News from the Church in Malta
In the middle of the Extraordinary Missionary Month of October, the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network launched the “Click To Pray eRosary” at a press conference in the Vatican on October 15. October is also the month of the Rosary.
What is it?
The Click To Pray eRosary is an interactive, smart and app-driven wearable device that serves as a tool for learning how to pray the rosary for peace in the world…
On the second anniversary of the brutal assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, we pray for her eternal rest and for the gift of justice which serves each and everyone their due. We pray that those investigating her untimely death bring the executors and all persons involved to justice. We therefore pray for the gifts of prudence and wisdom but also for the gifts of integrity and courage…
The Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communications, Dr Paolo Ruffini, opened the briefing by announcing the four members named by the Pope to the Commission responsible for drafting the final document of the Synod. They are: Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Archbishop Edmundo Ponciano Valenzuela Mellid, and Fr Rossano Sala.
Summary by Dr Ruffini
Dr Ruffini went on to summarize the topics that emerged during the morning’s 11th General Congregation…
Rethinking ministry in the Church in the light of the parameters of synodality so that the Church might be more and more formed by the Word of God was defined as one of the challenges of the Church in the Amazon region…
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In a sun-drenched St Peter’s Square, and before thousands of pilgrims coming from all over the world, Pope Francis proclaimed five new saints for the Church…
L‑Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea‑Curmi qal li ż‑żgħażagħ għandhom jingħataw iktar responsabbiltajiet fil‑ħajja tal‑Knisja. Dan qalu waqt li kien qed jindirzza l‑konferenza annwali għall‑youth leaders ‘Plexus19’, li ġiet organizzata mill‑MCYN (Malta Catholic Youth Network) tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta.
Waqt diskussjoni ma’ madwar 240 parteċipant, li huma involuti fil‑ħidma pastorali maż‑żgħażagħ, l‑Isqof Galea‑Curmi qal li “ż‑żgħażagħ m’għandhomx jirċievu biss fil‑Knisja, imma għandu jkollhom sehem importanti…
The Polish Bishops’ Conference agreed to open the cause of beatification for Emilia née Kaczorowska and Karol Wojtyła Sr.
At a recent meeting in Warsaw, the Polish Bishops’ Conference agreed to initiate the diocesan phase of the beatification of St. John Paul II’s parents. Below is the official announcement from their website:
The Polish Bishops’ Conference has agreed (nihil obstat) to begin by the Archdiocese of Krakow the process of beatification of the parents of John Paul II – Karol Wojtyła [Sr] and Emilia nèe Kaczorowska…
L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Kan. David Cilia bħala arċipriet tal‑Parroċċa ta’ San Pawl Nawfragu, il‑Belt Valletta.
Il‑Kan. David Cilia twieled fit‑2 ta’ Awwissu 1968. Irċieva l‑edukazzjoni tiegħu fl‑iskola ta’ Ħal Qormi San Ġorġ, fil‑Kulleġġ San Albert il‑Kbir u fl-iskola tas-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof. Studja l‑Filosofija u t‑Teoloġija fil‑Fakultà tat‑Teoloġija tal‑Università ta’ Malta, u d‑Dritt Kanoniku fl‑Università Gregorjana f’Ruma…
L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jitlob li jerġa’ jinfetaħ il‑każ tal‑Venerabbli Adelaide Cini biex eventwalment, jekk tissodisfa l‑kriterji tal‑liġi tal‑Knisja, din il‑mara lajka tiġi bbeatifikata. Dan ser isir waqt Quddiesa li ser jiċċelebra l‑Arċisqof għada, it‑Tlieta 15 ta’ Ottubru, fis‑7pm, fil‑mitt sena tal‑eżumazzjoni u t‑trasport tal‑fdalijiet tagħha miċ‑ċimiterju ta’ Santa Marija Addolorata għall‑istitut “Ta’ Ċini” li kienet waqqfet u fejn tinsab midfuna. Adelaide Cini kienet ġiet iddikjarata Venerabbli mill‑Papa Piju X fit‑23 ta’ Frar 1910…
