News from the Church in Malta
On September 29th, the Church celebrates the archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. These are the “super angels” — the swiftest of them all. Like all angels, they are sent by God to the people: “Praise the Lord, you his angels, who mightily execute his word and obey his command.”
The archangels are the first of the spiritual creatures who proclaim how incredible God is… Read more »
Il-kummenti tal‑Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent (KA) bħala parti mill‑proċess ta’ konsultazzjoni tal-Ministeru għal Għawdex, dwar il-qafas li jippermetti deroga għal riċerka fuq seba’ speċi tal-għasafar tal-għana sabiex tiġi stabbilità l-popolazzjoni ta’ referenza ta’ Malta.
Il‑kunċett wara l‑proposta
Il‑KA taqbel mal‑kunċett li n‑nassaba jkunu direttament involuti fi proġetti xjentifiċi li jkabbru l‑għarfien dwar l‑għasafar u l‑imġiba tagħhom. Jekk ippjanat u maħdum sew, dan jista’ jkun pass fid‑direzzjoni t‑tajba sabiex tinstab soluzzjoni dejjiema u sostenibbli għall‑kwistjoni tal‑insib f’pajjiżna… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
In my land we say: “A good face in bad weather”. With this “good face” I tell you: good morning!
With His preaching on the Kingdom of God, Jesus opposes a religiosity that does not involve human life, that does not question the conscience and its responsibility in the face of good and evil… Read more »
A laboratory technician on COVID-19 vaccine
Since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, thousands of people have either fallen ill or lost their lives to this virulent virus. Medical services have also been stretched to their limits. Hopes are being pinned on the development of a vaccine to protect society from the disease.
Ethical issues
In a statement issued on Thursday, the Department of Social Justice of the Bishops Conference of England and Wales looks at the ethical issues surrounding the development and distribution of a vaccine… Read more »
The Ministry for Education and Employment today announced that in State Schools, educators will be returning on the 28th of September and compulsory school-aged students, that is students attending primary and secondary schools, will return from the 7th till the 14th October. The Secretariat for Catholic Education also received a request from the Malta Union of Teachers to follow the same direction.
Therefore, it has been decided that educators working in Church Schools are to return at their respective school on the dates previously established by each school… Read more »
F’għeluq is-sena pastorali taċ-Ċentru Vokazzjonijiet tas-Seminarju, is-seminaristi organizzaw attivitajiet differenti għall-adolexxenti u ż-żgħażagħ, li saru fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù.
L-attivitajiet intemmu b’laqgħa ta’ diskussjoni mal-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna li matulha ż-żgħażagħ iddiskutew temi attwali li jolqtuhom fil-ħajja ta’ kuljum, fosthom il-fidi llum, il-valur tal-ħajja u kif nagħrfu s-sejħa ta’ Alla.
Wara din id-diskussjoni l-Arċisqof iċċelebra quddiesa fil-ġonna tas-Seminarju li fiha ħadu sehem il-ġenituri taż-żgħażagħ u l-adolexxenti… Read more »
The Professional Ethics Platform within the Department of Moral Theology at the Faculty of Theology (UM) is organising an International Bioethics Conference on ‘Bioethics and the five senses: between clinical practice and metaphors’ (La Bioetica ed i Cinque Sensi: tra Clinica Pratica e Metafore), which will be held online between Thursday 1 and Sunday 4 October 2020… Read more »
L‑Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna inawgura r‑residenza Blessed Gerard li bdiet tilqa’ ommijiet refuġjati li qed irabbu weħidhom lil uliedhom. Il‑proġett twettaq mill‑Maltese Cross Corps u l-Malteser International tal-Ġermanja b’ħidma mal‑Kummissjoni Emigranti.
Ir‑residenza, li tinsab fi Gwardamanġa, tilqa’ fiha tliet familji li għandhom kmamar individwali u faċilitajiet oħra komuni fosthom kamra tal‑ikel, kċina u play area. L‑għan tal‑proġett hu li jipprovdi akkomodazzjoni u ħtiġijiet bażiċi oħra, u jgħinhom jintegraw u jkunu indipendenti… Read more »
Dear Brothers and Sisters, it does not seem that the weather is that great, but I wish you a good morning all the same!
To emerge better from a crisis like the current one, which is a health crisis and is, at the same time, a social, political and economic crisis, every one of us is called to assume responsibility for our own part, that is, to share the responsibility… Read more »
On Tuesday, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith announced the publication of a Letter approved by Pope Francis on 25 June and entitled Samaritanus bonus (“The Good Samaritan”): On the Care of Persons in the Critical and Terminal Phases of Life”. It bears 14 July as its publication date, in honor of St Camillus de Lellis, the patron saint of the sick, hospitals, nurses, and physicians… Read more »
