On the occasion of the 2019 COMECE Spring Assembly, on Thursday 14 March 2019, EU Bishops received  Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission. Together they urged all citizens to engage into the European political debate and vote with responsibility to protect and promote the common good.

The dialogue with the President of the European Commission was an opportunity for Bishops to exchange on the main achievements and remaining priorities of Juncker’s Presidency…

From Thursday 7th to Saturday 9th March the joint meeting of the national delegates for Youth Ministry and Universities of the European Bishops´ Council was held at the headquarters of the Italian Bishops’ Conference.

Organised by the Secretariat and by the Youth Commission of the CCEE, this meeting saw the participation of over 50 delegates and appointed representatives of two of the sections of this commission coming from all over Europe to reflect and share their views on the accompaniment of young people in the light of the Synod of Bishops on the Youth and after the recent World Youth Day in Panama…

Il-Ministru għall-Affarijiet Barranin u Promozzjoni tal-Kummerċ Carmelo Abela ppreżenta relikwa tal-Venerabbli Papa Ġwanni Pawlu I lid-Direttur tad-Dar tal-Providenza, Fr Martin Micallef. Din ir-relikwa tikkonsisti minn biċċa drapp żgħira li kienet tagħmel parti mill-qalziet tiegħu. Dan kien possibbli bl-intervent ta’ Frank Zammit, l-Ambaxxatur ta’ Malta għas-Santa Sede.

Il-Papa Ġwanni Pawlu I, magħruf ukoll bħala Papa Luciani jew il-Papa tat-Tbissima, kellu pontifikat ta’ 33 ġurnata biss u baqa’ magħruf għat-tbissima ħelwa tiegħu u s-sempliċità li kien jgħix fiha…

Pope Francis has lived, and about to live out, several intense months between voyages and Synods. His sixth year was characterized by the scourge of abuse and by suffering from internal attacks; the response is an invitation to turn to the heart of the faith.

The sixth anniversary of the election sees Pope Francis engaged in a year filled with important international journeys, marked at the beginning and the end by two “synodal” events: the meeting for the protection of minors, which took place last February with the participation of the presidents of the episcopal Conferences of the whole world; and the special Synod on the Amazon, which will be celebrated – also at the Vatican – this coming October…

The closing session of the diocesan inquiry — first stage in view of the Beatification of French priest Jacques Hamel, took place on March 9, 2019 at 10:30 am in the Chapel of Our Lady of the Annunciation of the Archbishopric of Rouen. The 11,496-page dossier will be sent to Rome under seal, to be studied by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints…