Chiara Badano

The Catholic lay Focolare movement will soon have its first beatified member. Chiara Badano, who died just 20 years ago while still a teenager, will be beatified Sept. 25. Bishop Pier Giorgio Micchiardi of Acqui, Italy, announced Friday the beatification, which will take place in Rome. Archbishop Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, will preside over the ceremony.

Young people of the Focolare movement will that evening celebrate Badano’s beatification in Paul VI Hall… Read more »

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone

“Europe is trying to find its own identity. To create a new, lasting unity, political, economic and legal tools are important, but an ethical and spiritual renewal must also be awakene, taking inspiration from the Christian roots of the Continent”. This was stated yesterday by card. Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, as in Montecassino he celebrated the Day of Transition of Saint Benedict of Norcia… Read more »

On Friday, 19th March, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at Ta’ Loreto, Church, G’Mangia and afterwards, unveiled the monument of Mgr. Isidor Formosa, founder of the Congregation of the Ursoline Sisters.

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Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI has apologised to victims of child sex abuse by Catholic priests in Ireland. In a pastoral letter to Irish Catholics, he acknowledged the sense of betrayal in the Church felt by victims and their families. The Pope said there had been “serious mistakes” among bishops in responding to allegations of paedophilia. The pastoral letter is the first public statement by the Vatican on the sexual abuse of children, dating back decades… Read more »

H.G. Archbishop Mgr. Paul Cremona O.P. has entrusted Caritas Malta with the task of exposing the face of poverty in Malta, and said that this would be a difficult mission as poverty was hidden. The Archbishop was addressing a Forum organised by Caritas Malta to launch its programme of activities to mark the year 2010, which has been designated by the European Commission as the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (EY2010)… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict has written a pastoral letter to the Catholics of Ireland with guidelines on preventing and punishing sexual abuse of children by priests.

It follows revelations last year of paedophilia within the Irish Catholic Church, which rocked the institution. Scandals involving Roman Catholic priests have also been reported from a number of other countries, including the Pope’s native Germany… Read more »

On Saturday, 6th March, 2010, a seminar for youth, on the theme ‘Meet them at the centre of their lives’ was organized by the Secretariat for Catechesis in collaboration with KDŻ.

During this seminar a practical approach towards achieving ‘outreach’ was discussed. Some of the ideals mentioned during this seminar were: a person has to be informed and open to their religion and also keep an active relationship with the Lord through Sacraments and prayer… Read more »

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone

“The current crisis is not only economic, but has been caused by a deficit of moral values and by practical behaviours that are contrary to the law of God and, thus, contrary to man; behaviours that undermine justice and have negative impact on the material and spiritual development of society”, said today in Rome Card. Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, reflecting on the encyclical “Caritas in Veritate” in the presence of the executive board of Confindustria, the main organisation representing Italian manufacturing companies… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI

Corruption, ethnic tensions, indifference and injustice must be tackled to bring lasting peace to Sudan, Pope Benedict XVI told the country’s bishops. “Treaties and other agreements, indispensable building blocks in the peace process, will only bear fruit if they are inspired and accompanied by the exercise of mature and morally upright leadership,” the pope said. Meeting the bishops of Sudan March 13 at the end of their “ad limina” visits to the Vatican, Pope Benedict praised their work in promoting peace, reconciliation, economic justice and human rights through the rule of law… Read more »