News from the Church in Malta
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…
Ahead of the feast of Sts Peter and Paul, Pope Francis greets a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, urging Orthodox and Catholic faithful to work together on issues such as welcoming migrants, combating modern slavery, and protecting creation.
As per tradition, an ecumenical delegation sent by the Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, is in Rome to celebrate the feast of the patrons of the Eternal City, Sts Peter and Paul…
Ċentru Terapewtiku ta’ San Blas, Ħaż-Żebbuġ
26 ta’ Ġunju 2019
L-ewwelnett nixtieq ngħid kelma ta’ grazzi għall-ħafna affarijiet u nixtieq nirringrazzja lil tant nies personalment.
Eċċellenza President tar-Repubblika, fuq kollox nixtieq nirringrazzjak tal-preżenza tiegħek fostna. Nixtieq li nagħtu ċapċipa kbira lill-President tar-Repubblika u lis-Sinjura Vella…
In the Acts of the Apostles, we see the early Christians listening to the apostolic preaching, practicing “a high quality of interpersonal relationships through communion of spiritual and material goods”, remembering the Lord in the celebration of the Eucharist, and dialoguing with God in prayer…
The bodies of a father and his daughter are seen in the Rio Grande River
“With immense sadness, the Holy Father has seen the images of the father and his baby daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande River while trying to cross the border between Mexico and the United States.”
Alessandro Gisotti, the ad interim Director of the Holy See Press Office, gave that statement Wednesday in response to journalists’ questions…
Il-Ġimgħa, 14 ta’ Ġunju 2019, saret laqgħa ekumenika organizzata minn Christians Together in Malta, il-Kummissjoni Ekumenika Djoċesana u l-MaltaPraise Project. Din saret fit-Teatru tal-Kulleġġ San Alwiġi, f’Birkirkara.
L-għan tal-laqgħa kien li Nsara minn Knejjes u Tradizzjonijiet differenti jinġabru flimkien biex ikantaw innijiet reliġjużi. Ħafna minn dawn l-innijiet kienu mit-Tradizzjoni Riformata, u nqalbu għall-Malti minn Joe C. Aquilina. Ma kienx hemm korijiet, imma l-assemblea kollha kantat flimkien fl-istil ta’ congregational singing…
