News from the Church in Malta
Pope Francis renewed his call for prayer and concrete assistance for the suffering populations of Iraq this Sunday. Addressing the crowd gathered in St Peter’s Square for the traditional Angelusprayer, the Holy Father also offered prayerful appeals for an end to the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in Gaza, and for the victims of the Ebola outbreak and for all those fighting to stop it…
We, the bishops of Malta and Gozo, are deeply saddened by the violence being spread in various countries where there are wars and persecution towards Christians, particularly in the north of Iraq. It is with a heavy heart that we are following the plight of our fellow Christians who are being driven out of their homes with nothing to take with them…
The Director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ, has issued a statement communicating the Holy Father’s prayerful concern over the violence raging in Iraq, and especially for the Christians affected by the violence. In the statement, Fr. Lombardi says, “The Holy Father is following with deep concern the dramatic news reports coming from northern Iraq, which involve defenseless populations…
Direttur: Trish Sie
Atturi: Ryan, Guzman, Briana Evigan, Misha Gabriel, Adam Sevani, Alyson Stoner, Mari Koda, Christopher Scott u Luis Rosado
Ħin tal-film: 112 min
KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA: PG
KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA: PG
Sean Asa, ħabibu Eddy u grupp ta’ żeffiena bl-isem ta’ The Mob, kien rrnexielhom jilħqu l-quċċata f’konkorsi ta’ żfin ġewwa Los Angeles…
Nhar l-Erbgħa 6 ta’ Awwissu 2014, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. iltaqa’ mal-kappillani gewwa il-Kunvent tal-Karmelitani, l-Imdina, fl-okkażjoni tal-festa ta’ San Ġwann Vianney, il-qaddis patrun tas-saċerdoti, magħruf ukoll bħala il-Kurat t’Ars. Wara ħin ta’ talb flimkien u dawra mal-kunvent, l-Arcisqof u l-kappillani ingħaqdu flimkien għall-ikel.
Ritratti: Photocity
www.photocitymalta.com
…
In the first General Audience since his summer break Pope Francis resumed his Catechesis on the Church and the People of God, but his mind was also on the tensions and recent conflict in the Middle East and an earthquake in China which last Sunday left hundreds dead and over two thousand injured. Expressing his closeness to the people of the province of Yunnan, the Holy Father offered his prayers for the victims and their families, for those injured and those who lost homes in the disaster…
Naħseb li meta għażiltu l-lezzjoni tal-lum minn Ġeremija qagħdtu attenti li jisemmew il-kelmiet: ‘għanja ta’ radd il-ħajr u għanja ta’ ferħ’ (Ġer 30, 19). Il-motto tagħkom huwa heart and soul, imma heart and soul li tiddeskrivi ruħha f’radd ta’ ħajr u ferħ.
Jiena llum għamilt din il-mistoqsija: imma n-nisrani għaliex għandu jgħanni għanja ta’ ferħ u għanja ta’ radd il-ħajr? …
Il-Birgu
24 ta’ Lulju 2014
Ħuti, il-Knisja tagħna għandha rispett kbir lejn il-qaddisin u dan ir-rispett mhuwiex fl-ajru imma jibni relazzjoni bejn il-qaddisin u aħna. Din ir-relazzjoni hija importanti għaliex lilna tagħtina ċ-ċans li nitolbuhom biex jidħlu għalina – min jaf kemm il-darba tlabna lil San Lawrenz u l-qaddisin l-oħra biex jidħlu għalina – u wkoll biex aħna nħarsu lejn il-ħajja tagħhom u fit-triq tagħna lejn Ġesu inħalluhom jgħallmuna kif għandna nersqu lejh…
Pope Francis on Tuesday evening met with more than 50,000 altar servers from Germany.
The young people are on their annual pilgrimage to Rome, which this year has a motto from Matthew 12:12: “Freedom! Because it is lawful to do good.”
The Holy Father arrived in Saint Peter’s Square at 6 pm Rome time, greeted by lively modern music…
Monday
9.15 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting, at his residence, Attard.
Tuesday
4.00 p.m. The Archbishop participates in a ‘live’ program on Radju Marija.
7.30 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates Mass for the participants of the ‘Voices’ concert, at the University Chapel.
Wednesday
11.00 a.m. The Archbishop meets the parish priests on the occasion of the feast of St John Vianney, patron saint of priests, and joins them for lunch, at the Carmelite Priory, Mdina…
