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“Euthanasia is a crime against human life, incurable does not mean end of care”

22/09/2020

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 »

Restoration works on Ħal Balzan parish church inaugurated

20/09/2020

Tlesta xogħol ta’ restawr tal‑Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Marija Annunzjata f’Ħal Balzan, xogħol li sar b’investiment ta’ ftit aktar minn €122,000 b’kofinanzjament minn fondi tal‑Unjoni Ewropea. Dan il‑proġett ġie inawgurat dalgħodu mill‑Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea‑Curmi u mis‑Segretarju Parlamentari għall‑Fondi Ewropej Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi. Preżenti wkoll għall‑konferenza tal‑aħbarijiet kien hemm is‑Segretarju Amministrattiv tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta Michael Pace Ross.

Permezz ta’ dan il‑proġett li għalih ikkontribwixxa wkoll il‑poplu ta’ Ħal Balzan, twettaq xogħol ta’ restawr fuq il‑kappelluntal‑Kurċifiss, il‑ħitan tas‑sagristija minn barra, u l‑kampnar… Read more »

Cleaning up the environment and our conscience to truly protect the world

Statement by the Interdiocesan Environment Commission

19/09/2020

Waqt attività ta’ tindif li saret dalgħodu fuq il‑Bajja tal‑Għadira, il‑Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent (KA) qalet li ħadd ma jieħu gost jiġbor skart li ħalla ħaddieħor, u għalhekk il‑Kummissjoni tħoss li attivitajiet bħal dawn għandhom iħeġġuna biex nagħmlu eżami tal‑kuxjenza fuq il‑ħarsien tal‑ħolqien.

Iċ‑Chairperson tal‑Kummissjoni Ambjent, Mario Camenzuli, wera x‑xewqa li bis‑sehem ta’ kulħadd naslu f’sitwazzjoni fejn dawn il‑clean‑ups ma jkunx hemm għalfejn isiru… Read more »

Health and safety in schools remains a main priority

Statement by the Secretariat for Catholic Education

18/09/2020

Church Schools have been working relentlessly to welcome students and educators in the safest environment possible. In order for this to be done, a lot of work has been carried out and a lot of expenses have been incurred. Church Schools have been holding discussions with the Ministry for Education and Employment, and the Malta Union of Teachers.

The health and safety of all students, staff, their families, and the community at large, remains a priority for Church Schools. The increased community transmission of COVID-19 in recent days is of serious concern. Unfortunately, these circumstances may be precluding the safe physical opening of schools… Read more »

Pope Francis thanks elderly and sick priests for their faithful witness

18/09/2020

In the message addressed to “brother priests,” the Pope thanks the Episcopal Conference of Lombardy, which for six years has organized the Day of Prayer and Fraternity with elderly and sick clergy.

“It is beautiful,” Pope Francis says, the attention that is shown to those priests who are physically more fragile.

The Pope expresses his delight that elderly and sick priests were able to travel with their Bishops to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Caravaggio, despite restrictions due to the coronavirus… Read more »

Bishop Mario Grech appointed as the General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops

16/09/2020

Il-Q.T. il-Papa Franġisku ħatar uffiċjalment lill-E.T. Mons. Mario Grech, Isqof emeritu ta’ Għawdex, bħala Segretarju Ġenerali tas-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet. L-aħbar ġiet imxandra fil-Bullettin tas-Sala Stampa tal-Vatikan illum f’12.00pm.

Huwa qed jissuċċiedi lil-Em.T. il-Kardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, li serva f’din il-kariga sa mill-21 ta’ Settembru 2013 u fi żmienu nżammu erba’ Sinodi, li tlieta minnhom ħa sehem fihom l-Isqof Grech bħala Isqof ta’ Għawdex u President tal-Konferenza Episkopali Maltija… Read more »

“A monument of mercy” – The Archbishop on the 55th anniversary of id-Dar tal-Providenza

13/09/2020   Id-Dar tal-Providenza, Siġġiewi

During a Thanksgiving Mass on the occasion of the 55th Anniversary of the founding of Dar tal-Providenza, Archbishop Charles Scicluna decribed the Siġġiewi Home as a “monument of mercy”. He added that its founder, Dun Mikiel Azzopardi, greeted the first residents at the home mercifully not because they were pitiful but because he wanted the loving care for the residents to mirror the loving care that God has for mankind… Read more »

How much suffering and wars could be avoided if forgiveness and mercy were our lifestyle – Pope Francis during the Angelus

13/09/2020   Saint Peter's Square, the Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, good day!

In the parable in today’s Gospel reading, that of the merciful King (see Mt 18:21-35), twice we find this plea: “Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full” (vv. 26, 29). The first time it is pronounced by the servant who owes his master ten thousand talents, an enormous sum… Read more »

Compassion and contemplation are indispensable for integral ecology – Pope Francis

Address of his Holiness to the participants in the meeting of the Laudato Si' communities

12/09/2020   Paul VI Audience Hall, the Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters!

I welcome you, and in greeting you I wish to reach all the members of the Laudato si’ Communities in Italy and throughout the world. You have placed the integral ecology proposed by the Encyclical Laudato Si’ as the driving force behind all your initiatives. Integral, because we are all creatures and everything in creation is related; everything is related… Read more »