The archbishop of Lima has called a Eucharistic and Marian conference in celebration of the Year for Priests and the Eucharistic vocation of the priesthood. Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, archbishop of Lima, announced Wednesday the May 29-June 6 event. He placed the conference in the context of the continental mission called for in 2007 in Aparecida.

“Saints in love with Christ, witnesses of Christ, are needed,” the cardinal said in announcing the event… Read more »

The Holy See added the Catechism of the Catholic Church to the Chinese section of its Web site Thursday.

The Vatican’s semiofficial newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, reported today in its Italian edition that an online Chinese version of the Catechism is now available, and that the Code of Canon Law and texts from the Second Vatican Council would become available in that language in the coming months… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI

The Holy Week and Easter celebrations presided over by Benedict XVI will be available online in a live video and audio stream. The Web site Pope2You.net, sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, is airing these videos on the Internet for participants worldwide.

Audio commentaries will be provided in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish… Read more »

On Friday, 26th March, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona OP led the Lenten penitential pilgrimage with the statue of Our Lady of Sorrows, in Valletta. Our Lady of Sorrows statue boasts widespread devotion, as witnessed by the large crowds who turned up for this pilgrimage.

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F’kull sena mill-aħħar ħames snin, iktar minn 90 fil-mija taż-żwiġijiet fejn kemm il-mara kif ukoll ir-raġel li ssieħbu fiż-żwieġ kienu Maltin, dawn għażlu r-rit reliġjuż għaż-żwieġ tagħhom. U dan meta ma jiġux ikkunsidrati ċifri relattivi għal żwiġijiet f’Għawdex!

Dan joħroġ minn ċifri mgħoddijin lil IL-ĠENSILLUM online mir-Reġistru Pubbliku dan l-aħħar dwar żwiġijiet f’Malta fl-aħħar ħames snin.

B’kollox, fl-aħħar ħames snin f’Malta biss ġew iċċelebrati 6,613-il żwieġ b’rit reliġjuż, fejn iż-żewġ partijiet kienu Maltin, 421 żwieġ b’rit reliġjuż bejn partijiet barranin u 303 bejn parti Maltija u parti barranija… Read more »

Donations collected by Caritas Malta in aid of the earthquake victims and their families in Haiti reached a total of €270,391. Caritas Malta said that the people’s generosity has once again surpassed their expectations. The fund has now been closed and the money collected will be transfered to Caritas Internationalis. More information on their mission in Haiti is available on www.caritas.org

The fundraising campaign was iniated on the 14th January, 2010, following the devastating earthquake of January 12th… Read more »

Dr George Abela

Benedict XVI’s April 17-18 visit to the Mediterranean island of Malta is inspiring many hopes in its people, says the president of that country, George Abela. President Abela spoke with Catholic news agency ZENIT about his hopes for the forthcoming Papal trip, which will mark the 1950th anniversary of St. Paul’s shipwreck.  In this interview, he discussed the Christian roots of Malta and Europe in general, the problem of immigration, the court ruling on crucifixes in schools, and other issues his Catholic-majority country has faced… Read more »

On Tuesday, 23nd March, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. visited the Junior College Campus at Msida. Archbishop Cremona celebrated Mass and met the students and staff.

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Pope John Paul II

Benedict XVI will preside next week at a Mass marking the fifth anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II.

The Mass will be held March 29 instead of the actual date of the Pope’s death, the Vatican reported, because April 2 falls on Good Friday.

During the prayers of the faithful, this petition will be offered in Polish: “For the Venerable Pope John Paul II, who served the Church to the limit of his strength: So that from heaven he intercedes to spread the hope that is realized by fully participating in the glory of the resurrection.”

In German, a petition will be offered for Benedict XVI, “so that he follows in the steps of Peter, carrying out his ministry with docile and firm perseverance to sustain the faithful.”

A petition in Spanish will pray for “those here united to remember Pope John Paul II: So that we know to love and serve the Church as he loved and served, giving testimony in the faith of God and offering his love to all.”

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