News from the Church in Malta
Pope Francis is informed of the tragedy that killed fourteen Russian sailors on board a deep water research submarine and is grieving for the victims.
Answering questions put to him by journalists, Alessandro Gisotti, the interim director of the Holy See Press Office, said the Pope has expressed his condolences and closeness to the families of the victims and to all who have been affected by the disaster…
The Vatican has announced it is opening two tombs within a cemetery on Holy See territory to see if Emanuela Orlandi, the teenage girl who went missing 36 years ago, is buried there.
The two tombs are to be opened on 11 July, interim director of the Holy See Press Office, Alessandro Gisotti, confirmed on Tuesday. Gisotti said that the decision was made by Vatican promoter of justice, Gian Piero Milano, and his assistant, Alessandro Diddi in response to the request of Emanuela Orlandi’s family and their questioning “the possible concealment of her cadaver in the small cemetery located within Vatican City State.”
In April, the Vatican authorised the opening of an investigation into a tomb in the Teutonic Cemetery – a medieval cemetery reserved for Germans, Austrians, Dutch and Flemish people to be buried inside the walls of the Vatican – after the Orlandi family received an anonymous letter claiming the girl’s remains were buried there…
“B’Qalb Imħeġġa” huwa t-titlu tal-Aġġornament tal-Kleru 2019 fejn din is-sena ngħatat ħarsa lejn il-prijoritajiet li l-Knisja f’Malta għandha tpoġġi quddiemha llum meta affaċċjata b’soċjetà pluralista u multikulturali. Kienet ix-xewqa tal-Arċisqof Charles, J. Scicluna u tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea Curmi li s-saċerdoti jagħtu l-kontribut dirett tagħhom biex jindikaw l-għażliet li Alla qed jitlob li jagħmlu b’kuraġġ u ħeġġa.
B’ispirazzjoni mill-ġrajja ta’ Għemmaws u fid-dawl ta’ Evangelii Gaudium, ġew identifikati erba’ għażliet sabiex jorjentaw il-prijoritajiet tad-djoċesi: Knisja li tisma’, Knisja li tilqa’, Knisja li takkumpanja u Knisja li toħroġ (outreach)…
How do we deal with and communicate a crisis situation? Are there standard strategies? What is the role of the Press Office? These are some of the questions that opened the annual meeting of the Press Officers and Spokespersons of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe.
53 participants, coming from 27 European countries, arrived in Malta from the 17th to 19th June to discuss important issues related to communication and the media
The meeting, entitled “Communication in crisis situations”, kicked off at the Curia of the Archdiocese of Malta with the greetings of the Auxiliary Bishop, H. E…
Matul ix-xahar ta’ Ġunju 2019, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna għamel fil-Parroċċa ta’ San Lawrenz Levita Martri, il-Birgu.
Matul il-Viżta Pastorali l-Arċisqof Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa fil-knisja parrokkjali u matulha ta l-Ewwel Tqarbina lil tmintax-il tifel u tifla. Fl-erbat ijiem li qatta’ fil-Birgu l-Arcisqof kellu l-opportunità jiltaqa’ mat-tfal, iż-żgħażagħ, il-katekisti u l-operaturi pastorali tal-parroċċa. Huwa ltaqa’ wkoll ma’ rappreżentanti tas-soċjetà ċivili kif ukoll mas-sorijiet Benedittini u l-patrijiet u t-terzjarji Dumnikani li jagħtu sehem fil-Birgu.
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At a Consistory of Cardinals on Monday, Pope Francis formally approved Blessed John Henry Newman’s canonisation along with that of Sister Mariam Thresia, of Giuseppina Vannini, of Dulce Lopes Pontes and of Margarita Bays.
In February, the Pope signed a decree recognising a second miracle attributed to Blessed John Henry Newman, the inexplicable healing of a woman with a “life-threatening pregnancy”…
Is‑Sibt 29 ta’ Ġunju, jum l-Imnarja, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jiċċelebra Quddiesa Pontifikali fis‑solennità tal‑martirju ta’ San Pietru u San Pawl, flimkien mal‑Kapitlu Metropolitan, fil‑Katidral tal‑Imdina. Il-Quddiesa tibda fis‑6:00 p.m. Fi tmiemha ssir ir‑repożizzjoni tar‑relikwi.
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The Interdiocesan Environment Commission (KA) holds that the revised fuel stations policy has not been properly reviewed prior to its publication and that its drafting was a very hasty job, possibly driven by assertive public protests that started to cause embarrassment to the authorities.
The proposed policy states that if the “fuel station is not used for a period of three consecutive years within thirty years”, then the site “has to return to agricultural state.” However, earlier the policy states that the fuel station shall not be located on agricultural land…
Nhar it-Tnejn li ġej, l-1 ta’ Lulju, hu jum il-festa tal-Beatu Nazju Falzon.
Il-festa tal-beatu tiġi ċċelebrata f’diversi knejjes, iżda b’mod speċjali, fil-knisja Tal-Ġiżwiti, fejn Nazju Falzon waqqaf il-Kongregazzjoni tar-Rużarju biex il-membri tas-servizzi jinġabru jitolbu qabel joħorġu għall-gwerra u fejn ġew mgħammda 400 mis-650 li ġew imħejjija minnu għall-Magħmudija. Il-festa tal-Beatu Nazju Falzon tiġi ċċelebrata wkoll fil-knisja tal-Patrijiet Frangiskani Minuri,‘Ta’ Ġieżu’, fejn jinsab midfun fil-qabar tal-familja…
