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DISCUSSION ON FEASTS DOCUMENT STILL ONGOING

05/03/2011

Kuntrarjament għall-impressjoni li setgħet ingħatat mill-Għaqda Nazzjonali Armar tal-Festi fit-Toroq din il-ġimgħa, li f’covering letter għal “rapport intensiv” li ħarġet qalet li “bosta qegħdin jistaqsu fejn waslu s’issa l-konsultazzjonijiet dwar li-festi”, kelliem għall-Kurja tal-Arċisqof mhux talli kkonferma li rappreżentanti tal-Knisja fil-bidu ta’ Frar li għadda ltaqgħu ma’ uffiċjali tal-Għaqda, imma qal ukoll li ż-żewġ naħat għandhom jerġgħu jiltaqgħu dan ix-xahar.

Il-kelliemi qal li fil-laqgħa ta’ Frar kienu diskussi l-armar li jintuża waqt il-marċi u l-armar l-ieħor tal-festa… Read more »

FLEUR DE LYS PASTORAL VISIT PROGRAMME

04/03/2011

5th – 15th March 2011

Friday, 4th March

11.30 a.m. The Archbishop holds a meeting with the Parish Priest, at the Curia.

Saturday, 5th March

5.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets with the Adolescent and Youth Commission at the Carmelite Family Centre.

6.30 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates Mass in the Parish Church and afterwards, meets the parishioners… Read more »

MILLIONS COME TO THE VATICAN, BUT ONLY A FEW SPEND THE NIGHT

04/03/2011

State of the Vatican City

Millions of citizens of countries from all over the world enter Vatican territory every year to visit the Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica or catch a glimpse of the pope on a Sunday in St. Peter’s Square. But only a select 572 souls can claim citizenship of the Vatican itself, statistics released March 1 showed.

Those are the ones carrying what is probably the most exclusive ID card in the world, issued by the Stato della Citta del Vaticano, or Vatican City State… Read more »

BENEDICT XVI’s BOOK RELEASED NEXT WEEK

03/03/2011

Pope's new book

Benedict XVI’s new book, “Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week — From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection,” will be presented in the Vatican on March 10. The Pope’s book is being released in Italian by the Vatican Publishing House, and in English by Ignatius Press. It will also be published in German, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Polish.

A press conference will be held for the presentation of the book, with the participation of Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, and Claudio Magris, a writer and German scholar… Read more »

BENEDICT XVI TO PRAY FOR LATIN AMERICA IN MARCH

02/03/2011

Pope praying

Benedict XVI is dedicating the month of March to pray for Latin America, so that the nations of the continent become more just and peaceful.

The Apostleship of Prayer announced the intentions chosen by the Pope for this month. His general intention is: “That the nations of Latin America may walk in fidelity to the Gospel and progress in justice and peace.”

The Pontiff’s apostolic intention for March is: “That the Holy Spirit may give light and strength to those in many regions of the world who are persecuted and discriminated against because of the Gospel.”

VATICAN CITY, MARCH 1, 2011 (Zenit.org) Read more »

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THE ARCHBISHOP VISITS FGURA CATECHISM CENTRES & LITURGICAL COMMISSION

01/03/2011

On Monday 28th February, 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. visited the Catechism Centre (MUSEUM) for girls in Fgura and later visited the Catechism Centre (MUSEUM) for boys in the same parish. The following day, Tuesday 1st March, the Archbishop met the Diakonia Commission of Fgura.

Click on the photo to enlarge… Read more »

POPE SPEAKS ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF THE NEW MEDIA

01/03/2011

At midday today, Benedict XVI received participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications who are currently meeting to reflect on the question of language and new technology.

The Pope noted how “ideas and relations are always part of the modality of language, understood, naturally, in a broad and not only a verbal sense”. In this context he affirmed that “the new languages being developed in digital communications lead, among other things, to capacities that are more intuitive and emotional than analytical, tending towards a different logical organisation of our ideas and our relationship with reality, often privileging images and hypertextual links”… Read more »

MALTESE PRIEST CONTINUES TO CARRY OUT PASTORAL WORK IN TRIPOLI

01/03/2011

Fr Daniel Farrugia ilu tlettax-il sena jwettaq ħidma pastorali fi Tripli bħala Vigarju Ġenerali. Fr Daniel aċċetta li jaqsam l-esperjenza tiegħu, b’mod speċjali ta’ dawn il-ġranet, mal-qarrejja ta’ IL-ĠENSillum online.

Kemm ilek il-Libja u x’inhi eżatt il-kariga/missjoni tiegħek fi ħdan il-Knisja fil-Libja?

Jiena ilni 13-il sena hawnhekk bħala Vigarju Ġenerali, imma nservi l-komunità Maltija, dik tal-lingwa Ingliża u Taljana, barra li nagħti l-għajnuna tiegħi lill-immigranti… Read more »