News from the Church in Malta
The Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAM) express their deep concern for destructive fires burning the world’s forests.
The “seriousness” of the fires currently raging in Alaska, Siberia, Greenland, the Canary Islands, and “in particular, the Amazon” is not only local, say the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean. It is “of planetary proportions”…
Rejecting violence, promoting interreligious harmony, caring for the environment and stamping out government corruption are expected to be high on the agenda September 4-10 when Pope Francis visits Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius.
“The pope’s very presence will be his principle message to the people of Mozambique,” said Father Giorgio Ferretti, an Italian missionary and pastor of the cathedral in Maputo, Mozambique…
Illum qed jiġi ċelebrat għall-ewwel darba l-jum internazzjonali li jfakkar il-vittmi ta’ atti ta’ vjolenza minħabba r-reliġjon jew twemmin, wara li ġie rikonoxxut uffiċjalment waqt l-Assemblea Ġenerali tal-Ġnus Magħquda f’Mejju li għadda.
F’intervista fuq 103FM, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi tkellem dwar l-importanza ta’ din il-ġurnata biex tkabbar l-għarfien dwar il-qagħda ta’ dawk in-nies li huma ppersegwitati madwar id-dinja…
While reiterating its respect for the Australian judicial system, as stated on 26 February after the first instance verdict was announced, the Holy See acknowledges the court’s decision to dismiss Cardinal Pell’s appeal.
As the proceedings continue to develop, the Holy See recalls that the Cardinal has always maintained his innocence throughout the judicial process and that it is his right to appeal to the High Court…
The 22nd of August has been officially recognized by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. This was the result of a resolution passed on Tuesday, 28th May 2019 as tabled by Poland with the support of the United States, Canada, Brazil, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Nigeria and Pakistan…
Grupp ieħor ta’ abbatini Maltin iltaqgħu mal-Papa Franġisku quddiem ir-Residenza ta’ Santa Marta, ilbieraħ, il-Ħadd 18 ta’ Awwissu. Wara li sellem lil kull abbati, il-Papa xtaq li jieħdu ritratt flimkien.
Il-Papa qal, “Kemm huma kwieti dawn l-abbatini!”
Ir-Rettur tal-Preseminario, Don Angelo Magistrelli, wieġbu: “Sakemm titlaq inti!”
Iż-żjara tal-Abbatini fil-Vatikan kienet organizzata minn Dun Frans Bonnici, Dun Mark Ellul u s-seminarista Matthew Borg…
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Pope Francis said Sunday that prayer in adoration of God and service to others spreads the fire of God’s love, changing the world one heart at a time.
“I invite everyone to discover the beauty of the prayer of adoration and to exercise it often,” Pope Francis said.
Adoration of God in prayer is necessary to allow the fire of love that Jesus brought to the earth to envelop our entire existence, the pope explained…
X’ġimgħa kienet! L-ewwel ma waslu kienu l-Ispanjoli, imbagħad ir-Rumeni u l-Albaniżi, u ftit sigħat wara waslu l-Litweni, id-Daniżi, il-Belġjani, il-Ġermaniżi u l-Islovakki. Kulħadd kien għajjien imma kulħadd kien eċitat biex jibda l-Fimcap EuroCamp 2019: No Space for Poverty?! organizzat miż-ŻAK (Żgħażagħ Azzjoni Kattolika) hawn Malta.
60 żagħżugħ u żagħżugħa ta’ etajiet bejn is-16 u l-20 sena, ġejjin minn disa’ pajjiżi differenti madwar l-Ewropa, kollha organizazzjonijiet membri tal-FIMCAP (Fédération Internationale des Mouvements Catholiques d’Action Paroissiale) kienu jafu li matul din il-youth exchange kienu se jagħmlu ħbieb ġodda, u li kienu se jiddiskutu u jitgħallmu dwar it-tema magħżula tal-faqar u l-esklużjoni soċjali…
From a forest in China to the streets of Manhattan, China’s underground church is underground no more.
Around the world there are many ways that the Solemnity of the Assumption is celebrated. In Paris, a silver statue of the Blessed Mother is transported by boat along the Seine River. In Madrid the locals don colourful attire and dance through the streets, but in New York, there is a celebration that tops them all, and amazingly, it began only 25 short years ago in Chinatown…
