May 2018 Archives

The Archbishop’s homily to the new Parish Priest of Marija Reġina Parish, Marsa

15/05/2018

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
Knisja Parrokkjali Marija Reġina, il-Marsa
1 ta’ Mejju 2018

“Ara, ommok u ħutek qegħdin barra jfittxu li jkellmuk” (Mt 12:47). Nimmaġinaw il-preokupazzjoni tal-omm li tara ’l binha fiex jinsab, kien ilu ftit li telaq minn Nazaret u marret tiltaqa’ miegħu mal-qraba; l-Evanġelju jsejħilhom bl-użanza semitika ta’ dak iż-żmien, ‘ħutu’: “Ommok u ħutek qegħdin barra jfittxu li jkellmuk”…

15/05/2018

In Iran, conversion to Christianity can be a crime meriting a sentence of more than 10 years imprisonment. Catholic churches within the country are closely monitored with surveillance cameras to ensure that Muslims do not enter, and religious schools are limited in what they can teach, an Iranian-born journalist, Sohrab Ahmari, explained to CNA.

Ahmari is currently writing a spiritual memoir about his own journey to the Catholic faith for Ignatius Press…

15/05/2018

The Justice and Peace Commission of the Maltese Dominican Province, through the seminar The Problem of Poverty, desires to give its contribution to create more awareness regarding the complex problem of poverty. Pope Francis in his late Apostolic Exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate, insists that we Christians, “cannot uphold an ideal of holiness that would ignore injustice in a world where some revel, spend with abandon and live only for the latest consumer goods, even as others look on from afar, living their entire lives in abject poverty.” (GE par.101)

There are various reasons which lead some people to live in poverty and it’s not right to generalise…

15/05/2018

Over 5,500 children from 24 schools throughout the Maltese islands have been taking part in a fundraising campaign to help some of the most deprived children in Syria get an education. A total of 24 schools – 8 schools from Gozo, 9 church schools, 5 state schools and 5 private schools in Malta –participated in this initiative organised by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Malta…

15/05/2018

Tuesday of the Seventh week of Easter

Saint John 17:1-11a

Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave him authority over all people, so that he may give eternal life to all you gave him. Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ…

14/05/2018

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
Knisja Parrokkjali, Ħad-Dingli
1 ta’ Mejju 2018

Li qrajna llum fit-Tieni Qari hija l-eżortazzjoni tal-Appostli Missierna San Pawl: Kulma tagħmlu, agħmluh minn qalbkom bħallikieku lill-Mulej u mhux lill-bnedmin; għax tafu li għad tieħdu l-ħlas li ħejja b’wirt għalikom il-Mulej. Aqdu lil Kristu Sidna ” (Kol 3, 23-24)…

14/05/2018

Pope Francis meeting Chilean bishops in Santiago, Chile on January 16, 2018.
The Holy See’s Press Office released a statement saying Pope Francis is meeting the bishops of Chile, May 15-17, to examine in depth the causes and consequences, as well as the mechanisms that have led in some cases to the concealment and serious omissionsagainst the victims of sexual abuse in Chile…

14/05/2018

F’għeluq il-31 anniversarju mill-mewt ta’ Mons. Mikiel Azzopardi, fil-kappella tad-Dar tal-Providenza saret Quddiesa mmexxija mill-Vigarju Ġenerali, Mons. Joe Galea Curmi, u li għaliha attendew ukoll ta’ membri tal-Azzjoni Kattolika Maltija (AKM), residenti u ħbieb tad-Dar. Flimkien ma’ Mons. Galea Curmi, ikkonċelebraw Dun Rueben Gauci, Assistent Ekkleżjastiku taż-ŻAK u Dun Martin Micallef, Direttur tad-Dar tal-Providenza.

Dun Mikiel Azzopardi twieled fil-Belt Valletta fl-10 ta’ Frar 1910 u miet fit-13 ta’ Mejju 1987…

14/05/2018

13/05/2018

Pope Francis’ Prayer to promote truth on the occasion of the 52nd World Communications Day.

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