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Statement by the Safeguarding Commission on the arraignment of a priest

With reference to the arraignment in Court of a priest, held today, 3rd September 2020, the Safeguarding Commission took the necessary action, without prejudice, to safeguard all parties and passed on the case to the Police to investigate. The Commission follows the principle that every person is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The Church Commission encourages all those who know about any alleged abuse to report directly to the Police and to contact the Safeguarding Commission on [email protected]Read more »

Serving our mission led by the Spirit of Jesus – Bishop Galea-Curmi

  The Convent of the Sisters of Charity, Ħal Balzan

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Dan l-Evanġelju li smajna jurina lil Ġesù fil-qadi tal-missjoni tiegħu: Ġesù li jfejjaq, kemm meta qed ifejjaq ġo familja fil-kwiet fejn ma jarawhx in-nies, kif ukoll meta jfejjaq tant nies li jġibulu; Ġesù li jgħin lill-bniedem jeħles mill-ispirtu ħżiena, mill-qawwa tal-ħażen; u Ġesù li jwassal il-kelma, li jipprietka minn post għal ieħor.

Jurina wkoll dan l-Evanġelju b’liema mod Ġesù kien jaqdi din il-missjoni tiegħu: b’ħafna mħabba u ġenerożità kbira, b’dedikazzjoni kbira u b’libertà kbira: il-libertà li turi li hu mhux marbut ma’ post imma jitlaq għal post ieħor, għax dik kienet il-missjoni tiegħu… Read more »

First Maltese Episcopal Conference meeting for Bishop Anton Teuma

Il-Konferenza Episkopali Maltija tat merħba lill-Isqof il‑ġdid tad‑Djoċesi ta’ Għawdex, Mons. Anton Teuma, waqt laqgħa li saret ilbieraħ it‑Tlieta, l‑1 ta’ Settembru 2020, fil‑Kurja tal‑Arċisqof, il-Furjana. Matul il‑laqgħa nqrat ittra tal‑Isqof Emeritu Mons. Mario Grech, li fiha fisser l‑apprezzament tiegħu għall‑ħidma fraterna fi ħdan il‑Konferenza. L‑Isqfijiet irringrazzjaw lill-Isqof Grech għall‑kontribut importanti u siewi li ta matul dawn il‑15‑il sena filwaqt li wegħduh it-talb tagħhom fil-missjoni ġdida
fil-Vatikan bħala Segretarju Ġenerali tas-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Solidarity needed to rebuild a post-pandemic community

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

After many months we meet each other again our face to face, rather than screen to screen. Face to face. This is good! The current pandemic has highlighted our interdependence: we are all linked to each other, for better or for worse. Therefore, to come out of this crisis better than before, we have to do so together; together, not alone… Read more »

The work of the Commission on the Ġesù Salvatur Community

Fl-aħħar ġimgħat, il-Kummissjoni tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta li twaqqfet biex tisma’ l-esperjenzi tan-nies dwar il-Komunità Ġesù Salvatur, iltaqgħet ma’ għadd ta’ persuni li xtaqu jaqsmu l-esperjenzi tagħhom. Dan sar wara li l-membri tal-pubbliku kienu mistiedna jikkuntattjaw lill-Kummissjoni.

Il-Kummissjoni tavża li kull min jixtieq jagħmel appuntament jista’ jibgħat imejl fuq [email protected] sa mhux aktar tard minn nhar l-Erbgħa, 9 ta’ Settembru 2020. Min irid iwassal xi tagħrif ieħor wara din id-data, jista’ jagħmel dan permezz ta’ imejl fl-indirizz imsemmi… Read more »

Pope: peace with Creator, harmony with creation

As the September 1 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation kicks off the month-long Season of Creation, Pope Francis offers a profound reflection on respect for the earth, its resources, the evils caused by man and the need for “restorative justice” such as debt cancellation for poor countries.  

Cries of the earth and of the poor

The Pope in his message explains that “the pandemic has brought us to a crossroads.”… Read more »

Pope at Angelus: Christians called to serve God and neighbour as Jesus

At the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis says “taking up the Cross” means imitating Jesus by expending our life in service to God and neighbour.

In Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus speaks to His disciples about the mystery of His Passion, Death, and Resurrection – a teaching, Pope Francis said, that the disciples are not yet able to understand, because their faith “is still immature, and too closely tied to the mentality of the world.”

The Pope said that for Peter and the other disciples – and for us too – the Cross is seen as “a ‘stumbling block’, whereas Jesus considers the ‘stumbling block’ [to be] escaping the Cross, which would mean avoiding the Father’s will.” This, the Pope said, is why Jesus rebukes Peter so strongly, saying to him, “Get behind me, Satan!”

Becoming true disciples of Jesus

In the Gospel, Jesus then immediately explains, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”

Pope Francis said that in this saying, Jesus “indicates the way of the true disciple, showing two attitudes”: renouncing oneself, which means a real conversion; and taking up one’s cross, which “is not just a matter of patiently enduring daily tribulations, but of bearing with faith and responsibility that part of toil and suffering that the struggle against evil entails.”

Participating in the salvation of the world

Focusing on the latter, the Pope said, “Thus, the task of ‘taking up the cross’ becomes participating with Christ in the salvation of the world.”

Images of the Cross should be a “sign of our desire to be united with Christ through lovingly serving our brothers and sisters, especially the littlest and the weakest,” Pope Francis said; adding, “The Cross is the holy sign of God’s love and of Jesus’s sacrifice, and is not to be reduced to a superstitious object or an ornamental necklace.”

Instead, he explained, when we look at a crucifix, we should reflect on the fact that Jesus “has accomplished His mission, giving life, spilling His blood for the forgiveness sins.” In order to be His disciples, Pope Francis said, we in turn must “imitate Him, expending our life unreservedly for love of God and neighbour.”

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The Gozo Diocese thanks the Lord for the episcopal ministry of Bishop Mario Grech

Il-Knisja f’Għawdex ilbieraħ il-Ħamis, 27 ta’ Awwissu 2020, raddet ħajr lil Alla għall-ħmistax-il sena tal-ministeru tal-E.T. Mons. Mario Grech bħala Isqof ta’ Għawdex. Huwa kien ġie kkonsagrat minn idejn il-predeċessur tiegħu l-mibki Nikol Ġ. Cauchi fit-22 ta’ Jannar 2006. F’Ottubru li għadda l-Papa Franġisku sejjaħlu biex ikun is-Segretarju Ġenerali tas-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet f’Ruma, uffiċċju li Mons. Grech issa jidħol fih uffiċjalment mill-bidu ta’ Settembru.

Fil-Konċelebrazzjoni Solenni ta’ Radd il-Ħajr, li nżammet fir-Rotunda Parrokkjali ta’ San Ġwann Battista, ix-Xewkija, ħadu sehem ukoll l-Isqfijiet Anton Teuma ta’ Għawdex, Charles J… Read more »

Four adults and a young child baptised

  The Parish Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, St Paul's Bay

On Tuesday 25th August 2020, Archbishop Charles Scicluna baptised four adults and a young child, at the Parish Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in St Paul’s Bay. The newly baptised included a mother and her daughter. The Archbishop welcomed them in the Catholic Church and said that through the grace of baptism they have become adopted children of God whom we can call our Father… Read more »

Season of Creation: Jubilee for the Earth

In a joint statement, the presidents of the CCEE and the CEC invite the faithful to take part in the Season of Creation, encouraging them to celebrate the richness of the Christian faith as an expression to protect our common home.

From 1 September to 4 October, Christians all over the world celebrate the Season of Creation, as well as the Day of Creation on 1 September… Read more »