Disarmement agreement

“The achievement of a nuclear weapons agreement between the two most heavily armed nations in the world is news that the World Council of Churches (WCC) has awaited for a long time”. With these words WCC General Secretary Olav Fykse Tveit – the world ecumenical organisation that gathers 349 Christian Churches (Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican) – defined the START 2 Treaty, signed by US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dimitri Medvedev in the Spanish Hall of the Castle of Prague… Read more »

On Thursday, 8th April, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona OP attended a meeting for nurses organized by the Secretariat for Laity at the Catholic Institute, Floriana.

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“While we express our sympathy with the victims, we feel the need to repent for the sins of those who committed these abuses. We suffer humiliation in knowing that these have been committed by those who, in the name of the Church, had the task of educating and protecting the young. It is a time of humiliation for the whole Church”. This is a passage from the message “of pain and repentance” that the archbishop of Malta, mgr… Read more »

Fr Raniero Cantalamessa

The preacher of the Pontifical Household is expressing regret if Jewish sensibilities were offended by his Good Friday sermon given in the presence of Benedict XVI. He says his intention was a “friendly one.” Father Raniero Cantalamessa, during the liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, read a passage from a letter he had received from a Jewish friend. The letter’s author stated that he saw in recent media attacks of the Pope and the Church something reminiscent of the “more shameful aspects of anti-Semitism.”

Afterward, some press reports of Father Cantalamessa’s remarks stirred up fierce criticism from the Jewish world… Read more »

On Sunday, 28th March, 2010, the Archdiocese of Malta joined  the rest of the Catholic world to celebrate World Youth Day. The celebrations started off with a bike pilgrimage from the Parishes of Zabbar to Zejtun. AWorld Youth Day replica of the Cross and Icon, were transported during the pilgrimage. Being the year dedicated to the priesthood, a number of workshops were organised, giving youths the opportunity to meet with priests who work in fields related to youth, parishes and schools amongst others… Read more »