abortion

The Spanish bishops are denouncing the recent liberalization of abortion laws in the country as a “serious step backward in the protection of the right to life.”

Auxiliary Bishop Juan Antonio Martínez Camino of Madrid, who is a spokesman for Spain’s episcopal conference, said Thursday at a press conference that the law is also “a greater abandonment of expectant mothers as well as, in the last analysis, a very serious destruction of the common good.” Bishop Martínez addressed the press at the end of a meeting of the permanent commission of the bishops’ conference, which took place the day after the Senate in Spain voted to allow abortion without restrictions up to 14 weeks… Read more »

On Sunday 28th February, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona OP presided over a meeting for doctors and celebrated Mass. This event was organized by the Sacretariat for the Laity, at the Seminary in tal-Virtu’. During the meeting, time was devoted towards a discussion on the medical profession and on how the Catholic faith can be of guidance in everyday choices.

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On Saturday 27th February, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona OP celebrated Mass at Attard  Parish on the occassion of ‘Faculty Day’. The occassion was organized by the Faculty of Theology. The Archbishop stated that the search for truth must be mirrored not only in one’s studies but also during daily life as members within a university environment. Any faculty should engage in dialogue with other faculties, in order to foster a sense of collaboration… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI is calling on the Iraqi government to do all they can to stop the recent killing spree of Christians in the northern city of Mosul.

Before praying the midday Angelus with those gathered in St. Peter’s Square, the Pope called the recent killings of Christians as “tragic news,” and that it filled him with “deep sadness.”

At least eight Christians have been killed in the last two weeks… Read more »

On Saturday 27th February, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona OP celebrated Mass at Għaxaq Parish, for the official opening of the Pastoral visit. Archbishop Cremona met the members of the Civil Society of this locality. For Għaxaq Pastoral Visit Program CLICK HERE.

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Euthanasia

The new guidelines published today by the Public Prosecutor Keir Starmer on the construction of the law on the right to life “undermine the ban on committing assisted suicide”: this is claimed by Paul Tully, Secretary General of the “Society for the protection of the unborn children”, one of England’s most important pro-life associations.

“As a matter of fact, the new policy makes assisted suicide no longer a crime in a wide range of circumstances”, Tully explained to SIR… Read more »

Malta's Grand Harbour

For the occasion of Benedict XVI’s apostolic trip to Malta, due to take place on 17 and 18 April to commemorate the 1950th anniversary of St. Paul’s shipwreck on the island, statistics have been published concerning the Catholic Church in that country. The information, updated to 31 December 2008, comes from the Central Statistica Office of the Church.

Malta, the capital city of which is Valletta, has a population of 443,000 of whom 418,000 (94.4 percent) are Catholic… Read more »