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 »

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 »

When attending Mass and receiving the Eucharist, Catholics must be filled with gratitude for God’s great gifts, Pope Benedict XVI told a group of his former students. “Despite the fact that we have nothing to give in return and we are full of faults,” the pope said, Jesus “invites us to his table and wants to be with us.” The pope presided at a Mass Aug… Read more »

Benedict XVI will be praying in September for authentic social progress and an end to bloody conflicts and wars.

The Apostleship of Prayer announced the intentions chosen by the Pope for September. His general prayer intention is: “That in the least developed regions of the world the announcement of the Word of God brings renewal to the hearts of all, prompting them to be protagonists of an authentic social progress.”

The Holy Father also chooses an apostolic intention for each month… Read more »