News from the Church in Malta
38-year-old father Cecilio Perez was reportedly shot dead by a presumed gang member while he slept on Saturday night in his parish in El Salvador.
Father Perez was the parish priest of San José la Majada, in Sosonate Diocese near the Guatemala border.
His body, with three bullet wounds, was found in his room by a group of faithful who had agreed to meet him at 5 am for morning prayers…
It-Taqsima Refuġjati tal-Kummissjoni Emigranti temmen li x-xokk kbir li ħa l-poplu ta’ dawn il-gżejjer meta sar jaf li l-persuni suspettati bil-qtil ta’ Lassana Cisse Souleyman mill-Kosta tal-Ivorju, u l-korriment ta’ żewġ immigranti oħra, fis-6 ta’ April 2019, huma żewġ membri tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta, jitlob li jkun segwit minn azzjoni ġdida favur edukazzjoni aħjar u akbar dwar il-kruha u d-deni ta’ sentimenti jew attitudnijiet razzisti u xenofobiċi…
Meeting some 400 journalists of the Foreign Press Association of Italy on May 18, Pope Francis urged for a humble and free journalism.
Pope Francis is encouraging a humble and free journalism that does not indulge in selling the “rotten food of misinformation” but rather offers the healthy bread of truth and goodness…
Il-Ħadd, 19 Mejju 2019, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi ser jibda l-viżta pastorali fil-Parroċċa ta’ San Ġwann tas-Salib, f’Ta’ Xbiex, fejn se jiltaqa’ mat-tfal u l-ġenituri tagħhom u l-katekisti, mal-komunità Tereżjana tal-parroċċa kif ukoll mal-membri tal-Kunsill Lokali u rappreżentanti tas-soċjetà ċivili. Il-Viżta Pastorali tintemm it-Tlieta, 21 ta’ Mejju 2019.
Hawn taħt tista’ taqra l-messaġġ tal-Isqof Galea-Curmi lill-parruċċani ta’ Ta’ Xbiex.
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L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jitlob fuq il-qabar ta’ 24 persuna li jinsabu midfuna fiċ-Ċimiterju tal-Addolorata wara li tilfu ħajjithom f’traġedja li seħħet fil-Baħar Mediterran fid-19 ta’ April 2015. Dakinhar mietu madwar 800 persuna fosthom tfal.
Għal dan il-mument ta’ talb li sar ilbierah filgħodu attendew rappreżentanti ta’ għaqdiet mhux governattivi li jaħdmu favur id-drittijiet tal-bniedem. Huma sellmu wkoll lil persuni kollha li fit-tfittxija għal ħajja aħjar qed imutu fil-Mediterran, li fi kliem il-Papa Frangisku hu ċimiterju ta’ migranti…
“Christian prayer does not close its eyes on life,” said Pope Francis. “It is a filial prayer, not an infantile one.”
The Holy Father made those remarks in the catechesis portion of his weekly General Audience.
Reflecting on the final petition of the Lord’s prayer, he said Jesus invites us to ask God to “deliver us from evil” because “life is fraught with difficulty.”
“If these last lines of the Our Father were excluded, how could sinners, the persecuted, and desperate and dying souls pray?” he asked…
The Archdiocese of Malta wishes Archbishop Scicluna a very happy 60th birthday and a year ahead full of the Lord’s blessings! We promise him our prayers.
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Il-President ta’ Malta Dr George Vella akkumpanjat mis-Sinjura Vella, għamel l-ewwel żjara uffiċjali tiegħu fid-Dar tal-Providenza. F’diskors lir-residenti u ħaddiema qal li fid-Dar tal-Providenza jara miraklu ħaj li jiġġedded kuljum. Huwa żied jgħid li spiċċa ż-żmien meta persuna b’diżabilità kienet tiġi mwarrba jew ma tingħatax l-attenzjoni li ħaqqha. Din hija xi ħaġa li tirrifletti l-iżvilupp tas-soċjetà tagħna fejn il-persuni b’diżabilità jieħdu dak li hu tagħhom bi dritt u mhux b’karità. Il-President qal li din hija xi ħaġa li verament tgħolli d-dinjità tal-bniedem għax kull bniedem, anke jekk għandu xi nuqqasijiet, huwa xbieha ta’ Alla u jistħoqqlu r-rispett ta’ kulħadd. Dr Vella temm billi rringrazzja lill-ħaddiema u l-voluntiera kollha għad-dover u x-xogħol li qed jagħmlu f’isem is-soċjetà…
