Pope Francis gave a 30 minute press conference on the flight back from Lesbos to Rome on Saturday, sharing thoughts on a wide range of subjects including his opinion regarding the deal between the EU and Turkey, his meeting with Bernie Sanders, the closure of European borders and his recent apostolic exhortation. The Pope began his traditional ‘conversation’ with journalists aboard the papal plane reflecting on the fact that the visit to Lesbos had had a very strong emotional impact on him…
Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrates Mass on the feast of St Joseph
17/04/2016
Nhar il-Ħadd 17 ta’ April 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa Solenni fl-okkażjoni tal-festa ta’ San Ġużepp, fil-Knisja ta’ Ġieżu, ir-Rabat. Homiliy by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Knisja ta’ Ġieżu, r-Rabat 17 ta’ April 2016 Grazzi ħafna tal-preżenza tagħkom illum aħna u niċċelebraw is-Solennità għażiża tal-patrijarka San Ġużepp. Nirringrazzjak, Sur Edgar Coleiro Preca tal-preżenza tiegħek inti u tirrapreżenta wkoll lill-E.T…
Is-Soċjetà tad-Duttrina Nisranija (M.U.S.E.U.M.) qed torganizza attività għall-pubbliku ġenerali fejn ser jintwera l-film ‘Gates of the Lamb’, nhar il-Ġimgħa 29 ta’ April 2016 fis-7:00 p.m., fiċ-Ċentru tal-Konferenzi ta’ Dar il-Ħanin Samaritan, Santa Venera (Wara l-Iskola St. Michael). Is-Soċjetà għal din il-lejla stiednet lil Fr. Gediminas Numgaudis OFM li huwa Reliġjuż mill-Litwanja u l-Producer ta’ dan l-istess film biex jintroduċi u jispjega din il-biċċa xogħol artistika li essenzjalment titratta s-Sagrament tal-Magħmudija…
Pope Francis on a visit to the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, told those gathered, “You are not alone”. He also told them not to lose hope adding, “the greatest gift we can offer one another is love: a merciful look, a readiness to listen and understand, a word of encouragement, a prayer.” The Pope was accompanied by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Ieronymus II. Below please find the English translation of the greeting to refugees at the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos…
Nhar il‑Ħamis 21 ta’ April 2016, fis‑6:00 p.m., l‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa fil‑Katidral tal‑Imdina, b’suffraġju għal ruħ l‑Arċisqof Emeritu Monsinjur Ġużeppi Mercieca, f’għeluq ix-xahar mill-mewt tiegħu. Din il‑Quddiesa qed tiġi organizzata mis‑Segretarjat tal‑Edukazzjoni Nisranija b’rikonoxximent tal‑kontribut li l‑Arċisqof Mercieca ta għall‑iskejjel tal-Knisja. Għal din il‑Quddiesa qed jiġu mistiedna wkoll l‑Awtoritajiet tal‑Edukazzjoni u l-kapijiet tal‑iskejjel tal‑Knisja. Dakinhar ukoll, l-Arċisqof Scicluna talab lill-Kappillani u l-Arċiprieti biex f’kull parroċċa ssir Quddiesa b’suffraġju għal ruħ l‑Arċisqof Mercieca…
The Church is a community of disciples who follow Christ because they recognize they are sinners in need of forgiveness, Pope Francis said during the Wednesday general audience in St Peter’s Square. This week’s catechesis of the Pope centred on the Gospel account of Jesus calling St Matthew – a tax collector and a sinner – to be his disciple. He said that by eating with the tax collectors and sinners, Jesus shows how even they can become disciples…
Seminar in Malta for catechists on the inclusion of persons with Autism in catechism and the Eucharistic Celebration
14/04/2016
On the occassion of Autism Awareness Day, the Secretariat for Catechesis within the Archdiocese of Malta in collaboration with Id-Dar tal-Providenza and the Catechetica Office within the Italian Episcopal Conference organised a two-day Seminar for catechists on the inclusion of persons with autism in catechetical formation and the Eucharistic Celebration. The guest speakers for this seminar were Sr Veronica Amata Donatello, Fiorenza Pestelli and Maria Grazia Fiore who are all active in the disability field…
In a statement released ahead of Pope Francis’ visit to the Greek island of Lesbos the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) says the papal visit could not come at a more critical time. The statement says that the recent EU deal with Ankara that pushes back refugees and migrants arriving to the Greek shores to Turkey is in clear violation of international law “and the principle of non-refoulement or not pushing back people in need of protection. “During a time when push backs are seemingly the solution being put forward by the EU, we hope the Pope’s visit is not just a symbol of hope for refugees, but a concrete push for the Greek government and other European states to actualise those hopes,” said Fr Thomas Smolich SJ, JRS International Director…
There are two types of persecution against Christians, the Pope said on Tuesday morning, 12 April, during Mass at Santa Marta. There is the explicit kind — to which he related the martyrs killed at Easter in Pakistan — and the sort of persecution that is “polite, disguised as culture, modernity and progress”, and ends up taking away man’s freedom and even the right to conscientious objection…
