News from the Church in Malta
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that bears no fruit he cuts away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes to make it bear even more. You are clean already, by means of the word that I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I in you… Read more »
Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. has appointed Can. Fr Carm Busuttil as the new parish priest of Swatar.
Fr Carm Busuttil was born in Birkirkara in 1947. He received his education at St. Francis School, Birkirkara Primary school and the Minor Seminary. In 1966 he entered the Archbishop’s Seminary and was ordained to the priesthood in 1974.
Fr Carm served as an assistant parish priest of St… Read more »
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 6, 30-34
The apostles rejoined Jesus and told him all they had done and taught. And he said to them, ‘Come away to some lonely place all by yourselves and rest for a while’; for there were so many coming and going that there was no time for them even to eat… Read more »
Fid-9 ta’ Lulju li għadda miet il-Kappillan tal-Imqabba, Dun Nazzareno Caruana. Bħala Knisja jidhrilna li fil-mewt tal-kappillan kellha titħassar il-Festa. Imma fi spirtu ta’ djalogu ġenwin u b’sinjal ta’ rieda tajba, saru diskussjonijiet ma’ dawk kollha konċernati u wasalna fi qbil fuq dawn il-punti li ġejjin.
'. . . barra mill-Etika morali individwali, tajjeb li tingħata dejjem iktar enfasi fuq l-etika soċjali.' – Dr. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici
L-iskandli fit-tmexxija ta’ ċerti banek importanti fl-Istati Uniti u fir-Renju Unit għandhom jiftħu għajnejn dawk li għandhom fiduċja żejda fil-mod kif jaħdmu s-swieq.
Inkixef li altru milli l-forzi tas-suq jiffissaw il-prezzijiet b’mod awtomatiku kif jitolbu d-domanda u l-offerta, kien hemm manipulazzjoni sfaċċata… Read more »
At this the Pharisees went out and began to plot against him, discussing how to destroy him. Jesus knew this and withdrew from the district. Many followed him and he cured them all but warned them not to make him known. This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: Look! My servant whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul delights, I will send my Spirit upon him, and he will present judgement to the nations; he will not brawl or cry out, his voice is not heard in the streets, he will not break the crushed reed, or snuff the faltering wick, until he has made judgement victorious; in him the nations will put their hope… Read more »
Fl-okkażjoni tal-festa ta’ San Kalċidonju ser tiġi ċċelebrata quddiesa fil-kappella ddedikata lil dan il-qaddis, li tinsab fil-bini tal-Kurja tal-Arċisqof, il-Furjana. Din se ssir nhar it-Tlieta 24 ta’ Lulju 2012, fis-6.00 p.m. Fil-5.30 p.m. ser jingħad ukoll ir-rużarju.
Ir-relikwi ta’ San Kalċidonju jinsabu meqjumin f’kappella żgħira li nbniet apposta, dahar ma’ dahar mal-kappella prinċipali fil-bini tal-Kurja. Ir-relikwi tal-qaddis, Ii nġiebu Malta miċ-ċimiterju ta’ Pretestato, l-Italja, waslu fil-kappella dedikata lilu fl-1753… Read more »
At that time Jesus went through the cornfields one Sabbath day. His disciples were hungry and began to pick ears of corn and eat them. The Pharisees noticed it and said to him, ‘Look, your disciples are doing something that is forbidden on the Sabbath.’ But he said to them, ‘Have you not read what David did when he and his followers were hungry- how he went into the house of God and they ate the loaves of the offering although neither he nor his followers were permitted to eat them, but only the priests? … Read more »
Communicating to journalists in reaction to the Moneyval Report
The Moneyval’s Report on the Holy See and Vatican City State, published on Wednesday, comes in response to a request, made by the Holy See in February 2011, for its control system and safeguards against criminal activity in the economic and financial sphere, to be evaluated according to the procedures of the organization set up by the Council of Europe for this purpose… Read more »
Il-Fondazzjoni Suret il-Bniedem qalet fi stqarrija li hi taqbel mal-proposta li għamel il-ġimgħa li għaddiet Dr George Abela, President ta’ Malta, dwar il-bżonn li jinbeda proġett ġdid għal persuni li jkunu fi tmiem is-sentenza tagħhom fil-Faċilità Korrettiva ta’ Kordin.
L-idea hi li tinħoloq dar li toffri programm biex id-detenuti li jkunu waslu fl-aħħar fażi tas-sentenza tagħhom iħejju ruħhom biex joħorġu lura fis-soċjetà u jaqbdu ħajja ġdida… Read more »
