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08/07/2019

€687,795 were raised during the 11th edition of the Volleyball Marathon in aid of Id-Dar tal-Providenza that took place between Friday 5th and Sunday 7th July in the parking lot of the Siġġiewi Home. This sum included that of €378,226 which was collected during a special edition of Xarabank on June 28th on TVM.

Forty young male and female players, coaches, referees, scorekeepers, medical doctors, physiotherapists and nurses challenged the persisting heat of the day and played fifty-three hours of non-stop Volleyball to raise much-needed funds for Id-Dar tal-Providenza…

11th edition of volleyball marathon in aid of Dar tal-Providenza kicks off

06/07/2019

Ftit sigħat ilu fid-Dar tal-Providenza bdiet il-11-il edizzjoni tal-BOV Marigold Volleyball Marathon, li se tintemm għada l-Ħadd f’nofsillejl.
Bħalma jiġri kull sena, għal 53 siegħa sħaħ, il-parkeġġ tal-karozzi fid-Dar tas-Siġġiewi nbidel f’padiljun tal-volleyball u f’żona ta’ divertiment għall-familja kollha. Apparti l-logħob tal-volleyball, se jkun hemm spettaklu ta’ kant, kunċerti mużikali kfi ukoll stands ta’ ikel għall-viżitaturi.

Aktar minn 300 voluntier qed jiddedikaw il-ħin u l-isforzi tagħhom biex jiġbru l-flus għal din il-kawża ġusta…

06/07/2019

In memory of the 6th anniversary of his visit to Lampedusa, on Monday, 8 July, the Holy Father Pope Francis, will celebrate a Mass for Migrants, at 11:00, in St Peter’s Basilica. Around 250 people will participate in the celebration, among whom will be migrants, refugees and those who are dedicated to saving their lives.

Taking part in the Mass, presided over by the Pope at the Altar of the Chair of St Peter, will be only those persons invited by the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, to whom the Holy Father has entrusted the organization of the event…

04/07/2019

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…

04/07/2019

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…

03/07/2019

“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)…

03/07/2019

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…

02/07/2019

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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02/07/2019

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”…

29/06/2019

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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