News from the Church in Malta
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 »
“Minkejja li d-Dar tal-Providenza għalqet is-sena finanzjarja 2008 b’defiċit ta’ ftit aktar minn 100,000 Ewro, fl-istess waqt li tiġbor aktar minn tliet miljun u nofs Ewro f’sena mhix ċajta, u dan juri li l-poplu Malti u Għawdxi kompla jappoġġja din id-Dar.”
Hekk sostna ma’ IL-ĠENSillum id-Direttur tad-Dar tal-Providenza, Fr Martin Micallef, fid-dawl tad-dħul inqas li kellha d-Dar is-sena li għaddiet. Fl-2008, id-Dar kellha dħul ta’ 3,559,000 Ewro, waqt li s-sena ta’ qabel, id-dħul kien ta’ 4,342,000 miljun Ewro… Read more »
Benedict XVI entrusted the fruits of the Africa synod to the faithful on the continent, urging them to the “salt and light” of their homeland.
The Pope said before praying the last midday Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square, and after celebrating the concluding liturgy of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops.
The three-week assembly, which gathered 33 cardinals, 79 archbishops and 156 bishops, considered the theme “The Church in Africa at the Service of Reconciliation, Justice and Peace.”
“The synodal fathers, who have come from every country in Africa, have presented the rich reality of the local Churches,” the Pontiff said… Read more »
Nhar is-Sibt 24 ta’ Ottubru, 2009, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona ta bidu għal żjara pastorali f’San Pawl il-Baħar. Il-laqgħat tal-Arċisqof man-nies f’din il-lokalita jkomplu matul din il-gimgħa (Agħfas hawn biex tara l-impenji tal-Arċisqof).
Iż-żjarat pastorali bdew f’Jannar ta’ din is-sena. Minn Jannar sa Lulju, l-Arċisqof zar 14-il parroċċa. Wara l-waqfa tas-sajf, iż-żjarat pastorali qed ikomplu bi żjarat f’7 parroċċi oħra sa Diċembru… Read more »
