The President and Mrs Vella preside over the inauguration of the exhibition of photography by Cardinal Prospero Grech – San Anton Palace

A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever – an exhibiton of photographs taken by Cardinal Prospero Grech is currently being held at Sant’Anton Palace under the patronage of President George Vella. The exhibition, which will run for fifteen days, was inaugurated yesterday and brings together an evocative selection of works produced by the Cardinal over a span of time, featuring a diverse array of subjects… Kompli aqra »

In September 1982, the Christian Brothers created the first mobile school to assist in educating nomad children. Today there are about thirty such schools, and they travel all over France.

The idea for these mobile schools came from Brother Camille Véger. In 1979, he read a letter sent by Father André Barthélémy, who was the National Chaplain for Gypsies at the time, to the Superior of the Lasallian Fathers in France, calling for volunteers to “educate young gypsies of the Parisian suburbs who are poorly prepared for the rapid changes of today’s world”… Kompli aqra »

L-inawgurazzjoni mill-Arċisqof Chares J. Scicluna ta’ proġett ġdid fil-Mużew tal-Katidral tal-Imdina li permezz tiegħu l-mużew issa huwa ‘autism friendly’. Dan huwa l‑ewwel proġett tax‑xorta tiegħu f’Malta li sar bil‑għan li l‑mużew ikun aċċessibbli għal persuni bl‑awtiżmu.L‑Arċisqof u l‑Ministru għall‑Edukazzjoni Evarist Bartolo indirizzaw il‑konferenza tal‑aħbarijiet u qassmu ċ-ċertifikati lill-impjegati li ngħataw it-taħriġ meħtieġ biex jassistu aħjar lil persuni bl-awtiżmu. Tħabbar ukoll li l-mużew ser ikun miftuħ għall-ħinijiet itwal f’ġranet partikolari speċifikament għal dawn il-viżitaturi…. Kompli aqra »

Representatives of Abrahamic monotheistic religions who signed the declaration on end-of-life issues.

“Euthanasia and assisted suicide are morally and inherently wrong and should be forbidden without exceptions. Any pressure or deliberate actions that might lead patients to end their lives are categorically rejected.” It’s the “key point” of the “Joint Declaration of Abrahamic religions on End-of-Life issues.” The document, solemnly signed this morning by Jewish, Catholic and Muslim representatives in the Vatican, is the culmination of an initiative coordinated by the Pontifical Academy for Life and supported on behalf of the Jewish world by Rabbi Avraham Steinberg from the Israeli National Bioethics Council and Rabbi David Rosen; by Sheikh Bin Bayyah, president of the Muslim Forum for Peace and by Samsul Anwar, President of the Central Committee of the Indonesian Muhammadiyah, representing the Muslim world.”

The document – which the religious representatives handed over to Pope Francis – was drafted by a joint inter-religious group… Kompli aqra »