News from the Church in Malta
The Drachma Community in collaboration with the Faculty of Theology is organising a Public Talk – Learning How to Talk: the indispensability of truthfulness and witness for sexual and spiritual human beings by Rev Dr James Alison, a world renowned theologian who has touched the lives of many LGBTQI people.
He is noted for his writing in systematic theology and for his work on issues of gender and sexual non-conformity…
On Sunday 19th April 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrated Pontifical Mass at Floriana Parish Church, on the occasion of the feast of St Publius.
L-Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
Eċċellenza, għażiża President ta’ Malta, Sur Preca,
Personalitajiet distinti, inkluż il-kap tal-Oppożizzjoni,
Għalija, bħala Ragħaj ta’ din id-djoċesi għażiża, huwa ta’ ferħ u ta’ privileġġ, imma anke ta’ responsabbiltà li nwassal messaġġ mhux biss lill-parroċċa għażiża tal-Furjana, imma lil Malta, f’din is-solennità ta’ San Publju…
For the first time the Secretariat for Catholic Education has brought together teachers of art in Church schools to showcase their work in a collective art exhibition at Palazzo De La Salle, Valletta, supported by Banif Bank (Malta) plc. Twenty two artists are exhibiting more than 70 works of fine art, using a variety of media, techniques, styles and subject matter…
16th April 2015
Your Excellency Madame President,
Most Eminent Highness, Your Excellencies, members of the Order,
The Maltese are very familiar with four words in Latin that represent the ethos of the Order, which, we Maltese note with pride, takes its name from our country- The four words are: Tuitio Fidei; Obsequium Pauperum, the defence of the faith, respect, or rather, veneration of the poor…
The Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI marked his 88th birthday on Thursday (April 16th) with a Bavarian-style celebration. He received birthday greetings from a group of Gebirgsschutzen (mountain protection units) from his native Bavaria, dressed in traditional costumes. Among those present to celebrate his birthday were his older brother Monsignor Georg Ratzinger and the Prefect of the Pontifical Household, Archbishop George Ganswein.
Since resigning as Pope in February 2013, Benedict XVI has lived a life of prayer and reclusion at the Mater Ecclesiae situated inside the Vatican Gardens. Speaking in an interview with Vatican Radio, Monsignor Alfred Xuereb, the former second secretary of Benedict XVI, said affection for the Pope Emeritus has increased over the past two years…
On Thursday 16th April 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrated Mass on the occasion of the State Visit of His Eminence Fra Matthew Festing, Grandmaster of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta.
Your Excellency Madame President,
Most Eminent Highness, Your Excellencies, members of the Order,
The Maltese are very familiar with four words in Latin that represent the ethos of the Order, which, we Maltese note with pride, takes its name from our country- The four words are: Tuitio Fidei; Obsequium Pauperum, the defence of the faith, respect, or rather, veneration of the poor…
