News from the Church in Malta
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 »
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 »
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 »
On Friday 22nd January, 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Youth and Adolescent Commission of Zabbar parish. He also met with the Youth Parish Commission of the same parish.
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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
The celebrations at the Cathedral, Mdina, on the occasion of the liturgical feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, will start on Saturday 22nd January at 5.45 p.m. with the veneration of the relic of St. Paul, followed by Mass and First Pontifical Vespers. Archbishop Paul Cremona OP will preside.
On Sunday, 23rd January at 8.55 a.m, there will be the celebration of the Lauds followed by a Pontifical Concelebrated Mass at 9.30 a.m, presided by Archbishop Cremona… Read more »
Pope Benedict XVI
The search for Christian unity has not been easy, but it already has drawn Christians closer to one another and made Christianity more attractive to those who do not believe, Pope Benedict XVI said.
A sense of brotherhood among Christians “is the most tangible sign of unity, especially for those outside” the Christian community, the pope said Jan. 19 during his weekly general audience… Read more »
