Young educated Christian Palestinians would rather stay in their country than emigrate, if given the proper opportunities, according to results of a study commissioned by the Catholic Aid Coordination Committee, a consortium of Christian organizations in Jerusalem.

Sami El-Yousef, Jerusalem regional director of the Pontifical Mission for Palestine, a member of the consortium, said young people have a deep connection to the land and are looking to the church and church organizations to find a way to help them remain in the country by providing adequate job opportunities and help with education and housing… Read more »

On Tuesday, 23rd November, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona celebrated Mass at Ta’ Xbiex Parish on the occasion of Rev. Augustine Vella O.C.D. taking office as the new parish priest.

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Catholic.net is launching an essay contest in which the winner will be awarded a trip to Madrid for World Youth Day next August.

The competition is open to any youth between the ages of 16 and 28, of any nationality.

Participants are asked to write an essay answering the question: “How have you found God?”

Under this topic, several possible themes are suggested: the brevity of life, the love of God, happiness, the love of Christ, mission, inner change, or the sacraments… Read more »

Three hundred and twenty directors of European Catholic charitable organizations will meet in the Polish Marian Shrine of Czestochowa this month to rediscover the most profound motivations for their charitable activities.

The spiritual exercises, organized by the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, the Vatican dicastery that coordinates the charitable activity of Catholic institutions around the world, were presented Tuesday to a group of journalists by Cardinal-designate Robert Sarah, the president of the Vatican dicastery… Read more »

‘Fil-viżjoni nisranija nemmnu li fiċ-ċentru ta’ Alla hemm il-bniedem’. Dan qalu l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. fid-diskors li għamel fil-festa ta’ Kristu Re’ nhar il-Ħadd, 21 ta’ Novembru, 2010, Raħal Ġdid.

L-Arċisqof għamel enfasi fuq il-punt li l-bniedem huwa l-bidu w it-tmiem ta’ kollox u dan qal, huwa evidenti fil-Bibbja, b’mod speċjali fil-Ġenesi. Dan hu minnhu għax Alla ħalaq id-dinja għall-bniedem biex ikun koperatur miegħu… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Fr. Joseph Bonello O.F.M. (Franciscan Province of Saint Paul the Apostle – Malta) Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Juticalpa (Honduras), until now parish priest of Santa Ana de La Libertad in the Diocese of Comayagua.

Fr. Joseph Bonello O.F.M. was born on April 4, 1961, in Xagħra, Gozo. Son of Victor and Nazzarena Sultana (both deceased), the third of four children… Read more »

On Friday and Saturday, 19 and 20th November, 2010, as part of the celebrations for Christ the King , various activities were organized with the participations of adolescents and children.

A meeting for adolescents, ‘Meeteen’ was held in Qawra/Bugibba parish centre. Along with Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P, Fr. Robert Galea participated. The celebrations where held for adolescents between the age of 12 to 16 years… Read more »

Benedict XVI will visit his native Germany in 2011, which will be the third time he will have visited his homeland since the beginning of his pontificate in 2005.

The president of the German Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg im Breisgau, reported today that the Pope will most likely visit the country in September, and that he will make stops in Berlin, Freiburg and Erfurt… Read more »