Middle East

For now at least, the work of the synod on the Middle East is focused on 41 proposals that, after further revisions, will be presented to Benedict XVI this Saturday.Among the most representative topics included in these proposals is ecumenical dialogue, interreligious dialogue with Muslims and Jews, and the decisive importance of the Christian presence in the Middle East. Regarding this last objective, the synod fathers have been stressing a duty to protect the identity of the Eastern Catholic Churches, to reinforce communion within the Catholic Church among bishops, clergy and faithful (ad intra) and with the other Churches and ecclesial communities (ad extra)… Read more »

New Cardinals on Nov 20

Benedict XVI announced the names of 24 prelates who will be created cardinals, 20 of whom qualify as electors in the case of a conclave for a Papal election. The Pope made the announcement today at the end of the general audience. The cardinals will be created in a consistory on Nov. 20, the eve of the Solemnity of Christ the King… Read more »

Ordination of priests

In a letter to seminarians, Benedict XVI affirmed that the priesthood is not something of the past, but is needed for the future, as people will always need ministers to bring them to God. In the message published today, but which was written for the end of the Year for Priests, which ended in June, the Pope recalled a conversation he had with a military commander in 1944, after being drafted for the service… Read more »

On Saturday 16th October, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at Mosta Parish Church, for the official opening of the pastoral visit. Archbishop Cremona’s homily on the occasion of the pastoral visit evolved not only on the subject of what it means to be a parish, but also around the pastoral note on Marriage and the Family… Read more »

On 23rd October 1983, only two years after the promulgation of Pope John Paul II’s Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio, the Pontifical Commission on the Family of the Holy See, released its ‘Charter of the Rights of the Family’, a document of immediate and far-reaching significance for our society. In this Charter are enshrined “the fundamental rights that are inherent in that natural and universal society which is the family”… Read more »

On Sunday, 17th October, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. presided over the ordination to the Diaconate of seven seminarians, at the Mdina Cathedral.

The Archbishop’s message for this occasion is available in Maltese.

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Read more »Australians at the Vatican ceremony Pope Benedict XVI has officially recognised Australia’s first saint, Mary MacKillop, a Melbourne-born nun who worked with needy children. She was canonised with five others, including Brother Andre, a Canadian monk credited with miraculous healings. MacKillop, who died in 1909, clashed with senior clergy and was briefly excommunicated, in part for exposing a sex-abusing priest.  Thousands of Australians are in Rome to witness the ceremony…

Patri Wistin Vella ocd se jkun il-kappillan il-ġdid għall-parroċċa f’Ta’ Xbiex b’effett minn nhar it-Tlieta, 23 ta’ Novembru, 2010. Dakinhar, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP se jippresiedi Quddiesa kkonċelebrata li tibda fis-6.00 p.m.

Imwieled il-Mellieħa, Patri Wistin Vella daħal mal-Karmelitani Tereżjani bħala aspirant fil-kunvent Santa Tereża f’Bormla. Il-formazzjoni tiegħu rċeviha hawn Malta, l-Ingilterra u l-Italja. Ġie ordnat saċerdot fil-15 ta’ Marzu, 1975. Kien surmast tal-aspiranti u tal-istudenti f’Malta u fit-Tajwan; kien superjur lokali f’Bormla, f’Tas-Silg u fit-Tajwan; u kien chaplain f’dar tal-anzjani… Read more »