Nhar il-Ġimgħa, 23 ta’ April, 2010, fit-3:00 p.m, se jiġi organizzat pellegrinaġġ nazzjonali mmexxi mill-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP u min-Nunzju Appostoliku Tommaso Caputo. L-Insara qed jiġu mistiedna jakkumpanjaw b’carcade il-Kwadru tal-Madonna ta’ Pinu mill-Knisja Parrokkjali tal-Mosta lejn is-Santwarju Ta’ Pinu f’Għawdex. Fit-triq se ssir waqfa qasira ħdejn is-Santwarju tal-Madonna tal-Mellieħa. Għal ħabta tal-4:30p.m, il-kwadru tal-Madonna ta’ Pinu u l-pellegrini mistennija jitilgħu fuq il-vapur tal-Gozo Channel bl-isem “Ta’ Pinu”… Read more »

Pope in Malta

This past weekend I had the joy of visiting Malta for the nineteen hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Saint Paul’s shipwreck and his three-month sojourn there. I am deeply grateful to the civil and church authorities, and to all who received me so warmly. At the Grotto of Saint Paul I thanked God for the abundant fruits of faith, holiness and missionary zeal which the preaching of the Apostle has brought forth on those islands… Read more »

Facebook

The social networking Web site Facebook was recently penalized for allowing the posting of an offensive photo of a French bishop who is not even a member.

“Since last February 23, Bishop Hervé Giraud, bishop of Soissons, Laon and Saint-Quentin, has been seeing his photograph on Facebook together with indecent words,” reported the French episcopal conference on its Web site.

The conference’s article, publicized Thursday, noted, “He is not a member of this social network.” It added that the bishop reported this “illicit content,” but the photo was not removed.  … Read more »

priestly vocations

Evidence from a study on the candidates for ordinations this year shows that the vocations are a result of the collaboration of clergy, families, and the entire People of God.

The U.S. bishops’ conference reported Friday on “The Class of 2010: Survey of Ordinands to the Priesthood,” an annual research project commissioned by the conference and conducted by Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate… Read more »