Monthly Archives: September 2017

“Help this community encounter the Voice of the Beloved” – The Archbishop to the new parish priest of Ibrag

Mass on the installation of Fr Blake Cmailleri as the new parish priest of Mary Immaculate, Mother of the Church Parish in Ibraġ

  • Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
  • Knisja tal-Immakulata Kunċizzjoni, l-Ibraġ

    23 ta’ Settembru 2017

    “Imbierek Alla u Missier Sidna Ġesù Kristu li mliena b’kull xorta ta’ barka spiritwali fis-smewwiet fi Kristu” (Efes 1, 3). L-awgurju tiegħi lilek, għażiż Fr Blake Camilleri, għażiż kappillan, hija li meta jiltaqgħu miegħek in-nies ta’ din il-parroċċa għażiża, kull meta tħabbat il-bieb ta’ darhom jew inkella ċċempel f’xi kanċell bil-kelb jinbaħ, huma jgħidu, “Il-Mulej imliena bil-barka”…

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Respect for life in all its aspects – Church Environment Commission

Position Paper by the Chuch Environment Commission on the occasion of the Season of Creation

  • On the occasion of the Season of Creation, the Church Environment Commission (KA) wishes to share some thoughts inspired by Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si’, on the value of Life and the need to respect it in all its aspects. This in a time when many end up accepting fallacies and misconceptions presented in the media, which are nothing but a distortion of reality…

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A logo for (Re)thinking Europe

  • With (Re)thinking Europe approaching, COMECE launched the official logo of the event and a web page gathering all the useful information on the event that will take place in the Vatican City from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 October, marking the 60th anniversary of the signature of the Treaty of Rome.

    The idea of organizing (Re)thinking Europe in the shape of an open forum of dialogue was in COMECE’s agenda since two years, and it is with great enthusiasm that the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community welcomes the Holy See’s collaboration and the direct participation of Pope Francis…

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Card. Bagnasco: Europe is a spiritual and ethical work

CCEE Plenary Assembly in Minsk, Belarus

  • “It is our duty to remind everyone that Europe is not a purely geographic complex, nor just a group of peoples, but it is a spiritual and ethical work; it is not an organogram, but a living body, a community of life and destiny. The European image of person is determined in the most profound manner by Christianity.” It is with this thought that Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa and President of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE), opened the works of CCEE Plenary Assembly, the ecclesial body which gathers the Presidents of all Bishops’ Conferences of the Continent…

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Goodbye Christopher Robin

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    Atturi:              Margot Robbie, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Triston, Kelly Macdonald, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Stephen Cambell Moore u Alex Lawther

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Liturgical Celebrations to be led by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna during October 2017

  • Il‑Ġimgħa 13 ta’ Ottubru 2017, fis‑6:00 p.m., f’għeluq iċ-ċentinarju mid‑dehriet ta’ Fatima, l‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jmexxi pellegrinaġġ mill‑Knisja Parrokkjali tal‑Kunċizzjoni, il‑Ħamrun, sal‑Knisja Parrokkjali tal‑Madonna ta’ Fatima, Gwardamanġa. Wara, Monsinjur Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa.

    Il‑Ħadd 15 ta’ Ottubru, fil‑5:00 p.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof jamministra s‑Sagrament tal‑Griżma tal‑Isqof lill‑adolexxenti fil‑Parroċċa tal‑Gudja.

    Is‑Sibt 21 ta’ Ottubru, fl‑4:30 p.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof jamministra s‑Sagrament tal‑Griżma tal‑Isqof lill‑adolexxenti fil‑Parroċċa ta’ Marsaskala…

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Luther and the Church: What went wrong?

  • 500 years have passed since Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. Although there is no proof of the historicity of this, it was an event that changed the history of Christianity and the life of the Catholic Church.

    While the Luther Church is celebrating this anniversary of the Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church is in the birth pangs of the aggiornamento ushered by the Second Vatican Council mor than 50 years ago…

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The Apostolic Nuncio meets refugees in Malta

  • In-Nunzju Appostoliku l-ġdid għal Malta, Monsinjur Alessandro D’Errico, żar il-Kummissjoni Emigranti u kellu l-opportunità jsir jaf aktar mill-qrib il-ħidma li din il-Kummissjoni ilha tagħmel mill-1958, f’isem tal-Knisja f’Malta, l-ewwel mal-emigranti Maltin u l-familja tagħhom u, maż-żmien, mar-refuġjati u l-migranti li bdew jaslu Malta jfittxu ħarsien internazzjonali.

     

    Mons. D’Errico ntlaqa’ f’Dar l-Emigrant, il-Belt Valletta, minn Mons…

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Closing of the 2017 Season of Creation

  • Malta’s observance of the 2017 Christian Season of Creation (1st September to 4th October), will close with the celebration of Mass by Bishop Mario Grech, at the Conventual Franciscan Church, Valletta, on Sunday 1st October, at 10:30 a.m. The Bishop will also bless projects on environmental issues created by students attending SkolaSajf.

    The events marking the Season of Creation, organised jointly by the Church Environment Commission (KA) and Nature Trust Malta (NTM), will come to an end on Wednesday 4th October, with a public meeting entitiled ‘Laudato Sì: Interfaith and Secular Perspectives on Care for Creation’, held at the Millennium Chapel, St Julian’s, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m…

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The Archbishop in Minsk for the meeting of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe

  • L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna llum ħalla Malta għal Minsk, il‑Belarussja, biex jieħu sehem fl‑assemblea plenarja tal‑Kunsill tal‑Konferenzi Episkopali Ewropej (CCEE). Għal din il‑laqgħa se jattendu l‑isqfijiet minn 45 pajjiż fil‑kontinent Ewropew. It‑temi ewlenin ta’ din l‑assemblea huma ż‑żgħażagħ u l‑Ewropa.

    F’Minsk, l‑isqfijiet ser jiddiskutu l‑aspettattivi, il‑bżonnijiet, ix‑xewqat, il‑biżgħat u r‑relazzjonijiet taż‑żgħażagħ fid‑dinja tal‑lum, kif ukoll l‑isfidi tal‑Knisja biex twassal il‑messaġġ pastorali tagħha liż‑żgħażagħ…

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