The head of the French archdiocese where an elderly priest was murdered two and a half years ago by Islamic extremists has been granted a special status in the criminal investigation of the assassination, giving him access to information that could help in the Church’s own examination of the possible sainthood of the priest.

Two men stabbed Fr…

The President’s Palace, Valletta
10th January 2019

Madame President of the Republic of Malta,

The members of the Diplomatic Corps and the International Organisations accredited to the Republic of Malta have a long standing tradition that, at the start of the New Year, they present  warm and sincere greetings to Your Excellency, and through you, Madame President, to your esteemed spouse, Mr Edgar Preca, your advisors at the President’s Office and all the people of Malta…

The US-Mexico border in Arizona. Credit: Chess Ocampo/Shutterstock.

On Tuesday evening, US President Donald Trump highlighted humanitarian problems present along the US-Mexico border and issued a call for increased security, including the construction of additional barriers on the border. His remarks were met with mixed reactions and frustration from Catholics across the United States…

COMECE welcomes the solution reached today among some EU member states, with the intervention of the EU, that have accepted to receive some migrants who were for days stranded at sea, rescued and brought to a Maltese harbour.

The deep concern expressed by the Bishops’ Conference from Malta with regards to the situation of these migrants is shared by COMECE: we can’t remain “deaf to the cry of those suffer” as “we are called to make compassion, love, mercy and solidarity a true way of life, a rule of conduct in our relationships with one another.”

However, the efforts made by the Catholic Church and civil society in welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating migrants can’t substitute governments’ responsibility to ensure that newcomers are rescued when stranded at sea, brought to a safe place, treated in a humane way and provided with the necessary assistance…

We are appalled beyond words that, after 18 days of negotiations, 49 men, women and children remain stuck on a boat within sight of the Maltese shore. In spite of countless calls for solidarity, European Member States have not managed to find a diplomatic solution to the current impasse.

This is nothing short of tragic and shameful…

Pope Francis says that those who care for the sick and give of themselves with generosity and straightforward love – like St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta – are amongst the Church’s most credible evangelizers.

In his message for the World Day of the Sick, celebrated on 11 February, the Pope focused on Jesus’s words to the Apostles: “You received without payment; give without payment” (Mt 10:8)…