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Mdina Cathedral to open all night for confession

26/03/2019

  • Fil‑lejl ta’ bejn il‑Ġimgħa u s‑Sibt li ġej, 29 u 30 ta’ Marzu 2019, is‑seminaristi flimkien mal‑Kapitlu Metropolitan se jorganizzaw ‘24 siegħa għall‑Mulej’. Il‑Katidral ta’ San Pawl fl‑Imdina se jkun miftuħ lejl sħiħ u għadd ta’ saċerdoti se jkunu disponibbli għas‑Sagrament tal-Qrar matul din il-velja. Il‑Katidral se jkun miftuħ mill‑Ġimgħa fis‑7:00 p.m. sas‑Sibt fit‑8:00 a.m.

    Huwa l‑Papa Franġisku li nhar il‑Ġimgħa filgħaxija fil‑Bażilika ta’ San Pietru f’Ruma se jagħti bidu għas‑sitt edizzjoni ta’ ‘24 siegħa għall‑Mulej’…

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The mission of the priest: to make the world holy – Archbishop Cremona on the 50th anniversary of his Presbyteral Ordination

Quddiesa f'għeluq il-50 sena mill-ordinazzjoni presbiterali ta' Mons. Pawlu Cremona u Mons. George Frendo

25/03/2019

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  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Emeritu Pawlu Cremona

     

  • Il-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
    24 ta’ Marzu 2019

    Darba Santu Wistin spjega lilu nnifsu bħala isqof, imma jien sa napplikaha anke għall-presbiterat, is-saċerdozju ministerjali. ‘Jiena magħkom jien Nisrani, għalikom jiena ragħaj’. F’din il-ġurnata nixtieq nirringrazzja lil Alla għax flimkien magħkom jien Nisrani imma mbagħad nirringrazzjah għaliex tani grazzja kbira li nkun nista’ nservi u naqdi lill-poplu tiegħu…

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Pope to Catholic-school students: ‘Trust yourselves!’

25/03/2019

  • Pope Francis holds a Q&A session with the students of a Catholic school in Padova and tells them to find their main point of reference in themselves, with the guidance of their priests, parents, and grandparents.

     

  • “The most important point of reference for the choices we must make is found in yourself, in your own conscience.”

    That was the advice Pope Francis gave on Saturday to a thousand-strong group of school-age children who attend the Barbarigo Catholic School in the Italian city of Padua…

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Mass on World Down Syndrome Day

25/03/2019

  • On Thursday, 21st March, on World Syndrome Day, the Malta Down Syndrome Association held a Mass for its members and friends at the Dar tal-Providenza chapel in Siġġiewi. 

    Fr Martin Micallef, Director of Id-Dar tal-Providenza, celebrated Mass. In his homily he stressed that we all have to be part of a society that looks at the difference not as a threat but as a treasure…

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Live: Mass for the 50th anniversary of the Presbyteral Ordination of Mgr Paul Cremona and Mgr George Frendo

24/03/2019

  • Illum, il-Ħadd, 24 ta’ Marzu 2019, l-Arċisqof Emeritu Pawlu Cremona ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa ta’ Radd il‑Ħajr lil Alla f’għeluq il‑50 sena mill‑Ordinazzjoni Presbiterali tiegħu. Din ser issir fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta, u tibda fil‑5:30 p.m.

    F’din il‑Quddiesa ser jikkonċelebra Mons. George Frendo O.P., l‑Arċisqof ta’ Tirana fl‑Albanija, li wkoll qed jiċċelebra l‑50 anniversarju tal‑Ordinazzjoni Presbiterali.

     

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Catholic newlyweds choose meal for poor children over a wedding banquet

23/03/2019

  • Everything was beautiful. The details came out just the way the bride and groom had dreamed they would. Ana Paula Meriguete and Victor Ribeiro got married in the Catholic Church and received the congratulations of their guests at a brief reception afterwards. But the real celebration was yet to come, and it was not a traditional one: Instead of a typical wedding banquet, the young couple decided to offer a meal for poor children and their families in the coastal city of Guarapari, in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo…

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World Water Day: How to leave no one behind

22/03/2019

  • “One of the biggest problems in terms of governance over water is the lack of participation by those in need. We need to find ways to give these people a voice. They are aware of their needs, and they need to be able to express them… they can help in choosing the best fit solution for their situation”.  

    This is the message Richard Connor, Editor in Chief on the United Nations’ World Water Development Report, has for those of us who have the power to help make change in the water crisis…

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President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca meets Pope Francis

22/03/2019

  • On Thursday, 21st March 2019, the Holy Father Francis received in audience Her Excellency Mrs Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, president of Malta, who subsequently met with His Eminence Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, accompanied by the Rev. Msgr. Antoine Camilleri, under-secretary for Relations with States.

    During the cordial discussions, the parties evoked the constructive relations that unite the Holy See and the Republic of Malta, and the collaboration between Church and State in favour of the human, social, cultural and spiritual progress of the population, in particular, the young, in the light of the centuries-long contribution that Catholicism has offered the country…

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Environment Commission: Towards sustainable connectivity between Malta and Gozo

21/03/2019

  • Recalling its proposal of two years ago, the Interdiocesan Environment Commission (KA) urges the Government to publish all the studies and research carried out in relation to:

    1. All the alternative options for better accessibility between Malta and Gozo, clearly indicating which option or options offer the most sustainable means of accessibility from the environmental, social, economic and operational perspective;
    2. The opportunities for new jobs and investment that may be created thanks to the choice of such option/s;
    3. The factors that still deter investors from investing in Gozo when such options, or at least one of them, would be implemented…

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