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“Effective ways of promoting human dignity” has been conceived in order to generate awareness of initiatives that promote human dignity in an effective and creative way.

The main speaker of the following three events is Anna Halpine, founder of World Youth Alliance and CEO of Fertility Education and Medical Management (FEMM) Foundation – an organization dedicated to a knowledge-based health programme for women…

• Pope Francis has appealed to mankind not manipulate or exploit the planet. Speaking at the end of the weekly General Audience in St. Peter’s Square the Pope noted that on April 22 we celebrate Earth Day.

  “I exhort everyone to see the world through the eyes of God the Creator: the earth is an environment to be safeguarded, a garden to be cultivated” he said. Francis continued: “The relationship of mankind with nature must not be conducted with greed, manipulation and exploitation, but it must conserve the divine harmony that exists between creatures and Creation within the logic of respect and care, so it can be put to the service of our brothers, also of future generations”…

On Wednesday 22nd April 2015, an activity for all 4th Form Church School students was held in four different schools. Over 1,200 students from 16 schools have participated. The theme of this year’s activity was “Big questions, one great answer!”. The purpose of these activities are to help students face life’s big questions in the light of Christ as the one great answer…

The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, SJ, has confirmed that Pope Francis will visit Cuba ahead of his visit to the United States in September 2015. 

In a statement released Wednesday afternoon, Father Lombardi said, “I am able to confirm that the Holy Father Francis, having received and accepted the invitation from the civil authorities and bishops of Cuba, has decided to pay a visit to the island before his arrival in the United States for the trip announced some time ago.”

The visit to Cuba is especially significant in light of the role played by Pope Francis in diplomatic negotiations between the United States and Cuba…

Il-Ħamis 23 t’April 2015, sar servizz funebri inter-reliġjuż għall-24 immigrant li ddaħħlu Malta bla ħajja nhar it-Tnejn li għadda. L-Isqof ta’ Għawdex, Mons. Mario Grech u l-Imam Mohammed El Sadi mexxew it-talb waqt dan is-servizz funebri li għalih kienu preżenti l-ogħla awtoritajiet tal-pajjiż. Preżenti wkoll Mons. Joe Galea Curmi, Vigarju Ġenerali. Il-Funeral sar barra l-kamra mortwarja tal-Isptar Mater Dei. 

​Il-Messaġġ tal-Isqof Mario Grech

Għandna quddiemna erbgħa u għoxrin katavru ta’ bnedmin mhux identifikati imma nafu li ħafna oħrajn, mijiet, qed jistrieħu fiċ-ċimiterju kbir li sar il-Mare Nostrum illum il-ġurnata.  Ma nafux ismijiethom, ħajjithom – nafu biss li kienu qed jaħarbu minn sitwazzjoni ta’ disperazzjoni biex ifittxu l-ħelsien u ħajja aħjar…

At his general audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the family, focussing again on the complementarity of men and women.

Pope Francis commented on the second account of the creation of man in Genesis (following his commentary at the previous audience on the first account of man’s creation. The first man, Adam, is created “alone” – and God determines to make for him “a helper suited to him.” When the first woman is presented to the man, he recognizes in her “bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh.” Finally there is a mirroring, a reciprocity,” the Pope said…