Pope signing

“Rediscovering the centrality of God’s Word” in personal life and in the life of the Church as well as “the urgency and beauty” of announcing it. This is in brief Benedict XVI’s message in the post-synod apostolic exhortation “Verbum Domini” presented in the Vatican Newsroom today. The document contains the reflections and proposals submitted at the Episcopal Synod on “God’s Word in the life and mission of the Church”, that took place in the Vatican from 5 to 26 October 2008 and is composed of nearly 200 pages, divided into three parts, according to the structure of the topic of the synodal meeting… Read more »

The Theology Students Association is organizing a Lectio Divina next Saturday 13th November at 7:30pm, at the Carmelites’ Priory in Mdina. It will be led by Rev Fr John Curmi, in Maltese. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The exercise of the Lectio Divina is the reflection and contemplation of the will of God for you through the Sacred Scriptures… Read more »

From an ecumenical service

The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity will celebrate its 50th birthday with an ecumenical event this Nov. 17.

The event will be presided over by Archbishop Kurt Koch, president of the council, and will be attended by Cardinal Walter Kasper, retired president, Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury, and Metropolitan Pergamo Ioannis (Zizioulas) of the ecumenical patriarchate of Constantinople… Read more »

On Tuesday, 9th November, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. presided over the graduation ceremony of the Pastoral Formation Institute, at the Seminary in tal-Virtu’.

The main aim behind the Pastoral Formation Institute is to form its members through evangelisation.

Around 138 people finished successfully the course which is further proof of the main aim and reason for such courses… Read more »

Pope with College of Cardinals

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, has sent a letter to the members of the college, and to the cardinals-elect, announcing that the Pope has invited them all to participate in a day of “reflection and prayer” due to be held in the Vatican’s New Synod Hall on Friday 19 November.

The day of prayer, which falls on the eve of the ordinary public consistory of 20 November, will focus on two themes… Read more »

On Tuesday, 9th November, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. visited Higher Secondary School in Naxxar and consecrated the students and staff to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. During his visit, the Archbishop not only met teachers and the students but also answered questions which they asked him. The Archbishop also blessed a large wooden cross which was placed infront of the school chapel… Read more »

On Friday, 5th November, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. ordained Rev. Robert Galea to the priesthood at St. Julian’s Parish Church.

Fr. Robert Galea who is 28 years old and hails from Ibrag parish commenced his studies in 2003 at the Archbishop’s Seminary in Malta.  In accordance with his wish, in 2007, a request was made to Archbishop Paul Cremona by the Maltese Bishop of Sandhurst, Mons… Read more »

Pope

It’s not enough to advance as a society in the technical, social and culture spheres if society doesn’t also make similar “moral advances,” says Benedict XVI.

The Pope said this today at the dedication Mass of Barcelona’s Church of the Sagrada Familia (Holy Family), which he also designated a basilica.

He recalled that the church began as an initiative of the Association of the Friends of St… Read more »