The Spanish Catholic Church is warning Christians about the growing popularity of the “pagan”, and “not Christian”, festivity of Halloween. The director of the Liturgical Commission of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference, Father Joan Maria Canals, has criticized the parents who pressure their children to don fancy dress for the celebration of Halloween, saying they ought instead to encourage their participation in the celebration of All Saints and the Commemoration of the Dead… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI will visit Pope Paul VI’s birthplace and inaugurate the new premises for an institute dedicated to the 1963-1978 Bishop of Rome.

The Nov. 8 visit to Concesio will occur in the context of the Holy Father’s pastoral visit to the Italian province of Brescia, 30 years after Paul VI’s death.

The Vatican press office published today the official program for the one-day pastoral visit… Read more »

Il-Ħamis, 29 ta’ Ottubru, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona laqa’ lill-Ministru Ġenerali tal-Patrijiet Franġiskani, Padre Jose’ Rodriguez Carballo, fir-residenza tiegħu, Ħ’Attard. Padre Jose’ Rodriguez Carballo jinsab Malta f’għeluq it-800 sena mir-regola ta’ San Franġisk.

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Archbishop Celestino Migliore

Before there can be authentic religious freedom, there must be a change of hearts regarding tolerance and respect toward other religions and cultures, says the Holy See.

Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See at the United Nations, spoke Monday on religious freedom in an address he delivered Monday before the 64th session of the U.N. General Assembly… Read more »

On Sunday, 8th November, 2009, at 6pm, Archbishop Paul Cremona OP will preside over a Solemn Mass to be held at Christ the King Parish Church, Paola, during which six seminarians and an Augustinian friar will be ordained to the Diaconate.  All are welcome to attend this celebration, to pray for more vocations to the priesthood and for the continued holiness of our clergy, particularly during this year dedicated to them… Read more »

The international conference on marriage and the family, organised in Malta on the 6th and 7th October 2009 has been given prominence in the British Catholic weekly newspaper, The Tablet. The editor of this well established newspaper, Ms Catherine Pepinster, was in Malta to follow this colloquium and report it’s proceedings. This world class colloquium was organised by The Cana Movement, Malta, in collaboration with the Centre for Family Studies at the University of Malta… Read more »

Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli

The president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications will visit Cuba next month and address the plenary assembly of the nation’s episcopal conference.

The office of the media council confirmed to ZENIT that Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli will visit the island nation Nov. 4-8. He had been invited by the bishops’ conference in Cuba.

In addition to addressing the plenary assembly of bishops, the archbishop will also visit the St… Read more »

A number of youths accepted KDZ’s (Kummisjoni Djocesana Zghazagh) invitation to participate in a forum to discuss poverty in Malta. ‘Y Standup?’ on the morning of the 24th October, kicked off just after 9.00am. With great enthusiasm at voicing  their opinions, the youths headed towards their respective workshops after a brief introduction on the event.

Each workshop had a theme to discuss poverty from different perspectives… Read more »