News from the Church in Malta
Pope blesses families
Benedict XVI is urging the state support of families so that they can better fulfill their mission to pass on values to children and young people.
The Pope made this appeal Thursday upon receiving in audience Miquel Àngel Canturri Montanya, the new ambassador from Andorra to the Holy See.
“Harmony is possible within countries and between peoples,” the Pontiff affirmed… Read more »
Benedict XVI is speaking out against the crimes of child pornography and pedophilia, and is underlining the need to fight these evils through a solid formation of conscience.
The Pope stated this today during his traditional meeting with the cardinals, archbishops, bishops, and members of the Roman Curia and of the Governorate of Vatican City State, for the exchange of Christmas greetings.
“For all its new hopes and possibilities, our world is at the same time troubled by the sense that moral consensus is collapsing, consensus without which juridical and political structures cannot function,” he observed. … Read more »
Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. along with Bishop Annetto Depasquale shall be exchanging Season’s Greetings on Sunday, 26th December, 2010 from 9.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. The event will be taking place at the Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana.
To enter the Curia access the rear door in Vincenzo Bugeja Street. At 10.00a.m. the Archbishop will deliver a speech to all those present… Read more »
On Sunday, 20th December, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. attended a party for children living in Church homes, organised by RTK radio.
Click on the photo to enlarge. The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta. Tel: 21236723… Read more »
Today, by God’s grace, there are several groups of a spiritual nature that meet regularly for prayer meetings, retreats and spiritual seminars. For this reason, the Episcopal Conference wishes to bring to light the valuable insights contained in the Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on Some Aspects of Christian Meditation ‘Orationis Formas’, issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on 15th October 1989… Read more »
Vatican Christmas Tree
The re-evangelization of the secularized world requires a recovery of the sense of the sacred, says the preacher of the Pontifical Household.
Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa offered this suggestion today during the last in his series of Advent sermons that he has given in the presence of the Pope and the Roman Curia.
Father Cantalamessa proposed at the beginning of the series to offer “a small contribution to the need of the Church” for a New Evangelization, concretely by examining three obstacles to the Gospel message: scientism, secularism and rationalism… Read more »
On Friday, 17th December, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. attended Joseph Calleja’s Christmas Charity concert at the Divine Mercy Sanctuary, Naxxar.
Joseph Calleja presented a cheque of 81,200 Euro to Fr Michael Agiust, to help fund the completion of the Sanctuary. Calleja also presented 15 envelopes with cash donations to the Archbishop, to be given to families in need… Read more »
Dun Joseph Cassar, id-Direttur tas-Servizz tal-Ġiżwiti mar-Refuġjati f’Malta, qal li l-immigranti irregolari li jaslu Malta ma jbatux biss mill-faqar ekonomiku iżda anki minn dak psikoloġiku.
Huwa qal dan b’rabta mat-tnedija tad-dokumentarju bl-isem ta’ Suspended Lives li jittratta l-ħajja tal-immigranti f’Malta, u li huma l-immigranti stess li jirrakkontaw id-diffikultajiet li jħabbtu wiċċhom magħhom.
AGĦFAS HAWN BIEX TKOMPLI TAQRA DAN L-ARTIKLU FUQ IS-SIT www.il-gensillum.com Read more »
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Pope Benedict XVI
Infringements on the freedom of religion threaten peace and security worldwide as well as stifle authentic human growth and development, Pope Benedict XVI said. “Religious freedom is an authentic weapon of peace,” which fosters the human qualities and potentials that “can change the world and make it better,” the pope said in his message for World Peace Day, Jan… Read more »
