The Vatican announced that it has formed a commission to look into the phenomenon of Medjugorje, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where six young people have said they have had visions of Mary since the early 1980’s.

A short communique issued by the Vatican press office indicated that, “An international investigative commission on Medjugorje has been constituted, under the presidency of Cardinal Camillo Ruini and dependent upon the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.”

“Said commission — made up of cardinals, bishops, specialists and experts — will work privately, submitting the results of its work to the authority of the dicastery,” added the text… Read more »

‘Experiencing Childhood in Malta’ is DISCERN Institute for Research on the Signs of the Times, latest publication authored by Rev Dr Joe Inguanez and Ms Rebecca Gatt. This study on the Maltese children’s thoughts and attitudes was commissioned by The Children’s Foundation of the Malta Financial and Services Authority.

Several studies indicate that children’s attitudes and behaviour are continuously being influenced by dynamic societal processes… Read more »

The archbishop of Lima has called a Eucharistic and Marian conference in celebration of the Year for Priests and the Eucharistic vocation of the priesthood. Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, archbishop of Lima, announced Wednesday the May 29-June 6 event. He placed the conference in the context of the continental mission called for in 2007 in Aparecida.

“Saints in love with Christ, witnesses of Christ, are needed,” the cardinal said in announcing the event… Read more »

The Holy See added the Catechism of the Catholic Church to the Chinese section of its Web site Thursday.

The Vatican’s semiofficial newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, reported today in its Italian edition that an online Chinese version of the Catechism is now available, and that the Code of Canon Law and texts from the Second Vatican Council would become available in that language in the coming months… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI

The Holy Week and Easter celebrations presided over by Benedict XVI will be available online in a live video and audio stream. The Web site Pope2You.net, sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, is airing these videos on the Internet for participants worldwide.

Audio commentaries will be provided in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish… Read more »

On Friday, 26th March, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona OP led the Lenten penitential pilgrimage with the statue of Our Lady of Sorrows, in Valletta. Our Lady of Sorrows statue boasts widespread devotion, as witnessed by the large crowds who turned up for this pilgrimage.

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F’kull sena mill-aħħar ħames snin, iktar minn 90 fil-mija taż-żwiġijiet fejn kemm il-mara kif ukoll ir-raġel li ssieħbu fiż-żwieġ kienu Maltin, dawn għażlu r-rit reliġjuż għaż-żwieġ tagħhom. U dan meta ma jiġux ikkunsidrati ċifri relattivi għal żwiġijiet f’Għawdex!

Dan joħroġ minn ċifri mgħoddijin lil IL-ĠENSILLUM online mir-Reġistru Pubbliku dan l-aħħar dwar żwiġijiet f’Malta fl-aħħar ħames snin.

B’kollox, fl-aħħar ħames snin f’Malta biss ġew iċċelebrati 6,613-il żwieġ b’rit reliġjuż, fejn iż-żewġ partijiet kienu Maltin, 421 żwieġ b’rit reliġjuż bejn partijiet barranin u 303 bejn parti Maltija u parti barranija… Read more »

Donations collected by Caritas Malta in aid of the earthquake victims and their families in Haiti reached a total of €270,391. Caritas Malta said that the people’s generosity has once again surpassed their expectations. The fund has now been closed and the money collected will be transfered to Caritas Internationalis. More information on their mission in Haiti is available on www.caritas.org

The fundraising campaign was iniated on the 14th January, 2010, following the devastating earthquake of January 12th… Read more »