To mark the end of the Year for Priests, which will be celebrated on Friday 11th June, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. is presently in Rome to attend a Congress which is being organized by the Congregation for the Clergy.  He is accompanied by another twenty priests from Malta and Gozo. Around 11,000 priests from 110 other countries are attending this Congress.

The Congress, which started on the 9th June, aimed to offer a variety of meetings and liturgical celebrations… Read more »

Middle East – Special Synod October 2010

A translation of the unofficial synthesis of the “instrumentum laboris” (working document) of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place in October in Rome, is available on ZENIT’s Web page.

The unofficial summary was published Saturday by the Vatican press office.

Benedict XVI delivered the “instrumentum laboris” to the seven patriarchs and two archbishops of the Middle East on Sunday, the last day of his apostolic journey to Cyprus… Read more »

Kull erba snin id-dilettanti tal-futbol jistennew b’ħerqa kbira it-Tazza tad-Dinja, imsejħa l-akbar spettaklu tat-televizjoni.  Il-futbol pero’, aktar milli jkun biss spettaklu għandu missjoni x’jaqdi, għaliex permezz tiegħu ż-żgħażagħ li jħobbuh u jippratikawh jistgħu isiru persuni aħjar jekk jgħixu l-valuri li joffri.

Għal dan il-għan, is-Segretarjat għall-Katekezi tal-Knisja f’ Malta, b’kollaborazzjoni mal-Youth Football Association, qed jorganizzaw seminar bit-tema: TAZZA TAD-DINJA 2010 – IL-VALURI  Fl-ISPORTS… Read more »

Year for Priests banner

Priests from around the world are gathering in Rome this week for the official closing of their year.

The Year for Priests, called by Benedict XVI, draws to a close with a Wednesday through Friday program of events. All the priests of the world have been invited to the celebration, which is being promoted by the Congregation for the Clergy and has as its theme: “Faithfulness of Christ, Faithfulness of Priests.”

The program’s first day, Wednesday, took priests to the Basilica of St… Read more »

religious intolerance in Indonesia

Christians in Indonesia are expressing concerns regarding numerous attacks on churches and other signs of religious intolerance.

Theophilus Bela, president of the Jakarta Christian Communication Forum, and secretary general of the Indonesian Committee of Religions for Peace, met with Maria Otero, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs to discuss these issues.

Bela, a Catholic representative from the committee of religions for peace, told L’Osservatore Romano that he submitted a detailed report for the U.S… Read more »

receiving Eucharist

Benedict XVI is underlining the importance of the Eucharist, noting that the faithful who feed on the Body and Blood of Christ are gathered into one people of God. The Pope stated this today at a Mass at the Eleftheria Sports Centre in Nicosia, in which he presented the “instrumentum laboris” (working document) for the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place in Rome next October 10-24… Read more »

Is-saċerdot u l-lajk: il-kollaborazzjoni u l-korresponsabbilta’ kien is-suġġett  magħżul għal seminar organizzat mis-Segretarjat tal-Lajċi,  li sar il-Ħamis, 3 u l-Ġimgħa, 4 ta’ Ġunju, 2010 f’Gattard House, Blata l-Bajda.

Wara t-talb tal-bidu mmexxi mill-Youth Fellowship,  is-Seminar beda b’introduzzjoni qasira  mis-Sur Joe Farrugia, id-Delegat tal-Arċisqof għal-lajċi.  Fid-diskussjoni li saret wara, ħadu sehem Dr. Stephen Zammit, Ms Vincienne  Debono, l-Imħallef  J. R… Read more »

Matul din il-ġimgħa l-anzjani fir-Residenza San Vinċenz De Paul iċċelebraw għeluq il-mitt sena mill-bini tal-Knisja ddedikata lill-Qalb ta’ Ġesu`. Għal din l-okkażjoni speċjali, tħejja programm ta’ ċelebrazzjonijiet li kienu mqassma matul il-ġimgħa. Il-programm tal-festa inkluda kemm attivitajiet fil-kappella kif ukoll festi esterni.

Fost oħrjan l-anzjani jattendew għal diversi attivitajiet reliġjużi u għall-marċ tradizzjonali tal-festa li akkumpanja l-vara tal-Qalb ta’ Ġesu` fis-swali kollha fir-Residenza… Read more »

new media

New media have the “extraordinary potential” to bring the message of Christ to more and more people, says Benedict XVI.

The Pope said this today at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square in which he offered a long-distance greeting to those who are participating in the Catholic Media Convention, under way through Friday in New Orleans.

The theme of the convention, sponsored by the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada, has as its theme “Spreading the Good News — Byte by Byte.”

The Pope said the theme “highlights the extraordinary potential of the new media to bring the message of Christ and the teaching of his Church to the attention of a wider public.”

He continued: “If your mission is to be truly effective — if the words you proclaim are to touch hearts, engage people’s freedom and change their lives — you must draw them into an encounter with persons and communities who witness to the grace of Christ by their faith and their lives… Read more »