Yearly Archives: 2016

Pope Francis says praying for our enemies can heal our hearts

15/06/2016
  • Praying for our enemies can heal our hearts: that was Pope Francis’ message at Mass in the Casa Santa Marta chapel on Tuesday morning. Recalling his own childhood in Argentina, when people prayed that dictators would go to hell, the Pope recalled how Jesus himself tells us to love our enemies and to pray for those who persecute us. Reflecting on the Gospel reading from St Matthew where Jesus tells his disciples to love their enemies, Pope Francis noted that this instruction was in contrast to what the Doctors of the Law taught in those days: “You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy”…

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‘Minn Viżjoni għar-Realtà’

A book containing speeches which includes the In-Service Course for Priests in 2015

14/06/2016
  • Ir-Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Agius u Rev. Dr John Berry għadhom kif ippubblikaw il-ktieb “Minn Viżjoni għar-Realtà: Mixja Flimkien b’Ferħ u Impenn”.   Il-ktieb jinkludi taħditiet dwar il-ħtieġa li l-Knisja lokali tevalwa s-sinjali ta’ żminijietna bl-għan li tkompli taġġorna l-viżjoni u l-għażliet pastorali għas-snin li ġejjin.   Dan jinkludi:
    1. It-tibdiliet kulturali, politiċi, u soċjo-ekonomiċi f’Malta llum;
    2. Il-viżjoni u d-direzzjoni tal-Knisja;
    3. L-evangeliżżazzjoni: Mixja lejn fidi matura, u
    4. Il-Knisja bħala qaddejja u għassiesa tal-ġustizzja…

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The first signal of mercy: Cana

An address by Pope Francis at the General Audience on 8th June 2016

14/06/2016
  • Dear Brothers and Sisters, good morning! Before beginning the catechesis, I would like to greet a group of couples, celebrating their 50th wedding anniversaries. This, truly, is “the good wine” of the family! Yours is a testimony that the newlyweds – who I will greet later – and young people must learn. It is a beautiful testimony. Thank you for your testimony…

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“Let us not make our festive band marches occasions in which to indulge in bad habits” – The Archbishop

The Archbishop celebrates Mass on the feast of St Philip, Ħaż-Żebbuġ

13/06/2016
  • Il-Ħadd 12 ta’ Ġunju 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa Pontifikali u  niseġ il‑Paniġierku fil‑festa ta’ San Filippu ta’ Aġġira, fil‑Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Ħaż-Żebbuġ. Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna 
  • Knisja Parrokkjali Ħaż-Żebbuġ 12 ta’ Ġunju 2016 Illum qegħdin hawn biex nagħmlu festa solenni lil dan l-qaddis straordinarju u kbir fil-fedeltà tiegħu…

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A Strategy of Mercy

13/06/2016

  • The weather has changed and in the media we are constantly hearing about human tragedies which occur in the Mediterranean.  Every week we hear about the large number of people who lose their lives in our surrounding seas.  Pope Francis stated that we should pay due attention to this problem and not remain indifferent towards the thousands of people who are fleeing their homeland because of very harsh conditions…

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“Queen Elizabeth II has lived out her vocation as a loving and caring sovereign servant to her nation” – The Archbishop

The Archbishop delivers a homily during a Thanksgiving Mass at St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Valletta

13/06/2016
  • On Sunday 12th June 2016, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna attended a Mass of Thanksgiving and delivered a homily on the occasion of Her Majesty’s Queen Elizabeth II 90th birthday. The Mass was held at the Pro-Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Paul, in Valletta. Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna 
  • “The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will…

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Pope Francis decries Orlando massacre and prays for victims

13/06/2016
  • Pope Francis is shaken and saddened by the ‘homicidal folly and senseless hatred’ that has left at least 50 people dead in an attack on a nightclub in Orlando, Florida.  A statement released  by the Holy See Press Office Director, Father Federico Lombardi SJ, on the Orlando massacre which has been described as the worst mass shooting in American history.   “The terrible massacre that has taken place in Orlando, with its dreadfully high number of innocent victims, has caused in Pope Francis, and in all of us, the deepest feelings of horror and condemnation, of pain and turmoil before this new manifestation of homicidal folly and senseless hatred…

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“Let us not make our festive band marches occasions in which to indulge in bad habits” – The Archbishop

The Archbishop celebrates Mass on the feast of St Philip, Ħaż-Żebbuġ

12/06/2016
  • Il-Ħadd 12 ta’ Ġunju 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa Pontifikali u niseġ il‑Paniġierku fil‑festa ta’ San Filippu ta’ Aġġira, fil‑Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Ħaż-Żebbuġ. Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
  • Knisja Parrokkjali Ħaż-Żebbuġ 12 ta’ Ġunju 2016 Illum qegħdin hawn biex nagħmlu festa solenni lil dan l-qaddis straordinarju u kbir fil-fedeltà tiegħu…

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“Queen Elizabeth II has lived out her vocation as a loving and caring sovereign servant to her nation” – The Archbishop

The Archbishop delivers a homily during a Thanksgiving Mass at St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Valletta

12/06/2016
  • On Sunday 12th June 2016, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna attended a Mass of Thanksgiving and delivered a homily on the occasion of Her Majesty’s Queen Elizabeth II 90th birthday. The Mass was held at the Pro-Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Paul, in Valletta. Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna  “The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will…

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Pope Francis at Mass: the lesson of Elijah

11/06/2016
  • Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Friday morning. In remarks to the faithful following the Readings of the Day, the Holy Father focused on three attitudes that are characteristic of the Christian: “standing” before God in “silence” to hear His voice and readiness to “go out” into the world to proclaim what one has heard to others. The Pope also warned against the danger of paralyzing fear in Christian life, no matter where one is in one’s journey with God and regardless of one’s state of life in the Church: Standing upright and walking To explore this issue, and how to escape the tunnel of fear, the Pope focused on the the prophet Elijah, from whose book the First Reading of the Day was taken…

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