News from the Church in Malta
Which famous men do you admire the most?
Clint Eastwood.
Matthew Bellamy. He is a singer, guitarist and composer of Muse.
And women?
Reese Witherspoon because she plays roles that inspire women very much, especially young women.
This study was conducted by the British research society YouGov…
First Reading: Gen 18, 1-10a
Psalm: 14 (15), 2-3ab. 3cd-4ab. 5
Second Reading: Col 1, 24-28
Gospel: Lk 10, 38-42
Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak…
First Reading: Exodus 12, 37-42
Psalm: 135 (136), 1 & 23-24. 10-12.13-15
Gospel: Mt 12, 14-2
The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. When Jesus realised this, he withdrew from that place. Many people followed him, and he cured them all, but he warned them not to make him known…
It wasn’t until 1588 that the Vatican’s Congregation for Saints’ Causes was officially created to help regulate this title and be more selective regarding the process of formal canonization…
First Reading: Exodus 11, 10 – 12, 14
Psalm: 115 (116), 12-13.15-16bc.17-18
Gospel: Mt 12, 1-8
Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.”
He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry, how he went into the house of God and ate the bread of offering, which neither he nor his companions but only the priests could lawfully eat? …
Pope Francis on Thursday appointed a new Director of the Holy See Press Office. British-born Matteo Bruni is the new spokesperson of the Holy See, with effect from 22 July.
Born on 23 November 1976 in Winchester, Bruni graduated in modern and contemporary foreign languages and literature from Rome’s La Sapienza University. He has been working since July 2009 at the Holy See Press Office, where he has been overseeing the accreditation of journalists and operational communications as coordinator of the Accreditation Section…
Fi tmiem is-sena akkademika 2018-2019, għadd ta’ studenti, alumni u staff tal-Fakultà tat-Teologija ngħaqdu għal ċelebrazzjoni ta’ għeluq is-sena akkademika fil-kappella tal-Università. Matul l-attività l-istaff u l-istudenti rringrazzjaw ukoll lil Dun René Camilleri fi tmiem is-servizz tiegħu bħala Senior Lecturer fil-Fakultà. Dun René beda jgħallem fil-Fakultà tat-Teologija fl-1984.
Waqt il-Quddiesa, Dun René qasam riflessjoni fuq is-silta mill-Evanġelju tal-gurnata (Mt 8, 23-27)…
First Reading: Exodus 3, 13-20
Psalm: 104 (105) 1 & 5. 8-9.24-25.26-27
Gospel: Mt 11, 28-30
Jesus said to the crowds: “Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves…
The Catholic bishops of the Philippines have released a major pastoral letter on “climate emergency”, urging their communities to ecological conversion, listen to the cry of the Earth and the poor and act together to mitigate the ill effects of climate change.
Signed by Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), the pastoral letter, entitled “An urgent call for ecological conversion, hope in the face of climate emergency”, was released on Tuesday.
The 9-page document is divided into eight sections, with the first half offering a reflection on the state of the environment, followed by concrete ecological actions…
Is-Santwarju Bażilika tal-Madonna tal-Karmnu, il-Belt Valletta
16 ta’ Lulju 2019
“U hekk m’intix iżjed ilsir, iżda iben; u jekk iben, werriet ukoll bil-grazzja ta’ Alla” (Gal 4:7). Dan il-kliem mill-Appostlu Missierna San Pawl lill-Galatin irid jagħmlilna ħafna kuraġġ f’din il-festa għażiża tal-Madonna tal-Karmnu.
Fl-Evanġelju li għadna kemm smajna, qabel imut fuq is-salib Ġesù jafda lil ommu mhux lill-qrabatha imma lil Ġwanni…
