Monthly Archives: February 2013

Archbishop visits the elderly in Ħamrun

On Thursday 14th February 2013, the Archbishop visited the Home for the Elderly run by the Little Sisters of the Poor, as part of his Pastoral visit in St. Cajetan’s Parish, in Ħamrun.

The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta… Read more »

The Day for the Laity 2013

Nhar il-Ġimgħa 15 Frar 2013, l-Arċisqof iċċelebra quddiesa għal Jum il-Lajċi, fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta.

“Għalkemm aħna midinbin, imma aħna wkoll midinbin f’mixja għax Alla permezz ta` Ġesù, iħeġġiġna kontinwament biex nersqu lejh u nduqu l-maħfra tiegħu. Dan joħroġ ċar ħafna mill-Kelma ta’ Alla u għalhekk ikun nuqqas kbir meta n-nisrani jiddubita mill-maħfra t`Alla.”

Dan kien il-bażi tal-messaġġ ta’ Monsinjur Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P… Read more »

Mons Scicluna on Pope Benedict’s mission to safeguard the innocence of children

Mons Charles J Sciculna

Monsignor Charles Jude Scicluna, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Malta, served as the “promoter of justice” of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith until October 2012.
He was effectively the prosecutor of the tribunal of the former Holy Office, whose job it is to investigate what are known as delicta graviora: the crimes which the Catholic Church considers as being the most serious of all and include crimes against the Eucharist and against the sanctity of the Sacrament of Penance, and crimes against the VIth Commandment committed by a cleric against a person under the age of eighteen… Read more »

Spiritual exercises begin at the Vatican

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture

At 6:00pm today, the first day of Lent, the spiritual exercises of the Roman Curia, which the Holy Father participates in, began in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace. The Lenten exercises will conclude on Saturday morning, 23 February. This year the meditations are led by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture… Read more »

Pope: Lent a time of spiritual combat

Pope during Angelus

Pope Benedict XVI prayed the Angelus with the faithful in St Peter’s Square this Sunday, the first Sunday of Lent. Tens of thousands of pilgrims were on hand, beneath a bright and unseasonably warm Roman sky. Speaking from his window in the Apostolic Palace above the Square ahead of the traditional prayer of Marian devotion, the Holy Father placed the Lenten season on which the Church is embarked in the context of the Year of Faith… Read more »

18-24 February

Monday

9.15 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting, at his residence in Attard.

4.00 p.m. The Archbishop visits the catechetical centre at the Sisters of The Sacred Heart of Jesus, Ħamrun where he is holding his Pastoral Visit.

5.30 p.m. The Archbishop meets the community of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Ħamrun… Read more »

Pastoral Letter for Lent 2013

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A Time of Prayer and Charity

Dear brothers and sisters,

The period of Lent has just commenced in the Liturgy of the Catholic Church.  The Catholic Church does not only follow the  civil calendar. Human time is sanctified when the Church lives the experience of the life of Jesus throughout the Liturgical year.  The Liturgical year, in its entirety, follows the Solemn Feast of Easter, that is, the authentic account of the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus from the dead… Read more »

H.E. Mgr Aldo Cavalli appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

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Today, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has appointed His Excellency Monsignor Aldo Cavalli, Titular Archbishop of Vibo Valentia and currently Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia, as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Malta.

On the nomination by the Holy Father of His Excellency Monsignor Tommaso Caputo as the Archbishop-Prelate of Pompei and Pontifical Delegate to the Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Holy Rosary on the 10th November 2012, the post of Apostolic Nuncio to Malta has since been vacant… Read more »

Practical help for Lent with the 100th issue of ‘Flimkien’

To mark the 100th issue of the ‘Flimkien’ magazine, the March issue includes a CD in Maltese entitled ‘Għinni fin-nuqqas ta’ fidi tiegħi’ (Help my unbelief). This production also commemorates the Year of Faith and is intended to serve as a practical help for personal prayer during Lent. The CD includes sixteen excerpts from the Gospel according to St Mark with brief reflections after each text… Read more »