With reference to the article “Bishop ‘shocked’ on Xarabank: TMI has evidence he had documents on priest sexual abuse case in 2013”, published on The Malta Independent online, the Curia’s Communications Office would like to clarify the following.

When Bishop Charles J. Scicluna, Apostolic Administrator, was expressing his shock during Xarabank at learning about the case through the media, he was referring to the criminal case filed before the Courts and the fact that the priest had not appeared in Court on three occasions, an action by the priest for which Bishop Scicluna expressed his anger…

Meeting of bishops with responsibility for social communications in Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences
Athens, Greece, 3-5 November 2014
 
What is the impact of digital communication on thinking and living the faith? Can the virtual encounter be communication and an opportunity for an authentic encounter? And how can Christian witness be expressed in the digital universe? These are some of the questions which the bishops with responsibility for social communications in Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences, accompanied by their experts, will tackle in Athens in the light of Pope Francis’ Message for the 2014 World Communications Day…