News from the Church in Malta
Matthew 22, 1-14
Jesus began to speak to them in parables once again, ‘The kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king who gave a feast for his son’s wedding. He sent his servants to call those who had been invited, but they would not come. Next he sent some more servants with the words, “Tell those who have been invited: Look, my banquet is all prepared, my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, everything is ready…
Pope Francis has learnt of the tragic death of three of his relatives in a traffic accident in Argentina and is “profoundly saddened.” The Director of the Holy See’s Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi said the Pope had received news of the tragic accident and asks that “all those who share in his grief join with him in prayer.” The victims were the wife of the Pope’s nephew and her two young children aged 2 years and eight months. His nephew, Emanuel Horacio Bergoglio, was seriously injured in the accident…
Matthew 20,1-16
‘Now the kingdom of Heaven is like a landowner going out at daybreak to hire workers for his vineyard. He made an agreement with the workers for one denarius a day and sent them to his vineyard. Going out at about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place4 and said to them, “You go to my vineyard too and I will give you a fair wage.” So they went…
Il-Kurja tal-Arċisqof ippublikat mill-ġdid il-Katekiżmu tal-Knisja Kattolika. L-edizzjoni l-ġdida ġiet ippreżentata lill-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. minn Monsinjur Anton Portelli, Segretarju Amministrattiv tal-Kurja. Il-ħtieġa li din il-publikazzjoni terġa tiġi stampata nħasset wara li ma kienx fadal kopji tal-Katekiżmu, u wara li d-domanda għaliha baqgħet persistenti. Saret ukoll reviżjoni tat-test biex din il-publikazzjoni tinkludi l-ortografija l-ġdida tal-lingwa Maltija u l-kwotazzjonijiet mill-aħħar edizzjoni tal-Bibbja bil-Malti…
From the possibility of the unification of the Koreas to the idea of “just war”, from the situation of persecuted minorities in Iraq to the Pope’s upcoming journey to Albania: on the flight back from Korea to Rome, Pope Francis answered questions put to him by journalists travelling with him aboard the papal plane.
In what has become a traditional impromptu press conference aboard the papal plane, journalists spent more than an hour questioning the Pope about his recent visit to Korea for the 6th Asian Youth Day, about issues raised during the journey, his take on the ongoing violence against Christians and other minorities in Iraq, and about plans for future foreign trips…
Matthew 19,23-30
Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘In truth I tell you, it is hard for someone rich to enter the kingdom of Heaven. Yes, I tell you again, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone rich to enter the kingdom of Heaven.’ When the disciples heard this they were astonished…
Pope Francis has just left Seoul on a Korean Airlines flight headed for Rome at the conclusion of his five day visit to the Asian country. The plane is due to land at Ciampino airport just before 6pm, local time, on Monday evening. The Pope’s departure from the Korean capital came after a concluding Mass in Seoul’s Catholic cathedral, during which he challenged Christians to work and pray for peace and reconciliation on the divided peninsula…
Matthew 19,16-22
And now a man came to him and asked, ‘Master, what good deed must I do to possess eternal life?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you ask me about what is good? There is one alone who is good. But if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.’ He said, ‘Which ones?’ Jesus replied, ‘These: You shall not kill…
L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. ħatar lil Dun Michael Bellizzi bħala kappillan tal-parroċċa Marija Annunzjata, Ħal Tarxien.
Dun Michael Bellizzi twieled fl-4 ta’ Novembru 1970. Huwa rċieva l-edukazzjoni primarja u sekondarja tiegħu fil-Kulleġġ De La Salle, u l-edukazzjoni post-sekondarja fin-New Lyceum (Junior College). Huwa kompla l-istudju terzjarji (Filosofija u Teoloġija) fil-Fakultà tat-Teoloġija, fl-Università ta’ Malta.
Dun Michael ġie ordnat saċerdot fid-29 ta’ Ġunju 1997…
L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. ħatar lill Kan. Dun. Vincenz Cachia bħala Prepostu Arċipriet tal-parroċċa ta’ Sant’ Elena, Birkirkara.
Dun Vincenz Cachia twieled fl-1 ta’ Ottubru 1947. Huwa rċieva l-edukazzjoni primarja fl-iskola tal-Msida u l-edukazzjoni sekondarja fil-Liċeo tal-Ħamrun. Wara li daħal is-Seminarju kompla l-istudji terzjarji (Filosofija u Teoloġija) fl-Università ta’ Malta.
Dun Vincenz ġie ordnat saċerdot fl-20 ta’ Lulju 1974…
