We unite with H.E. the President of the Republic Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, in her concern about the current situation in our country. Therefore we give our support to the message she has conveyed on Friday 8th April 2016 in one of the local newspapers. While joining President Coleiro Preca in the timely appeal that she delivered, we call upon all those of goodwill to weigh our words and invite the Catholics to pray to God, rich in mercy, to be with us in the present circumstances…
We unite with H.E. the President of the Republic Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, in her concern about the current situation in our country. Therefore we give our support to the message she has conveyed on Friday 8th April 2016 in one of the local newspapers. While joining President Coleiro Preca in the timely appeal that she delivered, we call upon all those of goodwill to weigh our words and invite the Catholics to pray to God, rich in mercy, to be with us in the present circumstances…
From St John XXIII to Papa Francesco – The Popes And Vatican II
08/04/2016
On Thursday 14th April 2016, at 7:00 p.m., the Institute for Research on the Signs of the Times (DISCERN) is organizing a lecture at San Anton Palace in Attard, on the theme ‘From St John XXIII to Papa Francesco – The Popes and Vatican II’. The guest speaker will be Eamon Duffy, FBA, Emeritus Professor of the History of Christianity and Fellow of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge…
It is not by chance that Amoris Laetitia (AL), “The Joy of Love”, the post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation “on Love in the Family”, was signed on 19 March, the Solemnity of Saint Joseph. It brings together the results of the two Synods on the family convoked by Pope Francis in 2014 and 2015. It often cites their Final Reports; documents and teachings of his Predecessors; and his own numerous catecheses on the family…
Pope Francis will travel to the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday, April 16. In a statement Thursday, the Vatican Press Office confirmed next week’s papal visit which aims to show support and solidarity for refugees on the front line of Europe’s migrant crisis. The communiqué says Pope Francis has accepted the invitations of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His Holiness Bartholomew I, and of the Greek President, Prokopis Pavlopoulos…
On Friday 8th April 2016, at 11:30 a.m., the Vatican will hold Press conference on the Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation by Pope Francis “Amoris Laetitia” on Love in the Family. Watch ‘live’ on YouTube
Pope Francis' catechesis delivered on Wednesday 6th April
07/04/2016
Dear Brothers and Sisters, good morning! After having reflected on God’s mercy in the Old Testament, today we begin to meditate on how Jesus Himself brought it to its fulfilment. Jesus, in fact, is God’s mercy made flesh – a mercy that He expressed, realized and communicated always, in every moment of His earthly life. In meeting the crowds, in proclaiming the Gospel, in curing the sick, in approaching the last, in forgiving sinners, Jesus makes visible a love open to all: no one excluded! …
On Tuesday 5th April 2016, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna visited students and their teachers at Qrendi Primary School. After an activity in the school hall, the Archbishop planted an olive tree at the school, as a rememberance of his visit.
Pope Francis’ video for April’s prayer intentions focuses on the plight of the small farmer. The Pope Video is a global initiative developed by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) to assist in the dissemination of the Holy Father’s monthly intentions related to the challenges the humanity faces. The full text of the videomessage is below: I thank you, small farmer…
“Yes”. For a Christian there is no other response to God’s call. Above all we must never turn away, pretending not to understand. On 4 April, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Lord, during Mass at Santa Marta, the Pope invited a “celebration of the ‘yes’”. On Monday morning, concelebrating with Francis were priests who, commemorating the 50th anniversary of their ordination, stated a definitive “yes”…
