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Representatives of the Vatican and the local Church welcomed an apology on behalf of the El Salvador government made Saturday by the country’s president.  President Mauricio Funes offered a surprising apology on behalf of the government for crimes committed during the nation’s long civil war. Though fighting ended in 1992, there is still a need for reconciliation among Salvadorans. The 12-year civil war took some 75,000 lives… Read more »

Il-Ħadd, 17 ta’ Jannar 2010 Isqof Emeritus Ġużeppi Mercieca ġie mogħti l-unur ‘Ġieħ Għawdex’. Dan ġie mogħti lilu mill-Ministru Giovanna Debono. Għal din l-attivita’ attenda ukoll Franco Masini u l-aħwa Magro tal-Kumpanija Magro Brothers. Din l’attivita’ saret ġewwa il-Hotel Ta’ Ċenċ Għawdex.

On Sunday, 17th January 2010, Bishop Emeritus Joseph Mercieca was given the ‘Ġieħ Għawdex’ award. This honour was presented to him by Minister Giovanna Debono… Read more »

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Drawing from their common recognition of the Ten Commandments, Jews and Christians can and should unite in defending God, life and the family, Benedict XVI proposed today as he visited the Synagogue of Rome.

The Pope became today the second Pontiff to visit the Roman synagogue; John Paul II went there almost 24 years ago, in 1986. And it was the third synagogue the German Pontiff has visited, after Cologne and New York… Read more »

On Sunday 17th January, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona OP celebrated Mass at Tarxien Parish, for the official opening of the Pastoral visit. In his homily, the Archbishop spoke about the meaning behind his pastoral visit and explained that, as the word implies, these are visits by the shepherd who takes care of his flock and looks after their well being. The Archbishop emphasized on the importance of ‘unity’, which he said, is an essential element for one to have a strong community which can endure all evils… Read more »

Fl-okkażjoni tal-ġimgħa ta’ Talb għall-Għaqda fost l-Insara

Kull sena, bejn it-18 ta’ Jannar u l-25 ta’ Jannar, Festa tal-Konverżjoni tal-Appostlu tal-ġnus, San Pawl, issir ġimgħa ta’ talb intensiv mill-insara biex jingħelbu l-firdiet bejn il-Knejjes u d-denominazzjonijiet insara differenti. Sfortunatament, tul il-medda tas-sekli, il-Knisja għaddiet minn bosta firdiet. Biżżejjed insemmu l-firda tal-Ortodossi fis-Seklu ħdax, u aktar tard, il-firda tal-Protestanti, fis-Seklu Sittax… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI

Theme: Minor migrants and refugees

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The celebration of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees once again gives me the opportunity to express the Church’s constant concern for those who, in different ways, experience a life of emigration. This is a phenomenon which, as I wrote in the Encyclical Caritas in Veritate, upsets us due to the number of people involved and the social, economic, political, cultural and religious problems it raises on account of the dramatic challenges it poses to both national and international communities… Read more »

18 – 25 ta’ Jannar 2010

F’dawn l-aħħar mitt sena r-rikonċiljazzjoni bejn l-lnsara ħadet forom differenti. Ħafna enerġija ġiet indirizzata lejn riċerka teoloġika li waslet għal xi ftehim dottrinali. Il-koperazzjoni prattika fis-soċjal bejn il-knejjes tat bidu għal inizjattivi li taw il-frott tagħhom, fosthom fil-missjonijiet. Għalhekk nistgħu ngħidu li l-World Mission Conference ta’ Edinburgh fl-1910 kienet il-bidu tal-Moviment Ekumeniku… Read more »

17th – 24th January 2010

THE EUCHARIST, CHARITY AND ALMSGIVING

The author of the Book of Kings (2, 4:42-44) narrates the story about one of Elisha’s servants who doubts that 20 loaves of barley is enough to feed 100 people. Elisha, however, trusts the promise of the Lord and overrules his servant. The miracle vindicates Elisha’s trust. The numbers fed are modest in comparison with the feeding of the 5,000 in the Gospel of John! … Read more »

On Thursday 14th January 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona OP was invited to a meeting organised by the Secretariat for the Laity in collaboration with the Chamber of Pharmacists, at the ‘Ċentru Animazzjoni u Kummisjoni’, in Birkirkara. Rev. Prof. Manuel Agius, Faculty of Theology Deacon and lecturer for Moral and Bioethics at the University of Malta, also attended this meeting.

The pharmacists who were invited to attend this meeting were given the opportunity to speak about ethical  and moral challenges faced on a day to day basis in their profession… Read more »

Jewish sinagogue in Rome

During his visit to the Jewish community of Rome this Sunday, Benedict XVI will honor the more than 1,000 victims of the Nazi deportation of 1943.

The program of the Pope’s trip was reported today by Vatican Radio.

His first stop will be at the plaque that recalls the Oct. 16, 1943, raid ordered by SS commander Herbert Kappler of occupied Rome, at the request of Berlin… Read more »