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum… Read more »

Malta has contributed to Fostering Epilepsy Care in Europe report just published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the two international epilepsy organisations, the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) and the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE).  This report was launched during the recent Epilepsy and Society conference which was held in Porto, Portugal last month. The conference was attended by committee members of the Caritas Malta Epilepsy Association… Read more »

Square of Cathedral of Palermo

Days after Benedict XVI returned from a four-day visit to the United Kingdom, he is already planning his next pastoral trip, to Palermo, Italy.

A Vatican communiqué today detailed the schedule for the Pope’s Oct. 3 visit to the Italian island of Sicily on the occasion of a regional meeting of families and youth. The Pontiff will preside over an outdoor Mass at 10:30 a.m… Read more »

Meeting his Holiness was by far one of the greatest experiences of my life. I was one of the ten fortunate youths who were given the opportunity to spend 20 minutes with Pope Benedict XVI for the duration of his voyage on the catamaran during his visit to the Maltese Island in April 2010. Such an experience taught me that whatever your life style is, you must never feel superior to anyone… Read more »

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On Saturday, 18th September, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated mass to inaugurate another year of pastoral ministry at the Vocation Centre, Tal-Virtu’ Seminary.

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The Pope declared Cardinal Newman ”blessed” before thousands of worshippers

Thousands of people have witnessed the Pope’s beatification of 19th Century theologian Cardinal John Henry Newman, as his UK state visit was in its final stage.

The pontiff told more than 50,000 people at a Mass in Birmingham’s Cofton Park that they were celebrating the cardinal’s “outstanding holiness”… Read more »

On Friday, 17th September, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. presided over the Diocesan Assembly at CAK, B’Kara.

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