Monthly Archives: May 2017

Shouldering our responsibility

Pastoral Letter for the 2017 General Election

13/05/2017

  • The General Election is an important event in the life of Maltese society. We will be choosing whom to trust with the leadership of our country for the coming years.

    This great responsibility demands from us sound preparation so that we will be able to make an informed decision.

    This responsibility also demands that we vote according to our conscience, which means that in front of God we recognize what is right and true, and therefore choose what is truly beneficial for the common good and for a just society…

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Pope Francis in Fatima: 600,000 candles light up a night for peace and conversion

13/05/2017

  • Pope Francis led hundreds of thousands of pilgrim faithful in the recitation of the Holy Rosary on Friday evening in Fatima, Portugal, where the Holy Father is on pilgrimage to mark the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin to three shepherd children there.

    After the Rosary, the Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, celebrated Mass for the faithful…

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The Archbishop appoints two parish priests for Kalkara and Paola (Ta’ Lourdes)

13/05/2017
  • Kappillan ġdid għall-Parroċċa tal-Kalkara

    • L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Brian Gianlanzè bħala kappillan tal‑Parroċċa ta’ San Ġużepp, il‑Kalkara.

      Dun Brian Gianlanzè twieled fit‑30 ta’ Jannar 1974. Huwa rċieva l‑edukazzjoni tiegħu fl‑iskola primarja ta’ Birżebbuġa, l‑edukazzjoni sekondarja fil‑Liceo Vassalli, Tal‑Ħandaq, u kompla jistudja fil‑Pre‑Vocational School Health Care u fl‑Istitut għall‑Kura tas‑Saħħa. Kompla bl‑edukazzjoni terzjarja fil‑Fakultà tat‑Teoloġija (Filosofija u Teoloġija) fl‑Università ta’ Malta, fejn studja wkoll it‑Teoloġija Pastorali…

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Live: Choice of School Ballot of Kindergarten 1 applicants – 2017 Entry

12/05/2017

  • Live streaming tal-Polza tal-Għażla tal-applikanti għall-Kindergarten 1 Subien nhar is-Sibt, 13 ta’ Mejju 2017, fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof ir-Rabat. Il-Polza tal-Għażla Subien tibda fid-9.00 a.m.

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  • Live streaming tal-Polza tal-Għażla tal-applikanti għall-Kindergarten 1 Bniet nhar is-Sibt, 13 ta’ Mejju 2017, fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof ir-Rabat. Il-Polza tal-Għażla Bniet tibda fil-11.15 a.m.

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Vatican demands complete ban on nuclear weapons

12/05/2017

  • A top Vatican diplomat has reiterated the Catholic Church’s backing for a “complete ban” on nuclear weapons, and criticise protracted negotiations to prevent their international spread. 

    “Nuclear weapons provide a false sense of security, as do efforts to secure a negative peace through a balance of power,” said Archbishop Janusz Urbanczyk, the Holy See’s representative to the 57-country Organisation of Security and Co-operation in Europe…

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Twenty proposals to political parties for the 2017 general election

11/05/2017

  • The Church Environment Commission (KA) appeals to political parties so that during this
    pre-election time, they do not make unsustainable promises which later on will turn out to be detrimental to all especially to the most vulnerable. The KA appeals to the parties to promise that in the environmental sector they will commit themselves so that, with facts and with laws and policies that contain no loopholes which give rise to abuse, to protect the natural environment, the Outside Development Zones, the historical built heritage and buildings that have architectural value…

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Pope sends video-message ahead of Fatima pilgrimage

11/05/2017
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  • Pope Francis has sent a message of greeting to the people of Portugal as he prepares to travel to Fatima on the 100th anniversary of the first apparition of Mary to three shepherd children on May 13th 1917.

    In a video-message released just two days before his journey the Pope said that “Just hours from my pilgrimage to Our Lady of Fatima, I find myself in a state of joyful expectation for our upcoming encounter at the house of the Mother”…

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The Archbishop to youth leaders: What’s better than helping others without a lot of fuss?

The Archbishop celebrating mass with the participants of the 'Plexus' conference

11/05/2017
  • Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

  • Konferenza ‘Plexus’, Sant’Agata, ir-Rabat

    7 ta’ Mejju 2017

    Ġesù għalfejn? Ġesù għandna bżonnu?  Nissuġġerilkom li dak il-ħin tiftakru fl-aħħar vers tal-Evanġelju li għandna kemm smajna u li faċli wkoll tiftakar il-quote tiegħu għax huwa Ġwanni 10, 10: “Jiena ġejt biex ikollkom il-ħajja, u l-ħajja bil-kotra” (Ġw 10, 10), life to the full…

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Bishops among first signatories to pledge to end death penalty

10/05/2017

  • Bishops attending a meeting were among the first to sign the National Catholic Pledge to End the Death Penalty at the U.S. bishops’ headquarters building May 9.

    Each person taking the pledge promises to educate, advocate and pray for an end to capital punishment.

    “All Christians and people of goodwill are thus called today to fight not only for the abolition of the death penalty, whether legal or illegal, and in all its forms, but also in order to improve prison conditions, with respect for the human dignity of the people deprived of their freedom,” Pope Francis has said…

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Pope Audience: Look to Mary, Mother of Hope

10/05/2017

  • Pope Francis during his Wednesday General Audience continued his catechesis on Christian hope, highlighting Mary the Mother of Hope.

    On the eve of his Apostolic visit to Fatima, Pope Francis on Wednesday, described Mary as the Mother of Hope adding that she was a woman of courage, perseverance and obedience.

    Speaking to the thousands of pilgrims and tourists in St Peter’s Square, the Pope said that,  “Our Lady’s experience of motherhood models that of so many mothers in our world.” Mothers who have had to confront the suffering of their children…

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