News from the Church in Malta
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Abdul Karim hu Indjan u Musulman…
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Mitch Rapp tilef il-ġenituri tiegħu f’inċident stradali meta kellu biss erbatax-il sena…
Pope Francis, on Friday 22nd September 2017, urged Churches in Europe to step up efforts to combat intolerance, discrimination and xenophobia against migrants and refugees.
The pope’s words came in a meeting with national migration directors under the auspices of the Council of European Bishops Conferences or CCEE. He said he was saddened to see that Catholic communities in Europe were also defensive and unwelcoming towards migrants, justifying their attitudes on grounds of conserving their cultural and religious identity…
Serqa oħra minn knisja, din id-darba dik ta’ Kristu Re f’Raħal Ġdid.
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Is-Sagrament u oġġetti sagri oħra tħallew fejn kienu…
Knisja Parrokkjali tal-Madonna ta’ Pompej, Marsaxlokk
16 ta’ Settembru 2017
Ħsieb qasir biex tibqgħu tiftakruh, għax intom grupp għażiż u membri ta’ din il-parroċċa, li qed tagħmlu l-Griżma f’okkażjoni speċjali. Nispera li tafu li qed niċċelebraw il-50 anniversarju minn meta din il-knisja, dan it-tempju, dan is-santwarju, ġie kkonsagrat lil Alla…
Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna and Bishop Mario Grech are appealing to Maltese Parliament not to introduce measures that diminish the dignity of children, like surrogacy and gamete donation, after approving the amendments to the Marriage Act and other Laws.
This appeal is being made for our society to continue to recognize that children are a gift and they always require the appropriate environment for their conception, birth and growth, which ought to be a serene one and with a great deal of love…
Pope Francis has reiterated his pledge to combat the evil of clerical sex abuse affirming that at all levels, the Church will continue to respond applying the firmest of measures to “all those who have betrayed their call and abused God’s children.
He was addressing members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors gathered for their Plenary Assembly.
The Commission is an institution that was established by the Pope to propose initiatives that ensure that crimes that have occurred are no longer repeated in the Church.
In prepared remarks and after having listened to the greetings of Commission President, Cardinal O’Malley and other members of the Commission, Pope Francis said “I wish to share with you the profound pain I feel in my soul for the situation of abused children, as I have had occasion to do recently several times”.
Painful experience for the Church
Describing the sex abuse scandal as a terrible evil for the whole of humanity, the Pope said it has also been a very painful experience for the Church: “We are ashamed of the abuses committed by holy ministers, who should be the most trustworthy”.
“Let me say quite clearly that sexual abuse is a horrible sin, completely opposite and in contradiction to what Christ and the Church teach us” he said.
Recalling the fact that he has had the privilege of listening to the stories that victims and survivors of abuses have wanted to share, Pope Francis observed that meetings such as these continue to nourish the personal commitment of all involved in the Commission to do everything possible to combat this evil and eliminate it.
The Church to respond at all levels with the firmest measures
“That is why, I reiterate today once again that the Church, at all levels, will respond with the application of the firmest measures against all those who have betrayed their call and abused the children of God” he said.
The Pope stressed that the disciplinary measures must apply to all those who work in the institutions of the Church, but he pointed out that “the primary responsibility lies with Bishops, priests and religious”: those who have received from the Lord the vocation to offer their lives to serving the Church and this includes “the vigilant protection of all vulnerable children, young people and adults”.
“For this reason, the Church irrevocably and at all levels seeks to apply the principle of “zero tolerance” against sexual abuse of minors” he said…
St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta
21st September 2017
In the thirteenth century, Saint Thomas Aquinas defined laws as the “ordering of reason to the common good” (ordinatio rationis ad bonum commune). This ordering of reason is the essence of justice, that cardinal virtue which in turn establishes relationships in society according to a criterion of fairness and equity…
The Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Naxxar will hold the premiere in Malta of the documentary “Leadership and Pope Francis”, this Saturday, 23rd September 2017. The director of the film, the journalist Antonio Olivié, will be present for a Q&A at the end of the screening. He is the CEO of Rome Reports TV, the broadcast that has produced a documentary that collects advice from personalities such as Andrea Bocelli and Garry Kasparov, among others, about their style of leadership, and the style of Pope Francis at the head of the Catholic Church…
Thursday 21st September 2017, on the occasion of Independence Day, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrates a Pontificial Mass at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta.
Mass starts at 10:00 a.m.
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