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SEXUAL ABUSE: FATHER LOMBARDI, “SHOULD BE PLACED IN A MORE WIDE-RANGING CONTEXT”

09/03/2010

Fr Federico Lombardi

“Events” that “mobilise the Church to find appropriate responses” but “should be placed in a more wide-ranging context that concerns the protection of children and young people from sexual abuse in society as a whole”. In a statement published on the Vatican Radio website (Radiovaticana.org), Father Federico Lombardi describes in these terms “the very serious question of the sexual abuse of minors in institutions run by ecclesiastical bodies and by people with positions of responsibility within the Church, priests in particular” that for some months “has been investing the Church and society in Ireland” and that over recent weeks has also involved the Church in certain central European countries”: Germany, Austria and Holland… Read more »

BISHOPS PREPARE FOR UK ELECTIONS

08/03/2010

Voting in UK

The bishops of England and Wales are offering a perspective on the key issues of the June general election, releasing this week a 19-page booklet called “Choosing the Common Good.”

The booklet aims to present “some of the underlying principles and values by which we seek to construct a just and civil society,” it notes. The publication anticipates not only the general election, but also Benedict XVI’s trip to the United Kingdom, planned for September… Read more »

LENTEN TALKS WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL THEME

08/03/2010

Il-Kummisjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent permezz tal-Paroċċa taż-Żejtun qed torganizza eżerċizzi spiritwali b’temi marbuta mal-Ambjent. Dawn ser isiru fid-Dar it-Tagħlim San Girgor maġenb il-Knisja ta’ San Girgor fis-7.15pm kif ġej:

It-Tnejn 8 ta’ Marzu: “Alla joħloq – Għajta għadha tidwi”

Il-Ħamis 11 ta’ Marzu: “L-Ambjent – Merżuq jew  kumpens?”

It-Tnejn 15 ta’ Marzu: “Jeħtieġ li naħbtu ma’ blata!”

Għal aktar informazzjoni ċemplu 21694563 jew permezz ta’ email fuq [email protected] Read more »

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IRISH DIOCESE ASKS PARISHES TO HELP COVER COSTS OF ABUSE SETTLEMENTS

07/03/2010

The Diocese of Ferns is asking its parishes for additional funds to help cover the cost of legal settlements stemming from cases of clerical child abuse. The diocese paid more than 10.5 million euros ($14.2 million) in legal settlements to victims, payments to lawyers and fees for treatment programs for offenders, Bishop Denis Brennan of Ferns told the annual general meeting of the diocesan finance committee March 1… Read more »

CHURCHES SEEK ACCORD IN EASTERN EUROPE

07/03/2010

Representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church in Poland met last week to discuss steps toward reconciliation between the two countries.

A communiqué from the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations reported that their visit to Warsaw on Thursday and Friday aimed to “discuss the Churches’ possible assistance in building good-neighborly relations between the peoples of Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.”

It was organized at the invitation of Archbishop Jozef Michalik of Przemysl, president of the Polish bishops’ conference, and Metropolitan Savva of Warsaw and All Poland, who is the head of the Orthodox Church in Poland… Read more »

BEST WISHES TO MONS. VINCENT COSTA

06/03/2010

Is-Segretarjat għas-Saċerdoti u Reliġjużi Maltin Barra mid-Djoċesi u l-Kummissjoni Emigranti jifirħu mill-qalb lill-E.T. Mons. Vincent Costa li nhar il-Ħadd, 7 ta’ Marzu se jagħti bidu għall-ministeru episkopali tiegħu fid-Djoċesi ta’ Jundiai.

Mons. Vincent Costa, imwieled B’Kara, għamel l-istudji filosofiċi fl-Universita’ ta’ Malta u dawk Teoloġiċi fil-Curitiba, Brasil.  Hu ġie ordnat saċerdot fis-17 ta’ Diċembru 1972 u wara għamel Kors tat-Teoloġija Biblika fil-Pontificio Colegio Pio Brasileiro, Ruma   Hu kien Isqof ta’ Umuarama, Brasil… Read more »

CHURCH DOCUMENT ON FEASTS

06/03/2010

The period of consultation for the Document on Feasts came to a close on 30th November, 2009.  Since that time, all the comments which were submitted either by email or postal mail, by means of letters published in the local newspapers, as well as other remarks that were made on the local media, were analysed.

In total, 563 different contributions were submitted in writing (naturally, some contributions referred to more than one item).  … Read more »

MASTER OF PONTIFICIAL CELEBRATIONS IN MALTA IN PREPARATION FOR POPE’S VISIT

06/03/2010

On Tuesday, 2nd March, 2010, Msgr. Guido Marini, Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations, arrived in Malta from the Vatican.  Msgr. Marini held a number of meetings with the organizers of the Pope’s visit, especially with those involved in the liturgical celebrations. Msgr. Marini and his entourage met with a group of seminarians who will be involved in the Mass service, celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday 18th April… Read more »

SAINT GEORGE PRECA BUST IN MELBOURNE

06/03/2010

Maltin Awstraljani f’Melbourne dan l-aħħar kixfu bust ta’ San Ġorġ Preca fiċ-ċentru tal-komunità tal-Maltin f’Parkville.

Il-bust tal-ewwel qaddis Malti nkixef u kien imbierek mill-Isqof Malti Mons Joseph Grech, DD, li kkonċelebra quddiesa tal-okkażjoni flimkien ma’ saċerdoti Maltin. Iċ-ċerimonja saret nhar is-Sibt, 20 ta’ Frar, fil-kappella ta’ San Pawl, Parkville.

AGĦFAS HAWN BIEX TKOMPLI TAQRA DAN L-ARTIKLU FUQ IS-SIT www.il-gensillum.com Read more »

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MANIKATA PASTORAL VISIT PROGRAMME

06/03/2010

6th – 8th March, 2010

Saturday, 6th March

5.30 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates Mass at Manikata Parish for the official opening of the Pastoral Visit.

7.15 p.m. The Archbishop meets the farmers of Manikata.

Sunday, 7th March

10.30 a.m. The Archbishop meets the Youth Commission and youths from Manikata Parish.

11.30 a.m. The Archbishop holds a meeting with the Manikata Parish Pastoral Council and stays with them for lunch… Read more »