Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams

The Archbishop of Canterbury is meeting the Pope in Rome amid tensions over the Vatican’s offer to welcome disenchanted Anglicans into the Catholic fold.

Pope Benedict’s proposal would allow Anglicans to convert while preserving many of their traditions and practices.

The archbishop, Dr Rowan Williams, has said he does not believe the initiative will harm relations… Read more »

Nhar il-Ħadd li ġej, 22 ta’ Novembru 2009, se tiġi organizzata ċ-ċelebrazzjoni Djoċesana ta’ Kristu Re bit-tema “Miftuħin għal Alla, miftuħin għal ħutna”. Is-segretarju pastorali tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta, Mons Charles Cordina, qal li din it-tema tistedinna lkoll nieħdu responsabilta’ tal-ġustizzja u s-solidarjeta’ kull fejn inkunu. Din it-tema intagħzlet minhabba li ċ-ċelebrazzjoni se tiffoka fuq l-Enċiklika tal-Papa Benedittu XVI ‘Caritas In Veritate’. Il-programm jinkludi feature li jispjega l-punti ewlenin ta’ din l-Enċiklika, b’emfażi fuq il-globalizazzjoni, l-kriżi finanzjarja, l-immigrazzjoni u l-ambjent… Read more »

Bħala parti miż-żjara pastorali li l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP qed jagħmel fiż-Żejtun, il-Ħamis 19 ta’ Novembru 2009, l-Arċisqof ippresieda l-Assemblea Parrokkjali. Il-laqgħat tal-Arċisqof fiż-Żejtun ser ikomplu nhar il-Ħadd li ġej b’Quddiesa fl-10.00a.m. fiż-żona San Martin, u laqa’ mar-residenti taż-żona ta’ Ħal Tmiem fil-11.30a.m. Kulħadd huwa mistieden li jattendi.

Agħfas fuq ir-ritratt biex tkabbar… Read more »

A Seminar organized by the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation on the relevance of “Caritas in Veritate”, the most recent encyclical penned by Pope Benedict XVI, to today’s socio-economic reality of Malta, will have as speakers the Prime Minister, Dr Lawrence Gonzi , the Leader of the Opposition, Dr Joseph Muscat, and the Archbishop of Malta, Mgr Pawlu Cremona OP. The Seminar is organized by Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation – Malta Chapter together with the Pastoral Formation Institute and the Centru Animazzjoni u Komunikazzjoni in collaboration with the Kummissjoni Gustizzja u Paci, Centru Fidi u Gustizzja, and Kummissjoni Teologika… Read more »

L-Għaqda Studenti tat-Teoloġija – www.ghstmalta.org – flimkien mal-Fakulta tat-Teoloġija fl-Universita’ ta’ Malta u l-Istitut Karmelitan qed jorganizzaw Lectio Divina nhar is-Sibt 21 ta’ Novembru fis-7.30pm fil-Kunvent tal-Patrijiet Karmelitani fl-Imdina immexxija minn Profs Anthony Frendo.

L-eżerċizzju tal-Lectio Divina huwa l-għarfien u t-twettieq bl-għemil tar-rieda ta’ Alla permezz tal-Kotba Mqaddsa. It-terminu Lectio Divina jfisser qari tal-Kelma ta’ Alla… Read more »

Traffic Accident

“The Catholic Church views mobility, in the first place and principally, as a positive development for humanity. In all its forms and aspects, mobility is a characteristic feature of both human life and cultural development which are, in their turn, inseparable from the development of adequate economies”, said Archbishop Agostino Marchetto representing the Holy See at the “First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety” which is being held in Moscow until tomorrow… Read more »

Il-Kulleġġ tal-Kappillani wara laqgħa li saret l-Erbgħa, 18 ta’ Novembru 2009, fil-preżenza tal-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP, fid-Dar tal-Kleru Fleur-de-Lys, biex jirrifletti u jiddiskuti d-dokument konsultattiv “Nirrestawraw il-Festi Flimkien”, intenni li:

• Il-Kulleġġ tal-Kappillani jagħraf u japprezza l-valur tal-Festi.  Huma ma jistgħux ikunu kontra l-Festi meta dawn jirriflettu u jgħinu l-mixja nisranija tal-parroċċi.  M’għandna l-ebda ħsieb li nfixklu l-organizzazzjoni u ċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-Festi meta jirrispettaw dan l-ispirtu.  …

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L-Erbgħa, 18 ta’ Novembru 2009, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP iċċelebra Quddiesa fil-KonKatidral ta’ San Ġwann, fl-okkażjoni tal-gradwazzjoni tal-istudenti tal-Universita’ ta’ Malta. Aktar minn 2,825 student se jiggradwaw mill-Universita’ din is-sena.

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Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone

Made public yesterday was a letter from Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. to priests of the Catholic Church in the People’s Republic of China, for the occasion of the Year for Priests which was called to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of St. John Mary Vianney, the saintly “Cure of Ars”.

“In the Letter that the Holy Father addressed to the bishops, priests, consecrated persons and lay faithful in the People’s Republic of China on 27 May 2007, a number of guidelines are indicated for the future journey of the Church”, explains the cardinal in his letter which was published in Chinese, English and Italian… Read more »