Violence on women

“In Europe, 20 to 25% of women have suffered physical abuse at least once in their lifetime. Every day, in the EU, one women out of five is a victim of some form of abuse”, either physical (beaten), sexual or psychological. “95% of such abuse takes place at home, within the family”. “The high rates of abuse committed by ex partners show that women are not appropriately protected, even when they manage to end a violent relationship”… Read more »

A Maltese delegation including two Maltese deaf persons, a Maltese Sign Language Interpertor, two University lecturers and three priests, attended the XXIV International Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers at the New Synod Hall in the Vatican from the 19th to 21st November 2009 on the theme: ‘Ephphatha! The Deaf Person in the Life of the Church’… Read more »

Banking on Virtue?

Robert Keen, is a member of St Edmund’s College and a VHI Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge. Keen also chairs the Catholic Union’s Education Working Group and is a member of the International Thomas More Society. Below is a sumamry of his speech delivered at DISCERN’s ‘Gaudium et Spes Lecture 2009’, on Thursday 19th November, 2009… Read more »

Cardinal Antonio Maria Ruoco Varela

In Spain, “the economic crisis persists and unemployment will not slow down, it is actually speeding up. Many companies, especially small- and medium-size concerns, cannot cope. These cold statistic figures must not hide that figures stand for people: families who have trouble coping with primary needs, such as food, housing and education”.

This is the situation that was denounced yesterday by card… Read more »

Fl-okkażjoni tal-50 sena anniversarju mit-twaqqif tal-iskola Maria Assunta, It-Tnejn 23 ta’ Novembru 2009, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP iċċelebra Quddiesa ta’ radd il-ħajr. Għal din iċ-ċelebrazzjoni kien prezenti wkoll il-President tar-Repubblika George Abela u s-sinjura Abela.

Agħfas fuq ir-ritratt biex tkabbar. Ir-ritratti tal-attivitajiet tal-Arċisqof jistgħu jinkisbu mill-ħanut PHOTOCITY, il-Belt… Read more »

On Friday, 27th November at 6.30pm, Archbishop Paul Cremona will preside over at a celebration at Floriana parish church, during which he will be instituting five sixth year seminarians as acolytes. The new acolytes are Stephen Attard from Mosta, Rene’ Antoine Cilia from the parish of St George Qormi, Nicholas Dimech from Siggiewi, Stephen Magro from Zabbar and David Torpiano from Floriana.

The institution as acolytes marks another step in the seminarians’ formation for priesthood… Read more »