October 2016 Archives

The Archbishop appoints four new Parish Priests

14/10/2016

- Parish Priest for Mtarfa Parish
  L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Lino Azzopardi bħala kappillan tal‑Parroċċa ta’ Santa Luċija, l‑Imtarfa.
  
  Dun Lino Azzopardi twieled fid‑9 ta’ Frar 1973. Huwa rċieva l‑edukazzjoni tiegħu fl‑Iskola Primarja ta’ Ħal Għaxaq, l‑edukazzjoni sekondarja fil‑Liċeo Mikiel Anton Vassalli, Ħal Qormi, u beda l‑edukazzjoni terzjarja fit‑Technical Insitute, Raħal Ġdid. Kompla l‑istudji terzjarji fil‑Filosofija u t‑Teoloġija, u kiseb liċenzjat fit‑Teoloġija Pastorali mill‑Università ta’ Malta…

14/10/2016

Venezuelan Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa has been elected as the new head of the Jesuits who are meeting in Rome this month for their 36th General Congregation.

The announcement was made on Friday morning following four days of prayer and discernment. Fr Sosa was chosen by the 212 electors who represent almost 17.000 Jesuits working in countries around the world…

14/10/2016

Nhar il-Ġimgħa 14 ta’ Ottubru 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna attenda l-Oratorju ‘Maria Adeodata – Is-Soru li Ħabbet’, fil-Katidral ta’ San Pawl, l-Imdina. Dan l-Oratorju ittella’ fl-anniversarju mill-210 sena mit-twelid tal-Beata Marija Adeodata Pisani u l-15-il sena minn meta l-Papa San Ġwanni Pawlu II iddikjaraha beata, fuq il-Fosos tal-Furjana.

Diskors tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
Il-Katidral ta’ San Pawl, l-Imdina
14 ta’ Ottubru 2016

Nirringrazzja lil to Mro Ray Zammit, lill-liriċista’ Paul Ellul li tawna dan ix-xogħol straordinarjament sabiħ…

14/10/2016

The Church in Malta is organising the Jubilee of the Family, a day of activities celebrating the family, as part of the celebrations of the Year of Mercy announced by Pope Francis. This Day will be held on Sunday, 30th October 2016, at the Archbishop’s Seminary, Tal-Virtù.

The programme includes sports activities for all the family, animation for children, workshops, music, and spaces for prayer. Counselling services will be offered by a number of professionals…

14/10/2016

Pope Francis received some 1 thousand pilgrims in the Vatican on Thursday – most of them German Lutherans – here in Rome as part of ecumenical preparations for the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Lutheran reformation. In his remarks to the gathering, the Pope encouraged his listeners to seek unity through charity, saying “In being of service to the most needy we experience already that we are united: it is the mercy of God that unites us.”

Pope Francis also spoke in his address about how Catholics and Lutherans are part of the same body of Christ…

13/10/2016

Pope Francis renewed his appeal for peace in Syria on Wednesday. Addressing pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the weekly General Audience, Pope Francis said, “I want to emphasize and reiterate my solidarity with all victims of inhuman conflict in Syria.” Pope Francis went on to say, “It is with a sense of urgency that I renew my appeal, begging, with all my strength, those responsible, that steps be taken toward an immediate ceasefire, one imposed and respected at least for the time necessary to allow the evacuation of civilians, especially children, who are still trapped under cruel bombardment.”

Russian-led airstrikes resumed over the past 24 hours, concentrating on targets within the besieged city of Aleppo…

12/10/2016

On Monday 10th October 2016, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna delivered a sermon during the Ceremony of Investiture by the Chancellor of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, at St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral, Valletta. Sermon by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral

10th October 2016

“Which of these three do you think was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” (Lk 10:36)…

12/10/2016

Pope Francis said Jesus asks us to perform good deeds with humility and reject a “cosmetics” (maquillage) religion that is merely concerned with its outward appearance and pretending to be what it’s not. The Pope was speaking at his morning Mass on Tuesday celebrated in the Santa Marta residence.

The inspiration for the Pope’s homily was taken from the day’s readings of St Paul’s letter to the Galatians and the Gospel account of where Jesus rebukes a Pharisee for being totally concentrated on the outward appearance of cleanliness rather than on the inner substance of his faith.

Pope Francis noted that Jesus’s answer to that same Pharisee who criticized him for not observing the prescribed washing before the meal was unequivocal…

11/10/2016

Nhar is-Sibt l-1 ta’ Ottubru 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna, f’Ċelebrazzjoni tal-Quddiesa, bierek kurċifiss ġdid fil-Presbiterju tal-Knisja Parrokjali tal-Immakulata Kunċizzjoni, il-Ħamrun. Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
Knisja Parrokkjali tal-Kunċizzjon, il-Ħamrun

1 ta’ Ottubru 2016

“Mulej, kemm se ndum nokrob għall-għajnuna u int ma tismax?” (Ħab 1, 2).

Fil-bidu ta’ Settembru kelli l-opportunità mmur Londra biex niċċelebra l-festa nazzjonali mal-Maltin t’hemmhekk, u żort ukoll lill-morda li jmorru għat-terapija, f’diversi sptarijiet ta’ Londra u anke Sutton fejn Puttinu Cares kif tafu, għandhom diversi appartamenti…

11/10/2016

Pope Francis on Monday greeted members of the General Assembly of the Pallottine Fathers and Brothers. Pope Francis spoke of the charism of St. Vincent Pallotti, who founded the order in Rome in 1835, saying he was “blessed to recognize that Jesus is the Apostle of the Father – rich in mercy and full of mercy – [Christ] is the one who fulfills his mission by revealing to everyone the tender love and the infinite mercy of the Father.” “Contemplating the life of Jesus and looking at our life as pilgrims in this world with its many challenges, we feel the necessity of a profound conversion and the urgency of reviving faith in Him,” – Pope Francis said – “This is the only way we can serve our neighbor in charity! …