Monthly Archives: April 2018

Loyalty, firm values and professionalism with the aim of contributing to the common good – The Archbishop on the occasion of Worker’s Day

A seminar organised by the Union of United Workers with the theme: Loyalty, Values and Professionalism.

30/04/2018
  • Messaġġ mill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

    L-Istitut Kattoliku, il-Furjana

    27 ta’ April 2018

  • Nixtieq naqsam magħkom ftit ħsibijiet ispirati minn dawn it-tliet punti tat-tema li ntagħżlet minnkom għal-lum: il-lealtà, il-valuri u l-professjonalità.

    Nibda billi nifirħilkom u nawguralkom fl-okkażjoni tal-1 ta’ Mejju. Hija festa bi tradizzjoni u bi storja partikolari ħafna li nbidlet maż-żmien imma li dejjem ippruvat tispira lill-ħaddiema fl-għaqda ta’ bejniethom, fil-protezzjoni reċiproka u fil-prinċipji tas-solidarjetà…

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The Gospel of the day: 30th April

30/04/2018

  • Monday of the Fifth week of Easter

    Saint John 14:21-26 

    Jesus said to his disciples: “Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.” 

    Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him, “Master, then what happened that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”

    Jesus answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; yet the word you hear is not mine but that of the Father who sent me. I have told you this while I am with you. The Advocate, the Holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name, he will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you.” 

    Saint of the day: Saint Pius V, Pope

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Kun afna, sir af il-poplu tiegħek u tħabrek biex twasslu lejn Ġesù – L-Arċisqof lill-Kappillan il-ġdid tal-Parroċċa San Sebastjan

Quddiesa tal-pussess ta' Dun Ewkarist Zammit bħala l-Kappillan il-ġdid tal-Parroċċa ta' San Sebastjan, Ħal Qormi

29/04/2018
  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

  • Knisja Parrokkjali San Sebastjan, Ħal Qormi
    14 ta’ April 2018

    “Intom ċħadtu l-Qaddis u l-Ġust, tlabtu l-ħelsien ta’ wieħed qattiel u qtiltu lill-Awtur tal-ħajja. Imma Alla qajmu mill-imwiet u ta’ dan aħna xhieda” (Atti 3, 14-15). L-appostlu Pietru jaffaċċja lill-poplu bid-dnub tiegħu. Ma jiddejjaqx jurih it-tradiment tiegħu imma jgħidlu ukoll l-Aħbar it-Tajba tar-risposta ta’ Alla għad-dnub tagħna: il-qawmien ta’ ibnu Ġesù mill-imwiet…

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Alfie’s Law? Charlie Gard’s parents announce new campaign to change protocol

29/04/2018
  • ‘We have something that is better for everybody’: Charlie Gard’s parents outside the Royal Courts of Justice last year

  • The controversy over Alfie Evans, a 23-month-old boy whose parents have been forbidden from taking him abroad for treatment, has provoked a debate over the law in such cases.

    Now the parents of the late Charlie Gard, who died aged eleven months after a similar legal dispute, have launched a campaign to change the law…

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Religious freedom declining worldwide, says US report

The report highlighted China and Pakistan as particularly concerning

29/04/2018
  • A blood-spattered poster of Jesus Christ is seen inside the the Coptic Christian Saints Church in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria. Photo: CNS

  • A US report has warned of declining religious freedom worldwide. The US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) published its annual report on April 25 and claimed worsening religious freedom across the globe…

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The Sunday Gospel: 29th April

29/04/2018

  • The Fifth Sunday of Easter

    Saint John 15:1-8 

    Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you. Remain in me, as I remain in you…

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Alfie Evans dies amid outpouring of prayer and support

28/04/2018

  • Ailing toddler Alfie Evans, whose plight has tugged at the world’s heartstrings throughout the past week, died in the early hours of Saturday morning after being removed from life support.

    In an April 28 Facebook post, Alfie’s father, Tom Evans, said: “My gladiator lay down his shield and gained his wings at 02:30…absolutely heartbroken. I love you my guy.”

    Just shy of two years old, Alfie had been in what physicians described as a “semi-vegetative state” due to a mysterious degenerative neurological condition that doctors at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, England have not been able to properly diagnose…

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The Gospel of the day: 28th April

28/04/2018

  • Saturday of the Fourth week of Easter

    Saint John 14:7-14 

    Jesus said to his disciples:  “If you know me, then you will also know my Father.  From now on you do know him and have seen him.”  Philip said to him, “Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

    Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip? …

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“We need to evangelise the young by making them conscious that they are part of a Catholic family” – The Archbishop

The Archbishop celebrates Mass with the participants of the Conférence Européenne of l'Enfance Missionnaire (Europe Holy Childhood Conference)

28/04/2018
  • Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

  • St Paul’s Cathedral, Mdina
    23rd April 2018

    It is very appropriate that we celebrate the votive mass of the conversion of the Apostle Paul in this cathedral dedicated to the same solemnity. We have a wonderful painting by Mattia Preti from the 17th century which tries to describe the moment on the way to Damascus which we heard Paul himself describing to the people towards the end of the book of The Acts of the Apostles…

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The Archbishop will remain available to meet the anonymous person interviewed by One News

27/04/2018

  • Wara intervista ma’ persuna anonima li xxandret fuq One News, u li skont kif ġie rrappurtat, dak li għaddiet minnu jmur kontra t-tagħlim tal-Knisja, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna xtaq jiltaqa’ ma’ din il-persuna iżda din irrifjutat.

    L-Arċisqof offra li jiltaqa’ ma’ din il-persuna biex jisma’ mingħandha l-esperjenza tagħha, u biex jekk jirriżulta li kien hemm nuqqas min-naħa tal-Knisja jagħmel apoloġija. Dan minkejja li skont l-editur ta’ One News il-każ seħħ tmien snin ilu meta Mons…

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