News from the Church in Malta
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 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 »
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 »
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 »
Having returned from his pastoral visit to the Italian town of Carpineto Romano, the Holy Father appeared at the balcony overlooking the inner courtyard of the Apostolic Palace at Castelgandolfo to pray the Angelus with faithful gathered there.
Before the Marian prayer, Benedict XVI made brief mention of his recently-published Message for the twenty-sixth World Youth Day, due to be celebrated in Madrid, Spain, in August 2011… Read more »
F’dawn il-jiem, voluntiera Maltin, membri tal-Mission Fund, qed iwettqu proġett ta’ bini fi sptar fit-Tanzanija mmexxi mit-tabiba Maltija, Sr Maria Borda MMM, reliġjuża fi ħdan il-Kongregazzjoni Medical Missionaries of Mary.
F’kummenti lil IL-ĠENSILLUM online, Fr Marċellino Micallef OFM, Direttur Spiritwali tal-Mission Fund u li bħalissa jinsab it-Tanzanija, fisser li l-binja li qed tittellgħa fl-Isptar Makiungu “qed issir realtà bl-għajnuna ġeneruza tal-poplu Malti u Għawdxi”… Read more »
