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Ruffini on Synod: Church pausing to profoundly listen to one other

06/10/2023

Paolo Ruffini (Photo Vatican News) Paolo Ruffini, President of the Commission for Information of the Synodal Assembly, holds a briefing for journalists to explain the methodology of the Working Groups (Circuli Minores), and foresees press conferences after each module with Synod participants.

The Synod’s 35 working groups, or ‘circuli minores,’ began their work on Thursday, explained Paolo Ruffini, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, who is serving as President of the Commission for Information, whose members will be elected on 9 October… Read more »

Laudate Deum: the Pope’s cry for a response to the climate crisis

06/10/2023

Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. We’re not reacting enough, he says, we’re close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.

“’Praise God’ is the title of this letter.  For when human beings claim to take God’s place, they become their own worst enemies.”

That’s how Pope Francis ends his new Apostolic Exhortation, published on the 4th October, the Feast of St Francis of Assisi… Read more »

Pope at opening of Synod: Let us walk with the Holy Spirit

Pope Francis presides Holy Mass in St Peter’s Square

04/10/2023   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Pope Francis invited the faithful to walk with the Holy Spirit, “in trust and with joy” as he presided over Mass in St Peter’s Square for the Opening of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.

The Solemn Mass for the Opening of the Synod of Bishops began with a modern version of the traditional Laudes Regiae hymn, invoking God’s protection and blessing on the Church, on Pope Francis and the Bishops and the flock entrusted to him, and on civil leaders and all women and men… Read more »

Bishops Paul Cremona and George Frendo celebrate 60 years of religious profession

04/10/2023

L-Arċisqof Emeritu Pawlu Cremona u l-Arċisqof Emeritu George Frendo, it-tnejn Dumnikani, iċċelebraw is-60 anniversarju mill-professjoni reliġjuża tagħhom.

Kien fl-1963 li Pawlu Cremona u George Frendo bdew il-mixja vokazzjonali tagħhom lejn is-saċerdozju bħala patrijiet Dumnikani.

Mons. Cremona, li huwa mwieled il-Belt, ipprofessa fl-Ordni ta’ San Duminku fl-età ta’ 17-il sena, filwaqt li Mons. Frendo, li huwa mwieled Ħal Qormi, ipprofessa fl-età ta’ 16-il sena… Read more »

Pope Francis responds to dubia submitted by five cardinals

04/10/2023

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has published Pope Francis’ answers to the questions of Cardinals Brandmüller, Burke, Sandoval Íñiguez, Sarah and Zen Ze-kiun  (VATICAN MEDIA Divisione Foto

Pope Francis has responded to five Dubia [questions; lit. “doubts”] that were sent to him last July by Cardinals Walter Brandmüller and Raymond Leo Burke supported by three other Cardinals, Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Robert Sarah, and Joseph Zen Ze-kiun… Read more »

Curia Open Day 2023: Discover the Church’s Heart

Archbishop's Curia Open Day 2023

03/10/2023

A unique audio-visual exhibition that explains the biblical episodes painted on the walls of this hall in the context of themes important to today’s society. Photo: Archdiocese of Malta – Ian Noel Pace

Next Sunday, on the 8th of October 2023, the public is invited to visit the Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana during the ‘Ġenna ta’ Ġonna’ event. The chosen theme for this year’s open day is ‘A Church that serves’, and visitors will have the opportunity to experience the Church’s work in the field of diaconia, which involves assisting members of our society who are in need… Read more »

New appointments: Pembroke parish priest, Junior College chaplain and the National Director of Altar Boys

01/10/2023

Dun Aayrton Muscat Kappillan ġdid għall-parroċċa ta’ Pembroke

L-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna qed jafda il-ħidma pastorali tal-parroċċa ta’ Kristu Rxoxt f’Pembroke f’idejn Dun Aayrton Muscat biex ikun il-kappillan il-ġdid tagħha.

Dun Aayrton Muscat twieled fis-26 ta’ Novembru 1992. Irċieva l-edukazzjoni tiegħu fl-Iskola Primarja tal-Imtarfa, fil-Kulleġġ San Elija f’Santa Venera, fil-Junior College u l-Higher Secondary. Huwa kompla l-istudji terzjarji fil-Filosofija u t-Teoloġija fil-Fakultà tat-Teoloġija fl-Università ta’ Malta… Read more »

The Archbishop to participate in the Bishops’ Synod at the Vatican

30/09/2023

Archbishop Charles Scicluna has left Malta this morning to participate in the Bishops’ Synod dedicated to Synodality, which is taking place at the Vatican from the 4th to the 29th October 2023.

Cardinals, bishops, priests, religious and lay people, totaling 464 individuals, will be participating in this Synod, during which the essence of life and the Church’s mission will be discussed. This Synod is being considered an important step for the Catholic Church because lay men and women will be able to participate fully for the first time… Read more »

‘Laudate Deum,’ to be title of Pope’s Apostolic Exhortation on climate

29/09/2023

The name of Pope Francis’ next Apostolic Exhortation on the environment will be Laudate Deum, Pope Francis has revealed.

The Holy Father shared this on Thursday, Sept. 21 when addressing in the Vatican some 200 participants in the meeting of the Rectors of public and private universities of Latin America and the Caribbean, sponsored by the Red de Universidades para el Cuidado de la Casa Común and the Pontifical Commission for Latin America on Sept… Read more »

Church schools welcome 20,000 students and educators

Beginning of scholastic year 2022-2023

27/09/2023

Church schools have reopened their doors for the new scholastic year, with some 17,000 students and 3,000 educators attending the 55 Church schools at kindergarten, primary, secondary and sixth post-secondary levels. Among these, around 2,000 students and 140 educators who will be entering these schools for the first time.

In preparation for this year, the Secretariat for Catholic Education organised two meetings between Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi, school chaplains, and new educators… Read more »