News from the Church in Malta
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal next May, Portuguese bishops announced. The pope will preside over ceremonies May 13, the date of the first apparition of Mary to three shepherd children in 1917. No other details of the papal program were immediately available, according to Vatican Radio. The trip is the second papal foreign visit announced for 2010… Read more »
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNS) — Days after deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya returned secretly to the country, there were signs that the leaders who ousted him were considering negotiations, and the foreign minister said the Vatican might help mediate a solution to the crisis. On Sept. 24, Auxiliary Bishop Juan Pineda Fasquelle of Tegucigalpa spoke with both of the main players in the political standoff. The bishop visited both Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti, who heads the de facto government that ousted Zelaya in a coup June 28… Read more »
Fis-17 ta’ Ottubru infakkru l-Jum Internazzjonali tal-Faqar. Matul dik il-ġimgħa issir sejħa sabiex inqumu kontra l-faqar f’kampanji ta’ ‘Standup’ organizzati madwar id-dinja minn għaqdiet u movimenti differenti. Y Standup? hu proġett li qiegħed isir sabiex flimkien nirriflettu dwar il-faqar bħala realta lokali u globali.
Permezz ta’ dan il-progett għandu jinħoloq spazju fejn iż-żgħażagħ jistgħu jesprimu l-vuċi tagħhom dwar il-faqar mal-politici, awtoritajiet ekkleżjastiċi u organizzazjonijiet mhux governattivi oħrajn… Read more »
Il-jum ta’ riflessjoni Gudeo-Kristjana tradizzjonalment mizmum fl-Italja qabel il-gimgha ta’ talb ghall-ghaqda nisranija li ssir f’Jannar, rega’ tfacca u sab postu fil-kalendarju tal-2010. Dan wara li fl-2009 kien kancellat wara thassib dwar l-uzu tat-talba tal-Gimgha l-Kbira wara li l-ittra tal-Papa Benedittu 16 fl-2007 fethet it-triq ghal uzu usa tal-Missal tal-1962. Sussegwentament il-Papa ghamel bidliet f’din it-talba ghal-Lhud f’dik il-forma tal-liturgija.
Konferma dwar l-inkluzjoni tal-jum ta’ riflessjoni fil-kalendarju tas-sena 2010, waslet mill-Kardinal Angelo Bagnasco, President tal-Konferenza Episkopali Taljana… Read more »
“Filwaqt li l-kultura Ewropea shiha iffurmat profondament permezz tal-wirt nisrani taghha, dan jidher car hafna fl-art Ceka, minhabba li kien permezz tal-missjunarji San Cirillu u San Metodju fis-seklu 9 li l-ewwel lingwa Slavonika antika bdiet tinkiteb. Gustament li l-appostli tal-popli Slavici u fundaturi tal-kultura taghhom jinghataw rikonoxximent bhala l-padruni tal-Ewropa”.
Dan stqarru l-Papa Benedittu XVI fi ftuh l-ewwel zjara appostolika tieghu fir-Repubblika Ceka, it-tlettax-il vjagg tieghu tul dan il-pontifikat… Read more »
DISKORS TAL-ARĊISQOF WAQT IL-PONTIFIKAL TA’ JUM L-INDIPENDENZA 21 ta’ Settembru, 2009
Eċċellenza President ta’ Malta u Sinjura Abela,
Ħuti,
Aħna niċċelebraw b’diversi modi l-ġrajjiet tal-Istorja tal-Pajjiż tagħna. Meta niċċelebrawhom ċivilment u soċjalment, aħna nkunu qegħdin nagħtu ġieh lil min ħa sehem f’dawk il-ġrajjiet. Nippruvaw nerġgħu naqbdu l-atmosfera ta’ meta seħħew biex nerġgħu inħallu l-ispirtu li bih ġew miksubin jew iċċelebrati jispirana llum… Read more »
During this year’s Diocesan Assembly, that met on the 9th and 10th October at the Attard Parish Centre, Archbishop Paul Cremona inaugurated the online version of the newspaper Il-ĠENSillum and the new website of the Church in Malta. For more information about Il-Ġens Illum visit www.mediacentre.org.mt Read below for more information about the Diocesan Assembly.
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