religion
Children of different faiths create flag to mark World Interfaith Harmony Week
Children from different faiths met on Saturday to wave one big flag symbolising love, unity and goodwill to mark World Interfaith Harmony Week 2022. The flag — four flags sewn into one — was created by children from four diverse schools who were asked...
Mosque-goers pray for rain in drought-scorched Morocco
Mosques held prayers for rain on Friday across the parched North African kingdom of Morocco where farmers are battling an acute drought. King Mohammed VI ordered all the country's mosques to hold prayers "calling on God for rain", the religious affairs...
Outdoor festivities of Rabat's St Joseph feast moved to May
The outdoor celebrations of the feast of St Joseph in Rabat, traditionally celebrated in March, have been moved to May. In a statement on Wednesday, the Archconfraternity of St Joseph, the Franciscan friars, L’Isle Adam band club and the Għaqda tan-Nar...
Series of online reflections to focus on righteous anger
A series of online reflections weaving art and faith is being organised by the Centre for Ignatian Spirituality. The reflections are inspired by Christ’s own experience of anger which led him to expel the money changers out of the temple as depicted by...
Pope prays for nuns 'reduced to servitude'
Pope Francis called on religious sisters Tuesday to "fight" when treated unfairly, acknowledging that some are "reduced to servitude" working for Catholic clergy. The 85-year-old dedicated his regular monthly prayer video to religious sisters and...
Italy's Church needs child sex abuse inquiry - Vatican advisor
After a string of investigations exposing paedophile priests across the globe, it is time for Catholic-majority Italy to hold its own reckoning, a top advisor to the Vatican told AFP. Hans Zollner, a German Jesuit priest on Pope Francis's commission to...
Parliament backs move to probe child abuse in Spain church
Spain's parliament Tuesday agreed to consider opening an inquiry into child sex abuse within the Roman Catholic church in a first in the deeply Catholic country. Until now, there has never been an official investigation by the Spanish government or...
Applications for church schools open on Tuesday
Applications for admission to Church schools in Malta and Gozo for the scholastic year commencing in September 2022, will be accepted online as from Tuesday, February 1, the Curia said. There are 916 vacant places for students (831 in Malta and 85 in...
93 potential graves found at Canada school site
An Indigenous community in Canada has identified nearly 100 "potential" graves at a residential school site, months after the discovery of hundreds of children's remains at former boarding schools rocked the country. The Williams Lake First Nation...
Pope 'concerned' over Ukraine, risk to European security
Pope Francis said Sunday he was following "with concern" rising tensions in Ukraine, and called for a day of prayer for peace next week. "I am following with concern the rising tensions that threaten to inflict a new blow to peace in Ukraine, and call...
German prosecutors examine 42 cases after church abuse probe
Prosecutors in Munich on Friday said they are examining 42 cases of potential misconduct by clergymen in connection with a damning new report on child sex abuse in the Catholic Church. The report published Thursday by law firm Westpfahl Spilker Wastl...
First talk on Synod of Bishops at St Dominic church, Valletta
On October 10, 2021, Pope Francis opened a two-year process called ‘A Synod on Synodality’, officially known as ‘Synod 2021-2023: For a Synodal Church’. Bishops around the world will consult with everyone from parishioners to monks, nuns and catholic...
