Yearly Archives: 2017

Message by Pope Francis to the particpants of the Our Ocean Conference

The international conference 'Our Ocean' is being held in Malta on the 5th - 6th October 2017.

06/10/2017

  • The Vatican,

    27 September 2017

    Ladies and Gentlemen,

    Dear Friends,

    I am pleased to convey the cordial greetings of His Holiness Pope Francis to all assembled for this Fourth International Conference on Our Ocean, an Ocean for Life.

    Your Conference deals with complex and interrelated issues such as the health of the oceans, as well as the coordination and management of various activities above or under the seas…

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The Archbishop’s Palace open to visitors during Notte Bianca

05/10/2017

  • Il‑Palazz tal‑Arċisqof fil‑Belt Valletta nhar is‑Sibt li ġej ser jiftaħ il‑bibien tiegħu għall‑pubbliku, waqt is‑serata tan‑Notte Bianca.

    Għal din l‑okkażjoni, il‑viżitaturi jistgħu jżuru ċ‑ċisterni u l‑għerien ta’ taħt il‑Palazz, li fihom nixxiegħa ta’ ilma ġieri li ilu jgħaddej sa minn qabel ma nbniet il‑Belt Valletta.

    Il‑pubbliku ser ikun jista’ jgawdi wkoll il‑ġnien tal‑Palazz, ġnien mimli siġar taċ‑ċitru u b’funtana tas‑seklu sbatax…

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Speeches by the Apostolic Nuncio and the Vicar General on the closing of the Season of Creation

Laudato Si': Interfaith and Secular Perspectives on Care for Creation

05/10/2017

  • Malta’s observance of the 2017 Christian Season of Creation, ended on Wednesday, 4th October 2017, with a public meeting entitiled ‘Laudato Si’: Interfaith and Secular Perspectives on Care for Creation’, held at the Millennium Chapel, St Julian’s. The event was organised by the Church Environment Commission and Nature Trust Malta.

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    Speech by the Apostolic Nuncio, Mgr Alessandro D’Errico  

    • Distinguished guests,

      It is with a feeling of great joy that I have been able to participate in the proceedings of this Public Seminar, Laudato Si’: Interfaith and Secular Perspectives on Care for Creation, organized by the Environment Commission of the Church in Malta and Gozo and by Nature Trust Malta…

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Fake news. Pope Francis’ invitation to a journalism of peace

05/10/2017

  • “The truth will set you free” (Jn 8:32). Fake news and journalism for peace”: it is the theme chosen by Pope Francis for the 52nd World Day of Social Communications 2018. 

    The Pope’s invitation is certainly not meant to encourage falsely-good news. In fact, it intends to acknowledge that since “only the truth will set you free”, a first important step could be to recognize that the spread of baseless information escalates into a spiral fuelled by negative emotions (fear, contempt, anger…), triggered by the sensationalist depiction of tragedy and legitimatized or strengthened by a distorted use of the media…

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3 Catholic apps you might want to have on your phone

04/10/2017

  • Next time you walk into to a church, a chapel or a shrine, and get a glimpse of someone staring at the screen of a smartphone instead of, let’s say, that beautiful Madonna on the wall, do not jump to conclusions (you Pharisee!). Chances are that soul is not scrolling through Facebook, or endlessly playing with Snapchat filters, but praying the Liturgy of the Hours, the rosary, or reading the Scriptures…

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Diocesan celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima

04/10/2017

  • F’għeluq iċ‑ċentinarju mid‑dehriet tal‑Madonna ta’ Fatima ser jiġu organizzati diversi ċelebrazzjonijiet Djoċesani mifruxa fuq tliet ġranet.

    Nhar il‑Ġimgħa, 6 ta’ Ottubru, fis-6:00 p.m., tfal minn diversi parroċċi ser jieħdu sehem f’mixja qasira bl‑istatwa tal‑Madonna ta’ Fatima. Din ser tibda mid‑Dar tal‑Kleru fi Fleur-de-Lys sal‑Knisja ta’ Santa Tereża, Birkirkara. Wara, ser tiġi ċċelebrata Quddiesa mmexxija mill‑Arċisqof Emeritu Mons. Pawlu Cremona O.P…

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Church hosts conference on Child Dignity in Digital World

Malta is represented by the Church's Head of Safeguarding, Andrew Azzopardi.

04/10/2017

  • Child Dignity in the Digital World is the title of a world congress being held at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University this week. Among the key note speakers is the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the meeting ends with a papal audience on Friday.

    Ahead of the opening session, organisers held a press conference to highlight the urgency of this global challenge of protecting children from on-line abuse…

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The Church loves Europe and believes in its future – CCEE

Final declaration of the Plenary Assembly of the Council of the European Episcopal Conferences held in Minsk, Belarus.

03/10/2017

  • The Church loves Europe and believes in its future: Europe is not just a land, but a spiritual task.

    At the plenary meeting taking place in Minsk, Belarus, we have renewed our commitment to participate with enthusiasm to the progress of this Continent, which has great things to offer all of us in the logic of reciprocity.

    The task of our Council is to promote communion between the Pastors of various Nations and to find the paths for the voice of the Lord Jesus to return to the ears of European men and women in culture and society…

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Pope Francis prays for victims of Las Vegas shooting

02/10/2017

  • Pope Francis has expressed his “spiritual closeness” to victims of the deadly shooting in Las Vegas, which left more than fifty people dead, and hundreds more wounded.

    In the telegram addressed to the Bishop Joseph Anthony Pepe of Las Vegas, the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said Pope Francis was “deeply saddened” to learn of “this senseless tragedy.” The Holy Father, he said, “commends the He commends the efforts of the police and emergency service personnel, and offers the promise of his prayers for the injured and for all who have died, entrusting them to the merciful love of Almighty God.”

    The attack in Las Vegas is being described as the deadliest mass shooting in United States history…

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