Yearly Archives: 2017

“Justice cannot be bought” – The Vicar General on the opening of the Forensic Year

Mass on the occasion of the opening of the 2017 Forensic Year

  • Omelija tal-Vigarju Ġenerali Mons. Joe Galea Curmi
  •  Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta

    2 ta’ Ottubru 2017

    Il-Kelma ta’ Alla li smajna f’din il-quddiesa tagħtina dawl sabiħ għal ħajjitna. Nixtieq insemmi tliet punti marbuta mal-qari li smajna, u nagħmel tliet talbiet.

    “Kien hemm f’belt wieħed imħallef, li la kien jibża’ minn Alla u lanqas iħabbel rasu minn ħadd … ” (Mill-Evanġelju ta’ San Luqa)

    Il-parabbola ta’ Ġesù ssemmi żewġ karatteristiċi li kienu eżatt il-kontra ta’ li wieħed kien jistenna minn Imħallef: li jqim lil Alla (dik hi t-tifsira ta’ li tibża’ minn Alla) u li jagħti każ in-nies…

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“True progress must give heed to the cry of the earth as well as to the cry of the poor” – Bishop Mario Grech

Mass on the occasion of the closing of the Season of Creation

  • Omelija tal-Isqof Mario Grech
  • Knisja ta’ San Franġisk ta’ Assisi, il-Belt Valletta

    1 ta’ Ottubru 2017

    Għalkemm il-qawl jgħid li d-drawwa li titrawwam fina, il-kefen biss ineħħiha, fil-Vanġelu llum Ġesù jirrakkontalna storja biex jikkonvinċina li l-bniedem kapaċi jinbidel, kapaċi jibdel il-fehma u l-konvinzjonijiet tiegħu, kapaċi jibdel l-atteġġjamenti tiegħu anki jekk ikun ilu żmien twil bihom tant li l-qarn ikun dar! …

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Access to a decent and affordable accomodation is a basic right

Statement by the Church Commission for Justice and Peace on the occasion of World Habitat Day

  • On World Habitat Day, the Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Malta, expresses grave concern at the predicament of the ever-increasing number of individuals and families in Malta, who are unable to access decent and affordable housing.

    The rapid increase in rent prices over the past two years has led to increased homelessness, poverty and insecurity among the most vulnerable members of our community, especially those with limited support from family and social networks…

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The Archbishop’s homily in Minsk, Belarus

The Sunday homily in a parish church in Minsk, concluding the CCEE Plenary Assembly.

  • Minsk, Bielorussia

    1 d’Ottobre 2017

    La domanda che il Signore Gesù rivolge ai suoi contemporanei è rivolta anche a noi, in questa domenica del tempo ordinario: “Chi dei due fratelli ha compiuto la volontà del padre?” I suoi contemporanei, gli Scribi e i Farisei, hanno risposto ‘il primo’, cioè quello che di fatto è andato a lavorare nella vigna del padre…

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New parish priest for Swatar Parish

    • L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Robert Grech bħala kappillan tal‑Parroċċa ta’ San Ġorġ Preca, is‑Swatar.

      Dun Robert Grech twieled San Ġiljan fl‑4 ta’ Lulju 1977, u rċieva l‑ewwel edukazzjoni tiegħu fl‑iskola statali ta’ San Ġwann. Studja l‑Filosofija fis‑Seminarju Pawlu VI ta’ Brescia, it‑Teoloġija fl-Università Pontifiċja Teresianum f’Ruma, u t‑Teoloġija Pastorali fl‑Università ta’ Malta. Huwa ġie ordnat saċerdot fl‑20 ta’ Ġunju 2003…

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“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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    Direttur:          Simon Curtis

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

    Ħin tal-Film:   107 min

    Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd

    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA:                 PG

    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA:                      PG

    L-awtur famuż, A…

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