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PONTIFF COULD RECEIVE ABUSE VICTIMS IN MALTA

14/04/2010

Pope in Malta

Benedict XVI may meet with a group of sexual abuse victims during his apostolic trip to Malta this weekend, according to a Vatican spokesman.

Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the director of the Vatican press office, commented this today in a press conference on the details of the Pope’s two-day trip, which begins Saturday. The Holy Father held two such encounters in the United States (April 2008) and in Australia (July 2008)… Read more »

POPE NOTES HOPES FOR SHROUD OF TURIN

13/04/2010

Turin shroud

Benedict XVI says he hopes veneration of the Shroud of Turin will help people to seek the Face of God.

The Pope said this today after praying the midday Regina Caeli with crowds that had gathered at the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo. The Holy Father is at the papal summer residence for a few days, following his intense Holy Week and Easter schedule… Read more »

THE ARCHBISHOP TO MEET WITH ALLEGED VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE

13/04/2010

Archbishop Paul Cremona has been informed that Mr Lawrence Grech and the other alleged victims of sexual abuse wish to meet with him. The Archbishop has gladly accepted to meet them without any prejudice to the proceedings which are still ongoing in the Civil Courts as well as before the Church’s Response Team. Read more »

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CLARIFICATION ON ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE ON MINORS BY PRIESTS

13/04/2010

Further to the statement released by the Archbishop’s Curia and which was published by the media, regarding allegations of sexual abuses on minors by members of the clergy, that were brought before the Response Team there are a few facts which require clarification. The Response Team is the group established by local Church Authorities to investigate such allegations.

The 45 cases cited in the original statement refer to the number of allegations which were brought to the attention of the Response Team which is chaired by a Judge.   … Read more »

ENTRY TO CHURCH SCHOOLS RESULTS TO BE DECIDED

13/04/2010

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It-tlugħ bil-polza għad-dħul fil-Klassijiet Kindergarten One ta’ l-Iskejjel tal-Knisja għas-sena skolastika li jmiss se jsir illum, it-Tnejn, 12 ta’ April 2010, fil-Kurja ta’ l-Arċisqof, Floriana, fit-3.00pm. It-tlugħ bil-polza għall-Klassijiet Kindergarten Two se jsir għada, it-Tlieta, waqt li dak għal Year One isir nhar l-Erbgħa, fl-istess post u ħin.

It-total ta’ tfal li applikaw biex jidħlu fl-Iskejjel tal-Knisja f’Settembru li ġej huwa ta’ 3,205… Read more »

BENEDICT XVI SENDS CONDOLENCES TO POLAND

12/04/2010

Benedict XVI is expressing his sorrow at the plane crash in western Russia that took the lives of the president of Poland, Lech Kaczynski, his wife and more than 95 others who were on the flight with them.

Shortly after being informed of the incident, the Pontiff sent a message to the president of the Polish Parliament, Bronislaw Korowski, in which he also mentioned other victims of the disaster, including the former president of the Polish Republic in exile, Ryszard Kaczorowski, Catholic bishop Tadeusz Ploski, Orthodox bishop Miron Chodakowski and evangelical military chaplain Adam Pilsch… Read more »

MESSAGE FROM CARDINAL TARCISIO BERTONE ON THE POPE’S VISIT TO MALTA

12/04/2010

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The Holy Father is greatly looking forward to his Apostolic Visit to the Maltese Islands, due to take place from 17 to 18 April, 2010. He greets all of you in the joy of the Risen Lord and he invokes upon you the abundant blessings that flow from Christ’s conquest of sin and death and his triumphant entry into life… Read more »