Hereunder is the text in Italian of the Pope’s message during his public audience held on Sunday 02 January 2011 in St Peter’s Square. He shared his own reflections on the liturgy, particularly the Prologue by St John. In his own words, this text in the form of a hymn, deals with the proclamation of the mystery of Incarnation.

Pope Benedict XVI also condemned the attacks on the Coptic Christian community in Egypt and the bomb attack next to Christian houses in Iraq… Read more »

L-isfidi għall-2011 huma tlieta: l-awtentiċità tal-għixien tal-valuri Nsara, li wieħed jegħleb it-tentazzjoni li xi bnedmin jingħataw il-ġenb minħabba preġudizzji, il-vjolenza, is-serq u d-dipendenza fuq l-alkoħol, id-droga, logħob tal-azzard u t-tisħiħ tal-istabbilità fiż-żwieġ u l-familja anki billi “ma nħallux lis-soċjetà Maltija tibdel in-natura taż-żwieġ dejjiemi bid-divorzju”.

L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP kien qed jitkellem ma’ IL-ĠENSILLUM online dwar l-isfidi li se tkun qed tiffaċċja s-soċjetà Maltija b’mod inġenerali u l-Knisja f’Malta b’mod partikolari matul is-sena l-ġdida… Read more »

The Message of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for the 44th World Day of Peace, which will be celebrated on 1st January 2011 is based on the theme ‘Religious Freedom, The Path to Peace’. This theme is extremely central, especially because it profoundly affects the other dimensions of human life in contemporary society. The voice of the Church with regards to the right to religious freedom – and other related individual freedoms – is clearly outlined in the Pope’s Message, while reference is made to other Church documents which pronounce themselves on these issues… Read more »

Thursday in the Vatican, Benedict XVI received participants in an international congress of the International Federation of “Pueri Cantores”, currently being held in Rome.

The Pope addressed the group in English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Polish and Ukrainian. “As you use your talents and your faith to sing God’s praises, you give voice to the natural desire of every human being to glorify Him, with songs of love”, he said… Read more »

Pope Benedict’s decision to send a Vatican delegation to a United Nations conference on racism has opened a new rift in relations with Jewish groups, which say it is being used as a platform to attack Israel.

The Jewish groups criticised the Vatican just before diplomats walked out of the conference when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Israel of establishing a “cruel and repressive racist regime” over Palestinians… Read more »