L-Aħbarijiet

25/09/2018

Plexus 2018 is an annual youth leader conference organised by the Malta Catholic Youth Network (MCYN). This year’s conference, entitled “With Jesus in the Peripheries”, focused on equipping local youth leaders to reach out to those individuals on the fringes of society. Watch the video below for highlights from the event.
During the conference a document was drafted summarising the challenges encountered by local youth leaders in bringing the Gospel to the peripheries, as well as a collective vision for the way forward…

Romanian bishops support the referendum on redefinition of family

25/09/2018

Changing the definition of marriage as provided in the Constitution: it’s the purpose of a constitutional referendum that will take place in Romania on October 6-7 on an initiative of the Coalition for Families, an umbrella organization representing 30 NGOs in Romania, including Catholic organizations such as Catholic Action and the Family Association in Romania. The Catholic bishops of Romania have also expressed their full support to the initiative with an Exhortation to priests and Catholic faithful, which is also addressed to all people of good will, with an invitation to back the referendum…

24/09/2018

Pope Francis on Sunday ended his two-day apostolic visit to Lithuania with a visit to the KGB Museum in Vilnius where he decried the suffering brought about by complete domination and unrestrained ambition during three occupations. Following the collapse of the Russian and Prussian monarchies at the end of the World War I, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia declared their independence in 1918…

19/09/2018

Archbishop Charles Scicluna says the Pope’s upcoming summit gathering the presidents of all the world’s bishops conferences on the topic of ‘protection of minors’ and vulnerable, an unprecedented move by any Pope, responds to the expectations of many to move from documents and words to actions. Speaking to journalists on Sept. 14, including Zenit, in Poznan, Poland, who were on the ground for the Plenary Assembly of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) taking place, Sept…

18/09/2018

Is-sena 2018 se tibqa’ mfakkra fil-Parroċċa tas-Swatar mhux biss għaliex qed tiċċelebra l-10 snin mit-twaqqif tagħha mill-Arċisqof Emeritu Mons. Pawlu Cremona O.P., imma wkoll għaliex se tasal l-istatwa titulari tal-parroċċa.

L-istatwa tfakkarna f’San Ġorġ Preca, l-ewwel qaddis Malti, fil-mument meta fl-24 ta’ Diċemrbu 1921 għamel l-ewwel purċissjoni bil-Bambin. Filfatt, il-Bambin li San Ġorġ se jkun qed iżomm f’idu huwa kopja fl-injam ta’ dak li kien uża San Ġorġ stess u li kien inħadem minn misssier l-iskultur il-Kav…

18/09/2018

“Volunteer work involves millions of Christians in Europe and is a remarkable and pervasive activity, that can reach many poor and marginalized people living in our opulent societies, with a peculiar dynamism of love. […] We wish to express our closeness, encouraging support and gratitude to the Christians who engage in volunteer work, whether it is organized or spontaneous, structured or occasional.”

It is with this feeling of gratitude for the army of volunteers who daily bear witness to Christian love, which was included in the Plenary Assembly’s Final Message, that the Presidents of European Catholic Bishops’ Conferences wrapped up their annual gathering…

17/09/2018

Nhar il-Ġimgħa, 14 ta’ Settembru 2018, festa tal-Eżaltazzjoni tas-Salib Imqaddes, ġiet inawgurata xbieha fil-mużajk tal-Madonna Ta’ Pinu, fis-Santwarju tat-Tħabbira tal-Mulej, f’Nazaret.

Din ġiet inawgurata mill-Isqof ta’ Għawdex Mario Grech fit-tieni jum ta’ pellegrinaġġ djoċesan ta’ għaxart ijiem fl-Art Imqaddsa flimkien mal-Patrijiet Franġiskani Minuri, li fih qed jieħdu sehem fuq mija u ħamsin pellegrin mill-gżejjer Maltin.

Ix-xbieha tal-Madonna Ta’ Pinu nħadmet riċentement minn Dun Roberto Gauci u Joseph Borg miċ-Ċentru tal-Arti Liturġika Eikon…

16/09/2018

14/09/2018

Fr Martin Michalíček is the new Secretary General of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE). Friday morning the Presidents of Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences, gathered Poznań for their annual Plenary Assembly (13-16 September), elected him for a five-year term (with immediate effect).

Fr Martin Michalíček succeeds Duarte da Cunha, who concluded a second five-year term. The CCEE President, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa, along with the Vice-presidents, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, his Grace Mgr Stanisław Gądecki, Archbishop of Poznań, and the Presidents of Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences, thanked Fr Duarte da Cunha for his dedication to leading the CCEE Secretariat and Fr Martin Michalíček for his readiness to serve the Church in Europe…

14/09/2018

The British Home Secretary has rejected proposals for buffer zones around abortion clinics throughout England and Wales as disproportionate, after finding that most abortion protests are peaceful and passive.

Home Secretary Sajid Javid said in his Sept. 13 decision that after reviewing the evidence, which included “upsetting examples of harassment … what is clear from the evidence we gathered is that these activities are not the norm, and predominantly, anti-abortion activities are more passive in nature.”

The typical activities of those protesting outside of abortion clinics “include praying, displaying banners and handing out leaflets,” Javid noted…