News from the Church in Malta
A group of Form 4 students from St Margaret College was invited to reflect upon the need of ‘thinking more of others and less of me’ at the beginning of this scholastic year. Senior teacher Martin Azzopardi sdc, invited his students to reflect upon the message of the encyclical letter of Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti (All Brothers) and witness its message with other students… Read more »
Caritas Malta flimkien mal-Fondazzjoni Oasi, jinsabu ferm konċernati li l-proposta ta’ qafas legali ġdid għall-użu responsabbli tal-kannabis, kif ippreżentata mill-Ministru għar-Riċerka u l-Innovazzjoni Owen Bonnici, fis-6 ta’ Ottubru 2021, tmur oltrè minn dak li ġie ppreżentat fil-White Paper u jikkontempla wkoll id-distribuzzjoni tal-kannabis minn assoċjazzjonijiet għall-użu rikreattiv. Flimkien mal-proposti l-oħra dwar il-pussess u l-kultivazzjoni, dan hu pass ieħor lejn iktar normalizzazzjoni tal-użu tal-kannabis, iżid il-perċezzjoni liż-żgħażagħ li l-kannabis m’għandhiex perikli, u li eventwalment ikompli jiżdied l-użu… Read more »
L-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna llejla se jiċċelebra quddiesa fil-bidu tal-ħidma pastorali ta’ Patri Claudio Borg, Dumnikan, bħala kappillan tal-parroċċa ta’ Ġesù Nazzarenu, Tas-Sliema.
Patri Claudio Borg twieled fit‑22 ta’ Awwissu 1963 u trabba fil‑parroċċa tas‑Sacro Cuor, Tas‑Sliema. Huwa studja l‑filosofija fl‑Università ta’ Malta u t‑teoloġija fl‑Università ta’ Bologna fl‑Italja.
Il‑formazzjoni reliġjuża tiegħu bdiet fl‑1986 fil‑Kunvent tal‑Madonna tal‑Għar, ir‑Rabat. Beda n‑novizzjat f’Settembru tal‑1988 u erba’ snin wara rċieva l‑Professjoni Solenni fl‑Ordni Dumnikan… Read more »
An independent commission established by French Catholic Bishops and religious has revealed that an estimated total of 330,000 people in France have been victims of sexual abuse within Church as children, and that between 2,900 and 3,200 priests and religious committed these crimes over a period of seventy years.
The Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (CIASE) published its findings on Tuesday in a 2,500-page report after a two-and-a half-year investigation… Read more »
Mr. Jean-Mark Sauvé, president of CIASE (AFP or licensors)
An estimated 216,000 children were victims of sexual violence by between 2,900 to 3,200 priests, men and women religious in France over the past 70 years. However, when the victims of attacks by “lay people working in Catholic Church institutions” were included, the figure rose to 330,000. These shocking “figures” were released on Tuesday, October 5, in Paris in a Report presented by Jean-Marc Sauvé, president of the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuses in the Church ( CISAE), to Monsignor Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the Bishops’ Conference of France ( CEF), and to Sister Véronique Margron, president of the Conference of Men and Women Religious in France ( CORREF)… Read more »
Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna visited the works at the Adelaide Cini Institute in St Venera, which was transferred by the Church to Hospice Malta to establish St Michael Hospice – the first complex in Malta which will provide comprehensive palliative care. Structural works on this Church-owned land that spreads over 11,600 square metres were completed in recent days and the project will now enter its next phase… Read more »
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Follow today’s Mass readings from here.
Prayer for Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »
It is indeed unfortunate that the sale of a parcel of land in Għargħur by the Church has been twisted and exploited to such an extent that some went as far as accusing Archbishop Charles Scicluna of naivety and, worse, hypocrisy.
This because the Archbishop had the courage to call out the culture of greed and because he made a heartfelt appeal to everyone to give more careful consideration to the type of developments we permit in our towns and villages.
At no point did the Archbishop in his Independence Day homily state that development in Malta should not take place – as some have sought to portray to further their own ends… Read more »
Waqt laqgħa ta’ konsultazzjoni li saret nhar il-Ħamis 30 ta’ Settembru dwar il-Baġit 2022, bi stedina tal-Prim Ministru Dr Robert Abela, u li fiha attendew rappreżentati ta’ għaqdiet oħra kif ukoll il-Ministri Dr Michael Falzon, Roderick Galdes u Julia Farrugia Portelli – Caritas Malta pproponiet lista ta’ miżuri favur il-ġustizzja soċjali, l-iżvilupp sħiħ tal-bniedem u tnaqqis tal-faqar u l-esklużjoni soċjali.
Sfond għar-Rakkomandazzjonijiet
Iktar kmieni din is-sena Caritas Malta ppubblikat it-tielet edizzjoni ta’ A minimum Essential Budget for a Decent Living 2020 (MEBDL 2020) li flimkien mal-ispiża ta’ basket bażiku għal tliet tipi ta’ familja, jelenka diversi miżuri.Matul is-sena dan l-istudju ġie ppreżentat lil diversi ministeri varji fosthom: il-Ministeru għall-Enerġija, l-Intrapriża u l-Iżvilupp Sostenibbli; il-Ministeru għall-Akkomodazzjoni Soċjali u l-Ministeru għall-Ġustizzja Soċjali u Solidarjetà, il-Familja u d-Drittijiet tat-Tfal, kif ukoll diveri istituzzjonijiet u msieħba soċjali… Read more »
Matul ix‑xahar ta’ Ottubru, l‑Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna se jkompli jiċċelebra quddies matul il‑ġimgħa kif ukoll nhar ta’ Ħadd. Dawn iċ‑ċelebrazzjonijiet liturġiċi qed jixxandru fuq TVM, Knisja.mt u Newsbook.com.mt.
Il‑quddies organizzat mill‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta qed jixxandar:
