News from the Church in Malta
Pope Francis will consecrate four bishops on October 4, 2019, at a Mass at 5 pm in St. Peter’s Basilica: three apostolic nuncios – two Italians and a Maltese – and the Czech Undersecretary of the Migration and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for the service of integral human development.
They are:
– Mgr. Michael Czerny, of the Company of Jesus, 73, from Brno, Czech Republic…
Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna formally handed over the Church premises known as Adelaide Cini Institute in St Venera to the Chairperson of Hospice Malta, Maria Gatt, for the establishment of St Michael Hospice, the first state-of-the-art complex to provide comprehensive palliative care.
The ceremony was held on the feast of St Michael the Archangel, on Sunday 29th September, in the same building in which the first patients are expected to be received in two years’ time following the necessary renovation works…
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L-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi jiċċelebra Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni ta’ Jum il-Migranti u r-Refuġjati 2019, fil-Knisja tas-Salib Imqaddes, il-Furjana.
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The Archbishop’s Palace in Valletta will be opening its doors again for Notte Bianca 2019, on Saturday 5th October. On the day, visitors will be able to visit various rooms in the palace, including the piano nobile which includes the throne room, the 18th century library and the garden. The palace is situated at the lower part of Archbishop Street next to Independence Square…
Talitha Kum’s General Assembly takes place from 21 to 27 September. It sees the participation of 86 delegates from 48 different nations and aims to present the work the sisters are doing in different countries and discuss how to implement new strategies in the fight against human trafficking and slavery.
A special award will be given to 10 sisters who in recent years have distinguished themselves for their commitment to the cause and have been instrumental in supporting anti-trafficking networks in different countries
Talitha Kum is a project of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG), in collaboration with the Union of Superiors General (USG)…
Mgħammdin u Mibgħutin: riflessjonijiet ta’ Papa Franġisku għal matul ix-Xahar Missjunarju Straordinarju huwa ktejjeb żgħir b’bosta riflessjonijiet li Papa Franġisku għamel f’dawn l-aħħar snin fuq din it-tema. Paġna wara l-oħra dan il-ktejjeb joffri riflessjoni qasira, kif ukoll it-talba għal matul dan ix-xahar u numru ta’ sentenzi ta’ Ġesù, waħda għal kull ġimgħa, biex jakkumpanjaw lill-qarrej matul dan ix-xahar straordinarju…
A Polish-born priest was murdered in the Brazilian capital on Sept. 21, after he was attacked by robbers.
Father Kazimierz Wojno was inspecting the construction of a catechetical center near his rectory in Brasília when four men jumped the wall and took him and a parish employee as hostages. His body was found a few hours later with his feet and hands still tied up and wire wrapped around his neck…
Discern, the Institute for Research of the Signs of the Times, will be holding the Gaudium et Spes Lecture 2019 on the theme ‘A Church that looks forward’.
The guest speaker will be David McLoughlin, Emeritus Fellow of Christian Theology at Newman University, who will look at the Church in the context of the culture wars in many countries today…
The full text of the Holy Father’s message is below:
Greetings to participants at the UN Climate Action Summit 2019.
I would like to thank the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr António Guterres, for convening this meeting and for drawing the attention of Heads of State and Government – and of the entire international community and world public opinion – to one of the most serious and worrying phenomena of our time: climate change…
