Monthly Archives: December 2013

Gay Adoptions: a statement by Bishop Scicluna

11/12/2013
  • Gay Adoptions: a statement by Bishop Scicluna

  • According to the constant doctrine of the Catholic Church, when discussing and legislating on the adoption of minors, the paramount principle should always be the promotion of the best interest of the child.

    The child has the right to know his or her parents and to be brought up by his or her parents: in all cases a man and a woman (UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, art.7, section 1)…

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Pope Venerates Immaculate Conception Statue

09/12/2013
  • Pope Venerates Immaculate Conception Statue

  • Following a tradition laid out by his predecessors, Pope Francis celebrated the Feast of the Immaculate Conception by travelling to Piazza di Spagna where he venerated the statue named for the Marian Feast.

    The celebration began with a reading from the book of Revelation in which Mary is described as a “woman, clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath her feet, and around her head a crown of twelve stars” (Rev…

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9 – 15 December

08/12/2013
  • 9 – 15 December

  • Monday         
    9.15 a.m.         The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting, at his residence, Attard.
    6.00 p.m.         The Archbishop celebrates mass on the occassion of the 100 year anniversary of the Poor Clare Sisters, St Julians.
     
    Tuesday        
    9.30 p.m.         The Archbishop celebrates mass for students at St John’s Cocathedral, Valletta…

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Make My House a Home

06/12/2013
  • Make My House a Home

  • Nhar il-Ġimgħa 6 ta’ Diċembru 2013, L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. żar lill-istudenti u voluntiera li qed jieħdu sehem fil-kampanja ‘Make my house a home’,  fuq il-campus tal-Università. Matul din il-kampanja inbigħu doughnuts, kejkijiet u larinġ magħsur biex jinġabru l-flus b’risq il-Preventive Care Unit li jieħu ħsieb il-familji fil-bżonn. Il-kampanja ‘Make my house a home’ ġiet organizzata mill-Għaqda Studenti Teologija b’kollaborazzjoni ma’ RTK 4 Charity…

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Archbishop’s message on the occassion of the Youth Theme Launch 2013/14

06/12/2013
  • Archbishop’s message on the occassion of the Youth Theme Launch 2013/14

  • Birkirkara: San Ġużepp Ħaddiem
    1 ta’ Diċembru 2013

    Ħuti, waqt li konna qed nisimgħu l-introduzzjoni, aħna smajna li llum hija ġurnata speċjali għaż-żgħażagħ għaliex il-Papa kull sena jagħti tema liż-żgħażagħ biex tul dik is-sena huma jikbru fil-fidi tagħhom. U din  is-sena liż-żgħazagħ tahom beatitudni. Beatitudni hija l-kliem li qal Sidna Ġesù Kristu meta fil-bidu tal-ministeru tiegħu tela’ fuq għolja u minn dik il-għolja qalilhom tmien beatitudnijiet (Mt 5,3-12).  Jissejħu beatitudnijiet għaliex kull sentenza tibda bil-kelma ħenjin…

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Archbishop’s message on the insitution of three seminarians as Acolytes

06/12/2013
  • Archbishop’s message on the insitution of three seminarians as Acolytes

  • Parroċċa ta’ Stella Maris, tas-Sliema
    29 ta’ Novembru 2013

    Ħuti, is-saċerdozju fih żewġ mumenti. L-ewwel mument huwa meta Alla jsejjah lil persuni, dawk li jrid hu. Qalilna: mhux intom għażiltu lili imma jiena għażilt lilkom (Ġw 15, 16). U t-tieni mument hija li din is-sejħa tiftaħ mixja biex wieħed jasal lejn il-presbiterat jew is-saċerdozju ministerjali…

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Art Exhibition

06/12/2013

  • Art Exhibition

  • Fil-Muzew Wignacourt ir-Rabat, ser issir wirja ta’ xoghlijiet artistici li se jkunu irkantati fid-Dar tal-Providenza fl-1 ta’ Jannar 2014, organnizata minn RTK4Chairty. Il-wirja se tkun mfituha kuljum barra f’Jum il-Milied mil-10 sas-27 ta’ Dicembru bejn id-9.30am u l-4.30pm…

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The pastoral care of migrants and refugees in Europe: a proposal for a communion

06/12/2013
  • The pastoral care of migrants and refugees in Europe: a proposal for a communion
  • Meeting of bishops and delegates responsible for the pastoral care of migrants of the Catholic Bishops’ Conferences in Europe Mosta, Malta , December 2-4, 2013 The approach to migration in Europe is affected by a kind of schizophrenia. While the EU recognizes more and more rights to regular immigrants, the ‘fortress Europe’ continues to deal with human mobility as a purely economic issue…

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