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Season of Creation 2019 – The Network of Life

Joint Statement by the Presidents of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) and of the Conferences of European Churches (CEC)

  • Since it has become a fruitful tradition between the Christian Churches in Europe – the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) and the Conferences of European Churches (CEC) – they are uniting once again this year in one voice to re-affirm responsibility for creation and issue an invitation to prayer.

    The Season of Creation, from 1 September until 4 October, is a special period in the liturgical calendars of an increasing number of Churches in Europe…

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2018 Financial Report of the Archdiocese of Malta: Substantial increase in subsidies for the Church homes for the elderly

  • In 2018 the Archdiocese of Malta, that includes more than 100 entities and employs more than 1,200 people, registered a marginal deficit of €137,000. In the previous year, the Archdiocese had registered a surplus of €370,000.

    This was announced during a press conference at Dar Ġesù Nazzarenu in Żejtun, where works are being carried out so that the shelter for victims of domestic violence run by the Church, is transferred from Dar Qalb ta’ Ġesù to this residence…

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Pope John Paul I’s childhood home open to visitors

  • At 5pm on Friday, August 2, the first visitors will be welcomed into the Alpine home where Albino Luciani grew up.

    The village where he was born, in the magnificent Dolomite Mountains, 976 meters above sea level, is called Canale d’Agordo. It was once an economic hub for the entire Biois Valley thanks to mining and forging activities…

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Wiċċ ġdid għall-grawnd tal-futbol tal-Oratorju Qalb ta’ Ġesù l-Mosta

  • Il-grawnd tal-futbol tal-Oratorju Qalb ta’ Ġesù fil-Mosta ġie inawgurat mill-President tal-Assoċjazzjoni għall-Futbol Malti (MFA) Bjorn Vassallo u tbierek mill-Arċipriet Dun Sebastian Caruana. Il-proġett sar b’investiment ta’ madwar €50,000 mill-MFA bil-kollaborazzjoni tal-Parroċċa tal-Mosta u Mosta Gunners Amateur Sports Club.

    L-MFA ffinanzjat biex isiru dawn ix-xogħlijiet fuq il-grawnd 6A-side: il-qligħ ta’ żewġ saffi ta’ turf sintetiku, tindif tal-kanali tal-ilma, tranġar u livellar tal-art qabel ma tpoġġa t-tapit il-ġdid tat-turf, tqegħid ta’ tapit sintetiku ġdid u tibdil tas-sistema ta’ dwal…

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Pope Francis confirms Archbishop Scicluna as President of the College for the examination of appeals

  • His Holiness Pope Francis confirmed for another term of three years the service which Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna gives to the Holy See as President of the College within the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, to decide upon appeals in processes concerning serious offences (delicta reservata) established under the Motu Proprio Sacramentorum Sanctitatis Tutela

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Auxiliary Bishop meets Maltese missionaries from around the world

  • L-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi ltaqa’ ma’ missjunarji Maltin li jwettqu ħidma pastorali f’diversi pajjiżi madwar id-dinja u li bħalissa jinsabu Malta. Għal din il-laqgħa li saret f’Dar l-Emigrant, il-Belt Valletta, attendew saċerdoti djoċesani, reliġjużi u lajċi li jaħdmu fil-Pakistan, il-Brażil, il-Filippini, l-Amerika ta’ Fuq, l-Awstralja, il-Kenja, il-Georgia u l-Perù.

    Il-missjunarji qasmu l-esperjenzi u l-isfidi li jiltaqgħu magħhom fil-pajjiżi tat-tielet dinja fosthom il-faqar, in-nuqqas ta’ opportunitajiet ta’ edukazzjoni u ta’ faċilitajiet sanitarji u mediċi…

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Pope Francis: Free women from the slavery of prostitution

  • Pope Francis contributes the preface to a new book on human trafficking, entitled “Women crucified. The shame of human trafficking as told from the street”.

    The original title of the book in Italian is “Donne crocifisse. La vergogna della tratta raccontata dalla strada”, by Fr Aldo Buonaiuto, a priest of the Pope John XXIII Community…

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South Sudan: 32 children released from armed opposition groups

  • The children are boys between the ages of 13 and 17. Many of them had been abducted or recruited by force. Some of them have not seen their parents since 2016 when conflict between government and opposition forces re-erupted in the world’s youngest state. All of them were forced to work as child soldiers or to perform paramilitary roles within South Sudan’s armed opposition groups…

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An experience in San Patrignano community

  • Staff minn proġett Tama Ġdida, fi ħdan Caritas Malta, għadhom kif temmew esperjenza ta’ formazzjoni fil-Komunità ta’ San Patrignano f’Rimini, l-Italja.

    San Patrignano hi komunità li tħaddan madwar 1,400 resident li jagħmlu programm ta’ rijabilitazzjoni fuq tipi ta’ dipendenzi differenti. Hija meqjusa bħala l-ikbar komunità terapewtika residenzjali fid-dinja, li ilha taħdem għal dawn l-aħħar 40 sena ma’ persuni li għandhom problema ta’ dipendenza tad-drogi u biex ikunu jistgħu jirritornaw f’soċjetà ħielsa minn dawn id-dipendenzi…

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