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DIOCESAN ASSEMBLY 2010

The Diocesan Assembly of the Church in Malta will be convened next Friday 17th September and Saturday 18th September at the Ċentru Animazzjoni u Komunikazzjoni (CAK) in B’Kara. This year, the Diocesan Assembly will focus upon two topics which are related:

• The challenges of new evanglisation for the Church in Malta

• The heart of pastoral work in Malta… Read more »

POPE ASKS FOR INCREASED EFFORTS BY CATHOLICS, JEWS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

Pope Benedict XVI expressed hope that Catholics and Jews would feel a greater desire to work for peace and justice in a troubled world. The pope sent a telegram to Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni, the chief rabbi of Rome, to mark the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. In the telegram, released to reporters by the Vatican Sept… Read more »

MALTESE SINGERS TO PERFORM FOR THE POPE

Fost dawk li se jagħmlu parti mill-kor li se janima l-liturġija f’Hyde Park, Londra, waqt iż-żjara tal-Papa Benedittu XVI fl-Ingilterra se jkun hemm il-Maltija Ethel Hili, fiżjoterapista minn Ħ’Attard li f’dawn l-aħħar snin studjat u llum qed taħdem f’dan il-pajjiż.

L-istess kor, li se jkun magħmul minn 160 persuna ta’ nazzjonalità differenti, se jkun jinkludi Maltija oħra, l-Għawdxija Marlene Cauchi… Read more »

POPE TO RECITE KEY MASS PRAYERS IN LATIN DURING BRITAIN VISIT

When Pope Benedict XVI celebrates his public Masses in Great Britain Sept. 16-19, he will recite the eucharistic prayer — the heart of the Mass — in Latin. During the last week of August, the bishops of Scotland, England and Wales distributed 1 million copies of a special papal-visit edition of Magnificat, a widely used prayer booklet containing complete Mass texts… Read more »

REACTION TO KORAN BURNING DAY – “NO TO ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE”

The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue received “with great concern” the news of the proposed “Koran Burning Day” on the occasion of the Anniversary of the September 11th tragic terrorist attacks in 2001 which resulted in the loss of many innocent lives and considerable material damage. “These deplorable acts of violence, in fact, cannot be counteracted by an outrageous and grave gesture against a book considered sacred by a religious community – the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue writes in a release -… Read more »

BEWARE OF DANGEROUS CONTACTS OVER THE WEB

L-aħbar li fl-Ingilterra raġel li ltaqa’ ma’ mara fuq l-internet spiċċa stupra lil bintha ta’ 14-il sena, tnissel biżgħa u rabja f’dawk kollha li għandhom il-ġid tas-soċjetà għal qalbhom. Għal darb’oħra, bħal sikkina li tista’ tintuża biex tiekol biha iżda anki biex tolqtol, hekk ukoll dan ir-raġel ħa vantaġġ minn xi ħaġa tajba biex laħaq il-finijiet ta’ moħħu u stupra darba, darbtejn tifla ta’ 14-il sena fid-dar ta’ ommha li wriet fiduċja fih u daħħlitu jgħix magħha… Read more »

PURNEA BISHOP, INDIA, VISITS ARCHBISHOP CREMONA

On Tuesday, 7th September, 2010, his Lordship Mgr. Angelus Kujur, Bishop of Purnea in India, paid a courtesy visit to the Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P., at his residence in Attard.

Click on the photo to enlarge. The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta… Read more »

THE CAPITULARS HAVE ELECTED THE 86th SUCCESSOR OF ST. DOMINIC

The General Chapter of the Order of Preachers, founded by Saint Dominic, elected Bro. Bruno Cadoré as new Master of the Order. Elected for a nine year term of office, he succeeds Bro. Carlos Azpiroz Costa, an Argentinean, who was Master of the Order from 2001 to 2010, and before him Bro. Timothy Radcliffe, a friar from England, well known all over the world for his publications and preaching… Read more »

Annelise Abela meets Pope Benedict: “lost for words”

I think I only just realised my good fortune when I caught a glimpse of His Holiness and, as I looked at his smile, found myself at a loss for words.

Seeing how the Pope welcomed us and was genuinely interested in wanting to get to know us better helped me realise that we are in fact very important for God, each and every one of us in all that we do… Read more »

FR. PASCUAL CHAVEZ SDB VISITS SALESIANS IN MALTA

The Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Fr Pascual Chavez SDB, has begun his Extraordinary Visitation of the Salesian Delegation of Malta; the first he has undertaken personally during his term as successor of Don Bosco.

He arrived on the 2nd of September, at the airport of Gudja, where he was welcomed by Fr Paul Formosa, the Provincial Delegate… Read more »