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The fifth edition of the Bible in Maltese is launched

16/10/2020

L‑Għaqda Biblika Maltija nediet il‑ħames edizzjoni tal‑Bibbja bil‑Malti riveduta skont l‑aħħar studji mill‑Biblisti Maltin. Il‑Bibbja, li għandha sservi ta’ gwida għall‑formazzjoni ta’ kull Nisrani, qed tiġi ppublikata fis‑60 anniversarju mit‑twaqqif tal‑Għaqda Biblika Maltija.

It‑tnedija tal‑Bibbja bil‑Malti ġiet ippreżentata lill‑Isqfijiet waqt laqgħa tal‑Konferenza Episkopali Maltija fil‑Kurja tal‑Arċisqof il‑Furjana.

Fil‑messaġġ tiegħu, l‑Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna qal li minkejja l‑messaġġ tal‑Bibbja ma jinbidilx, huwa essenzjali li minn żmien għal żmien jiġi aġġornat il‑lingwaġġ li bih tkun inkitbet sabiex nifhmu u nersqu aktar lejn il‑Kelma tal‑Mulej… Read more »

Church Schools safeguard the right to education for all

14/10/2020

With reference to the aggressive stance taken today by the Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) against Church Schools, Church authorities:

1. will continue to ensure that the health and safety of educators, students and staff in all Church schools remains paramount, in adherence to the guidelines issued by Public Health Authorities.

2. remain committed to continue providing over 17,000 students with the right to their education, despite the challenging situations being faced.

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A road which will wreak havoc on the natural and architectural heritage and threaten the livelihood of the farming community

Joint statement by the Catholic Cultural Heritage Commission and the Interdiocesan Environment Commission

14/10/2020 JOINT STATEMENT BY THE CATHOLIC CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION AND THE INTERDIOCESAN ENVIRONMENT COMMISSION

The Catholic Cultural Heritage Commission (KPKK) and the Interdiocesan Environment Commission (KA) are seriously concerned about a new road in Ħad‑Dingli which is planned to link Daħla tas‑Sienja with Sqaq il‑MUSEUM.

It is indeed ironic that Infrastructure Malta undertook the work on this street just after the public consultation stage of the draft Rural Policy and Design Guidance 2020, which is supposed to support farmers in their agricultural activities… Read more »

On safeguarding our rural heritage and protecting the farming community

Submission to the Planning Authority by the Interdiocesan Environment Commission

13/10/2020

In its submission as part of a consultation exercise related to the draft Rural Policy and Design Guidance 2020 the Interdiocesan Environment Commission (KA) insists that the draft policy on its own is not enough to protect the countryside from undesirable development and to safeguard a thriving farming community.

In the submissions, it put forward during the 2019 consultation exercise related to the same subject[i], the KA had called for the publication of data which would help assess the outcomes of present policies that would inform in a public manner amendments to such policies… Read more »

Nuns lend their building to Pope for refugees

13/10/2020

The Office of Papal Charities in the Vatican has received a building in Rome from a women’s religious congregation for free use to shelter migrants and refugees arriving in Italy.

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the Apostolic Almoner, or the Pope’s official almsgiver, released a statement on Monday saying the Sisters Servants of Divine Providence of Catania were responding to the “invitation of Pope Francis, who in the Encyclical Fratelli tutti repeats several times the need for adequate hospitality to migrants fleeing wars, persecutions and natural catastrophes”.

Through the Office of Papal Charities, the Sisters have lent their building on Via della Pisana (Pisana Road) to the Pope for free use… Read more »

Pope at Angelus: God prepares His wedding banquet for everyone

11/10/2020

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good afternoon!

With the narrative of the Parable of the Wedding Banquet, in today’s Gospel passage (cf. Mt 22:1-14), Jesus outlines the plan that God envisaged for humanity. The king who “who gave a marriage feast for his son” (v. 2) is the image of the Father who prepared for the entire human family a wonderful celebration of love and communion around his only begotten Son… Read more »

New parish priests for Gżira and Ħal Għaxaq parishes

11/10/2020

Kappillan ġdid għall-parroċċa tal-Gżira

L‑Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Gordon Refalo bħala kappillan tal‑parroċċa tal‑Madonna tal‑Karmnu, il‑Gżira.

Dun Gordon Refalo twieled Tas‑Sliema fit‑30 ta’ Novembru 1961. Huwa rċieva l‑edukazzjoni tiegħu fl‑iskola ta’ St Joseph, ir‑Rabat, u fil‑Kulleġġ San Alwiġi, Birkirkara. Kompla bl‑edukazzjoni terzjarja fil‑Fakultà tat‑Teoloġija fl‑Università ta’ Malta u ġie ordnat saċerdot fil‑5 ta’ Lulju 1991.

Dun Gordon serva bħala viċi kappillan fil‑parroċċa ta’ San Gejtanu, il‑Ħamrun, u wettaq ħidma pastorali fil‑parroċċa tan‑Naxxar… Read more »

Courtesy visit to the Bishops of Malta by the Leader of the Opposition

10/10/2020 Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna u l-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi, illum is-Sibt 10 ta’ Ottubru, laqgħu lill-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni Dr Bernard Grech u lis-Sinjura Grech, għal żjara ta’ korteżija, fil-Kurja tal-Arċisqof, il-Furjana.

Il-messaġġ tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

L-ewwel nett nifraħlek u nawguralek rispett. Nixtieq ukoll nawguralek il-ħidma t-tajba anke jekk mhux bħala Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni. Ir-rwol tiegħek huwa essenzjali fid-demokrazija, bħalma qallek ukoll il-President tar-Repubblika Dott… Read more »

Support for people with mental health problems

Statement by the Bishops of Malta and Gozo on World Mental Health Day

09/10/2020

World Mental Health Day, which is observed on the 10th October, is an international day with the objective of raising awareness of mental health issues and mobilising efforts in support of mental health.

Facing mental health challenges may be very difficult for the persons involved and their families. Such issues still carry a great stigma. People with mental health problems may be seen as weak-willed and may come to believe this themselves… Read more »

Pope to Moneyval: Preventing merchants from speculating on humanity

09/10/2020

It is a task which is “particularly dear to my heart”, carried out “to promote a ‘clean finance’, in which the ‘merchants’ are prevented from speculating in that sacred ‘temple’ which is humanity.”

Pope Francis made that remark on Thursday in an address to the evaluators of the Moneyval Programme.

The Committee of the Council of Europe arrived in the Vatican on 30 September to evaluate measures against money laundering and financing of terrorism… Read more »