News from the Church in Malta
On Sunday 4th January 2015, Bishop Charles J. Scicluna visited ‘Islelanders’, a photographic project by Darrin Zammit Lupi, at St. James Cavalier, Valletta. Islelanders is a photographic art project, based on Darrin Zammit Lupi’s experience as a photojournalist, documenting the lives of asylum seekers and migrants through and after their journey across the Mediterranean Sea.
Photos: Rebecca Zammit Lupi
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At the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis announced the names of fifteen Archbishops and Bishops whom he will raise to the dignity of the Cardinalate on February 14, 2015. In addition, the Holy Father announced that five retired Archbishops and Bishops “distinguished for their pastoral charity in the service of the Holy See and of the Church” would also be made Cardinals.
Below, please find the complete text of the Pope’s announcement, with the names of all those set to be elevated to the Cardinalate:
“As was already announced, on February 14 next I will have the joy of holding a Concistory, during which I will name 15 new Cardinals who, coming from 14 countries from every continent, manifest the indissoluble links between the Church of Rome and the particular Churches present in the world…
On Sunday 4th January 2015, Bishop Charles J. Scicluna, Apostolic Administrator, celebrated Mass on the Occasion of the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta.
Photos: Photocity, Valletta…
Il-Ħadd 4 ta’ Jannar 2015, fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku, ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa solenni fl-okkażjoni tas-solennità tal-Epifanija. Il-Quddiesa tibda fid-9.15 ta’ filgħodu.
Il-Ġimgħa 16 ta’ Jannar, fid-9.00 ta’ filgħodu, fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, l-Isqof Scicluna jiċċelebra Quddiesa bis-sehem tal-membri tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta. F’din il-Quddiesa l-kuluri tar-reġiment jitqegħdu fl-Oratorju ta’ San Ġwann…
In his Angelus address on the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God – which is also observed as World Day of Peace – Pope Francis called on us “to fix our gaze of faith and of love on the Mother of Jesus.”
Below, please find the complete text of Pope Francis’ address at the Angelus on Thursday:
Dear brothers and sisters,
On this first day of the year, in the joyful atmosphere of Christmas, the Church invites us to fix our gaze of faith and of love on the Mother of Jesus…
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1. At the beginning of this New Year, which we welcome as God’s gracious gift to all humanity, I offer heartfelt wishes of peace to every man and woman, to all the world’s peoples and nations, to heads of state and government, and to religious leaders. In doing so, I pray forBOLLETTINO N. 0940 – 10.12.2014 8
an end to wars, conflicts and the great suffering caused by human agency, by epidemics past and present, and by the devastation wrought by natural disasters…
