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Promoting the University Certificate in Safeguarding of Children and Young People

The annual report of the Safeguarding Commission

12/11/2020

Following the recommendation of the Safeguarding Commission,  the Church imposed a restriction on 4 persons in 2018, and a restriction on one other person in 2019. These involved diocesan priests, religious priests and lay persons, where an allegation of sexual abuse was substantiated. Three other restrictions concerned physical and emotional abuse, and poor practice. Andrew Azzopardi, the Head of the Safeguarding Commission, explained that all these cases were referred to civil authorities… Read more »

McCarrick Report: a sorrowful page the Church is learning from

10/11/2020

In a statement of the Cardinal Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin advises that the document be read in its entirety so as not to draw partial conclusions: “We publish the Report with sorrow for the wounds that these events have caused to the victims, their families, the Church in the United States, and the Universal Church”.

At the time of Theodore McCarrick’s appointment as Archbishop of Washington in 2000, the Holy See acted on the basis of partial and incomplete information… Read more »

Why context matters

Article by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

08/11/2020

“A text without a context is a pretext for a prooftext”. I was reminded of this aphorism recently, when reading media reports on the words of Pope Francis.

A global media frenzy was created by a twenty-second clip taken from the documentary ‘Francesco’ by Russian filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky on several highlights of the pontificate of Pope Francis. Pope bashers said his words were heretical and called on the Pope to repent… Read more »

Pope: a life of love prepares us for the final encounter with the Lord

09/11/2020

Dear brothers and sisters, good afternoon!

This Sunday’s Gospel passage (Mt 25:1-13) invites us to prolong the reflection on eternal life that we began on the occasion of the Feast of All Saints and the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed. Jesus recounts the parable of the ten virgins invited to a wedding feast, symbol of the Kingdom of heaven… Read more »

Ceiling paintings restoration completed in Rabat Minor Basilica

Another project co-financed by European Funds

08/11/2020   St Paul's Minor Basilica, Rabat

Tlesta l‑proġett ta’ konservazzjoni u restawr tal‑pitturi li jinsabu mas‑saqaf tal‑kappella ddedikata lil Sant’Antnin fil‑Bażilika Minuri ta’ San Pawl fir‑Rabat. Ix‑xogħol ta’ restawr, li ammonta għal madwar €80,000 b’kofinanzjament ta’ 80% minn fondi tal‑Unjoni Ewropea, ġie inawgurat dalgħodu mill‑Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea‑Curmi u mis‑Segretarju Parlamentari għall‑Fondi Ewropej Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi. Preżenti wkoll is‑Segretarju Amministrattiv tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta Michael Pace Ross u l‑Arċipriet Kan. Louis Suban… Read more »

Mass on Remembrance Day – 8 November, 9:30am

07/11/2020   St John's Co Cathedral, Valletta

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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 »

Pope asks for prayers so technological progress always serves humankind

06/11/2020

Pope Francis is dedicating the month of November to praying “that the progress of robotics and artificial intelligence may always serve humankind.”

In his video message, he explains that “robotics can make a better world possible if it is joined to the common good.” He notes that “if technological progress increases inequalities, it is not true progress.”

Pope Francis emphasizes that technological progress “should be oriented towards respecting the dignity of the person and of Creation.”

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Artificial intelligence is at the heart of the epochal change we are experiencing… Read more »

First international day against violence, bullying and cyberbullying

05/11/2020

UNESCO’s International Day against Violence and Bullying at School including Cyberbullying is observed on the first Thursday of November. 

The First International Day against Violence and Bullying at School including Cyberbullying is being marked on Thursday.  UNESCO – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – established the annual day at its 40th General Conference in November 2019, recognizing that bullying in schools and cyberbullying is an infringement of children’s and adolescents’ rights to education and to health and well-being. 

The day will be observed on the first Thursday of November each year… Read more »

Archbishop’s Curia awarded Equality Mark certification

04/11/2020

The Archbishop’s Curia was awarded the Equality Mark by the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality (NCPE).

The Equality Mark has been awarded to the Archbishop’s Curia due to its commitment to implement relevant gender equality policies and practices and family-friendly measures both as an employer as well as a service provider.

Mr Michael Pace Ross said that the Archbishop’s Curia aims to promote a supportive and inclusive culture for all its employees, stakeholders, service users, and the general public… Read more »

Pope at Angelus: ‘Go against the current, choose meekness and mercy’

02/11/2020

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

On this solemn Feast of All Saints, the Church invites us to reflect on the great hope, the great hope that is based on Christ’s resurrection: Christ is risen and we will also be with Him, we will be with Him. The Saints and Blesseds are the most authoritative witnesses of Christian hope, because they lived it fully in their lives, amidst joys and sufferings, putting into practice the Beatitudes that Jesus preached and which resound in the Liturgy (see Mt 5:1-12a)… Read more »