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Orthodox and Catholics joining forces to meet present challenges

28/06/2019

  • 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…

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Love helps youth accept the consequences of their choices – The Archbishop

Ċerimonja ta’ Gradwazzjoni organizzata minn Caritas Malta bit-tema ‘Wirt ta’ Mħabba’

27/06/2019
  • Il-messaġġ tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

  • 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…

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Pope: Church of Acts a paradigm for every Christian community

27/06/2019
  • In his catechesis at the General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis said that St Luke shows us the Church in Jerusalem “as the paradigm of every Christian community”. His reflection was based on a passage from the book of Acts: “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers” (2:42).

    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…

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Pope saddened by death of migrant father, baby at US-Mexico border

26/06/2019

  • 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…

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Christians from different Churches sing hymns of praise translated into Maltese

26/06/2019

  • 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…

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Pope to youths: You are the today of God, the today of the Church

24/06/2019

  • Pope Francis greets young people taking part in the XI International Youth Forum

  • Pope Francis held a special audience in the Vatican on Saturday for around 250 youths from more than 100 countries around the world, including Malta. The young people were in Rome participating in the XI International Youth Forum, which focused on the theme of “Youth in action in a synodal Church”…

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Live: Mass on the feast Corpus Christi

22/06/2019

  • Il-Ħadd, 23 ta’ Ġunju 2019, l‑Arċisqof  jiċċelebra Pontifikal fis‑Solennità tal‑Ġisem u d‑Demm Imqaddes ta’ Ġesù (Corpus Christi) fil‑Katidral tal‑Imdina. Il‑Quddiesa tibda fid-9:30am u tkompli bil‑purċissjoni bl‑Ewkaristija mat‑toroq ewlenin tal‑Imdina.

     

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Pope in Naples: Dialogue and welcome for Mediterranean of peace

22/06/2019

  • The Pope’s speech concluded the two-day conference in Naples on the theme “Theology after Veritatis Gaudium in the context of the Mediterranean”. With that Apostolic Constitution, Pope Francis provided for a renewal of theological studies in the context of a Church that goes forth.

    Pope Francis began his reflection by recalling that “the Mediterranean has always been a place of transit, exchange, and sometimes even conflict” and today it is a place that “poses a series of questions, often dramatic…

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Environment Commission: Building collapse, damages, and the safety and wellbeing of people

The Interdiocesan Environment Commission’s contribution to the public consultation exercise related to the regulations on excavation and construction practices

22/06/2019

  • “Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence” (Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights). It is the right of every individual to live peacefully and to enjoy his or her own property, safely. It is, therefore, an obligation of all players in the construction industry, including contractors, developers, policymakers, site managers, architects and other professionals and workers employed in the construction industry to leave no stone unturned to ensure apart from their own safety, that of people in spaces being developed/redeveloped and those adjacent to construction sites…

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