News from the Church in Malta
For any institution, the founding years are the most inspiring. The founding years of the Catholic Church were recorded particularly in the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The Gospels are an account of the life of its Founder, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and the way that he prepared the first apostles and disciples to form the backbone of the Church… Read more »
Minn Ottubru li ġej, l-Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali se jkun qed jorganizza jew jgħin biex jittellgħu 15-il kors ta’ formazzjoni Nisranija, intiżi għal sezzjonijiet differenti tal-Knisja f’Malta.
Dan qalu lil IL-ĠENSILLUM online Fr Mark Sultana, Delegat tal-Arċisqof għal dan l-istitut, waqt li fisser li dawn qed jgħinu biex l-Istitut ikompli jwettaq il-missjoni afdata f’idu mis-Sinodu Djoċesan biex jgħin fil-formazzjoni tal-komunità Nisranija f’Malta… Read more »
Pope Benedict XVI
“The Friends of Jesus” is the title of a new book for children by Benedict XVI in which he recounts the story of the twelve Apostles and St. Paul.
The book, forty-eight pages long and illustrated by the Italian artist Franco Vignazia, has been published by the publishing house San Giuliano Milanese. It brings together a number of passages from the Pope’s catecheses in his Wednesday general audiences, according to the “Osservatore Romano” newspaper… Read more »
Theology of the Body
An upcoming Theology of the Body Congress is now being offered worldwide through the Internet, as the onsite registration has been sold out.
The Theology of the Body Institute is holding its first national congress July 28-30 near Philadelphia, drawing in a variety of speakers to give presentations and workshops on this topic from various perspectives: pastoral ministry, catechesis and evangelization, philosophy and theology, marriage and family… Read more »
Il-Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent tixtieq toffri xi riflessjonijiet u tagħti l-opinjoni tagħha fuq l-iżvilupp propost ta’ marina, hotel u binjiet oħra f’Ħondoq ir-Rummien, limiti tal-Qala, Għawdex. Dan tixtieq tagħmlu għaliex tħoss li d-diskussjoni pubblika li qanqal u li għadu jqanqal dan l-iżvilupp propost, qed tindirizza prinċipji fundamentali u għazliet importanti li jeħtieg li nagħmlu bħala pajjiż li hu mpenjat fl-iżvilupp sostenibbli ta’ dawn il-gżejjer… Read more »
On Friday, 16th July, 2010, the Diocesan Youth Commission (KDŻ) presented Bishop Mario Grech with a memento of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Malta. The presentation was made at a meeting between KDŻ Malta and KDŻ Gozo, at the Gozo Curia. The memento, a replica of the painting the Pope was given by the youth at the Valletta Waterfront, marks the close collaboration between the two Commissions on the preparations to the visit… Read more »
Some 635,000 signatures in defense of marriage and family were presented to the Argentinean Senate, as legislators consider legalizing same-sex unions and adoption by same-sex couples.
Senator Liliana Negre de Alonso, president of the Senate’s General Legislation Commission, received Monday representatives of various institutions who handed her 524,000 signatures and a statement supported by more than 400 organizations. A separate 110,000 signatures were also turned in from people who are urging lawmakers to put the issue before a popular vote… Read more »
On Sunday, 19th July, 2010, at midnight, the Marathon ‘Oħloq Tbissima’ in aid of the Missions run by the Missionary Society of Saint Paul was brought to a close. €174,770 were collected during the 60-hour marathon during which was characterised by various activities, such as Mass, a live chat via Skype with missionaries abroad, a song festival, etc. The President of Malta, Dr… Read more »
With a 31-article document, the Vatican today streamlined the process for dealing with priests who sexually abuse minors, as well as clarifying and updating other procedures and crimes handled by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Much of the content of the document, approved by Benedict XVI on May 21, was already in force.
The norms organize into one document faculties generally granted to the congregation over the years since the 2001 apostolic letter “Sacramentorum Sanctitatis Tutela,” which outlined the norms for addressing cases of “gravioribus delictis” (grave crimes)… Read more »
Pope Benedict XVI will appoint a representative to the government of Vietnam as a first step toward establishing full diplomatic relations with the communist country, the Vatican announced. After a meeting of Vatican and Vietnamese representatives June 23-24 at the Vatican, a statement said that unlike a nuncio, the Vatican’s representative would not be residing in Vietnam for the time being… Read more »
