News from the Church in Malta
Pope Francis prayed the Angelus on Sunday with thousands of pilgrims huddled under umbrellas in a rainy St. Peter’s Square. He even complemented their courage. “You’re brave to have come with this rain!” he said.
In his address ahead of the Angelus prayer, the Holy Father reflected on the day’s Gospel passage (Jn 18:33b-37) and the Solemnity of Christ the King…
Illum, il-Ħadd 25 ta’ Novembru 2018, ser tiġi ċċelebrata l‑festa liturġika ta’ Kristu Re b’ċelebrazzjoni djoċesana li tibda fil-5pm b’mixja ta’ minn quddiem l-istatwa ta’ Kristu Re fil-Furjana sal-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt, fejn titkanta t-Talba tal-Għasar. Waqt l-Għasar, Mons. Arċisqof ser jagħmel riflessjoni u jagħti l-Barka Sagramentali.
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First Reading: Dan 7, 13-14
Psalm: 92 (93) 1ab.1c-2.5
Second Reading: Rev 1, 5-8
Gospel: John 18, 33b-37
Pilate said to Jesus, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Do you say this on your own or have others told you about me?” Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? …
The annual concert by the band of the Armed Forces of Malta in aid of Id-Dar tal-Providenza on the occasion of the Week for Persons with Disability, is taking place at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mdina on Friday, 7th December 2018, at 8pm. The vocal and instrumental concert, courtesy of the Metropolitan Chapter, will be under the distinguished patronage of the President of Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca and H.G…
A 4.5 tonne Christmas tree was put up in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday morning. The 23metre high tree travelled from the northern Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, more specifically, from Pordenone.
The Christmas tree, along with a life-sized nativity scene (which this year is being sculpted from sand) has been a tradition since 1982 when John Paul II was Pope…
L-Assemblea Djoċesana 2018 kompliet ilbieraħ, il-Ġimgħa, 23 ta’ Novembru, fejn ġew diskussi tliet dokumenti tas-Sinodu Djoċesan li ntemm fl-2003 u żewġ dokumenti oħra li saru wara s-Sinodu. Dawn huma: Viżjoni ta’ Knisja Komunjoni, Xandir tal-Kelma, Liturġija u Sagrament, Lejn Knisja Dejjem Aktar Inklużiva u Il-Wiċċ Diġitali tal-Mulej.
Dawn il-jumejn ta’ evalwazzjoni u diskussjoni huma l-bidu ta’ proċess li għandu jwassal biex id-dokumenti tas-Sinodu jiġu aġġornati b’mod li jirriflettu r-realtajiet soċjali preżenti filwaqt li joffru proposti u inizjattivi ġodda ta’ kif il-Knisja twieġeb għalihom…
First Reading: Rev 11, 4-12
Psalm: 143 (144), 1.2.9-10
Gospel: Luke 20, 27-40
Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If someone’s brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’ Now there were seven brothers; the first married a woman but died childless. Then the second and the third married her, and likewise all the seven died childless. Finally the woman also died. Now at the resurrection whose wife will that woman be? …
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In a decision highlighting the great importance he gives to next February’s summit meeting on “the protection of minors in the church,” to which he has called the presidents of all the Catholic bishops conferences, Pope Francis has appointed a high-powered steering committee to oversee the project…
The Holy See’s Press Office released a statement on Friday in which it announced that Pope Francis has named several people to an organising committee to prepare for a meeting to take place in the Vatican from the 21-24 February 2019. This meeting will take up the subject of the protection of minors in the Church and will be attended by the Presidents of the Episcopal Conferences. Full statement of the text follows…
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Lejlet id-D-Day, skwadra ta’ paratruppi tintbagħat fi Franża biex teqred torri mgħammar b’radju transmiter Ġermaniż fuq kampnar ta’ knisja qadima f’raħal ċkejken…
