Yearly Archives: 2015

The official photo of Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

17/04/2015
    • Il-Kurja tal-Arċisqof qed tippublika r-ritratt uffiċċjali tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna. Dan ir-ritratt ittieħed l-Imdina, waqt l-Ingress Solenni ta’ Mons. Scicluna fil-21 ta’ Marzu 2015. Min hu interessat li jakkwista kopja tar-ritratt uffiċċjali għandu jibgħat email fuq [email protected]. Intant, il-Kurja tixtieq tavża li d-DVD uffiċċjali taċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-Ingress Solenni tal-Arċisqof jista’ jiġi ordnat mill-Media Centre Ltd. fuq 25699100 jew fuq l-email [email protected]…

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Kenya – Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Alessandro speaks about the situation in Garissa

17/04/2015
  • Garissa County in the northeastern region of Kenya has been making headlines lately following three brutal attacks by Al Shabaab militants. The most recent one was during Holy Week earlier this month, when militants stormed the university campus in Garissa city killing close to 150 people. Pope Francis met with the bishops of Kenya on Thursday in the Vatican as they mark their ad Limina visit…

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The Archbishop’s homily on the occasion of the State visit of the Grandmaster of the Holy Order of St John

17/04/2015
  • St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta

    16th April 2015

     

    Your Excellency Madame President,

    Most Eminent Highness, Your Excellencies, members of the Order,

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    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…

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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI celebrates his 88th birthday

17/04/2015

  • 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…

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Vacant posts in Church Schools first year kindergarten

16/04/2015
  • F’Novembru 2014, is-Segretarjat għall-Edukazzjoni Nisranija ħabbar li se jkun hemm erba’ u sittin post għas-subien u wieħed u disgħin post għall-bniet għall-ewwel sena kindergarten fl-iskejjel tal-Knisja. F’Novembru stess saru l-applikazzjonijiet tal-ewwel kriterju, ta’ dawk li jieħdu post mill-ewwel għax, per eżempju, għandhom ħuthom diġà fi skola tal-Knisja. F’Jannar, is-Segretarjat kien ħareġ stqarrija għall-istampa, kif jagħmel kull sena, fejn spjega kemm kienu l-applikazzjonijiet tal-ewwel kriterju u konsegwentement kemm kien baqa’ postijiet, jiġifieri ħamsa u għoxrin għas-subien u tletin għall-bniet…

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The Archbishop celebrates Mass on the occasion of the State visit of the Grandmaster of the Holy Order of St John

16/04/2015

  • 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.

  • The Archbishop’s homily

  • 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…

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Vatican statistics show modest, steady church growth worldwide

16/04/2015

  • The number of Catholics in the world and the number of priests and permanent deacons rose slightly in 2013, while the number of men and women in religious orders declined, according to Vatican statistics.

    For the second year in a row, the number of candidates for the priesthood also decreased. The numbers come from the Statistical Yearbook of the Church, which was completed in February and published in March…

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Pope Francis: Removal of Differences Between Man and Woman Is the Problem, Not the Solution

15/04/2015

  • The image of God is not only displayed in man and woman individually but also together as a couple. These were the words of Pope Francis during his General Audience today in St. Peter’s Square. The Holy Father said that today’s catechesis and the following will reflect on the sacrament of marriage and the complementarity between man and woman.

    The Pope began his catechesis by recalling the story of creation in which God, after creating the universe and all living things, created his masterpiece: mankind. “As we all know, sexual difference is present in many forms of life, in the long ladder of the living,” he noted…

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Newest Doctor of the Church: St Gregory of Narek

15/04/2015

  • On Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis proclaimed the great Armenian Saint Gregory of Narek a Doctor of the Universal Church. The solemn proclamation took place during the introductory rites at the beginning of a Mass commemorating the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the massacre of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey.

    The Prefect for the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato, SDB, made the formal request for the proclamation, recalling the similar declaration, almost one hundred years ago, of another Eastern Saint, Ephrem the Syrian, as a Doctor of the Church…

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