News from the Church in Malta
This year, the World Day of Social Communications is celebrated on Sunday, 2nd June, the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord – which falls on the Sunday before Pentecost Sunday. The theme for the 2019 World Communications Day chosen by Pope Francis is: “We are members one of another” (Eph 4:25). From network community to human communities…
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Ever since the internet first became available, the Church has always sought to promote its use in the service of the encounter between persons, and of solidarity among all. With this Message, I would like to invite you once again to reflect on the foundation and importance of our being-in-relation and to rediscover, in the vast array of challenges of the current communications context, the desire of the human person who does not want to be left isolated and alone…
Pope Francis speaks to Romanian civil society
Pope Francis addressed Romania’s authorities, members of civil society, and diplomatic corps on Friday morning, shortly after arriving in the capital, Bucharest.
He expressed his joy for the opportunity to visit the ţara frumoasă, or beautiful land, of Romania, 20 years after Pope St…
A mentoring programme to assist young homeless persons was launched. The Erasmus+ EU Funded programme will help these vulnerable persons in discovering more about themselves and their environment to follow a path of higher achievement and stability. The programme was launched under the title “Mentor Power” in the form of a handbook and training manual. Together these tools will be used by the Salesians in a pilot programme aimed at reintegrating young persons back into the community…
Il-Ħamis, 30 Mejju 2019, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi ser jibda l-viżta pastorali fil-parroċċa ta’ San Bartilmew f’Ħal Għargħur, fejn se jiltaqa’ mat-tfal u l-ġenituri tagħhom u l-katekisti, mal-operaturi pastorali u mal-komunità tal-patrijiet u s-sorijiet Franġiskani. L-Isqof se jbierek ukoll għand xi familji bħala parti mill-programm tal-parroċċa għat-tberik tal-Għid. Il-Viżta Pastorali tintemm il-Ħadd, 2 ta’ Ġunju 2019.
Hawn taħt tista’ taqra l-messaġġ tal-Isqof Galea-Curmi lill-parruċċani ta’ Ħal Għargħur…
At his General Audience on Wednesday the Pope led the faithful on a new journey. Leaving behind his continuing catechesis on the Our Father, Pope Francis began a new cycle focusing on the Acts of the Apostles.
The Word and the Spirit
The Pontiff explained how this book speaks about the spread of the Good News and shows us the wonderful bond between the proclamation of the Gospel and the Holy Spirit who gives power to this witness of faith…
Saturday, 1st June 2019, Rome Reports in collaboration with Catholic Voices Malta and CAK will be airing the documentary ‘Benedict XVI, in Honor of the Truth’.
The 48-minute documentary seeks to answer the question in many people’s mind as to why Pope Benedict XVI resignation six years ago, the first Pope to present his resignation in 700 years…
Bejn id-19 u l-21 ta’ Mejju 2019, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi għamel Viżta Pastorali fil-Parroċċa ta’ San Ġwann tas-Salib f’Ta’ Xbiex.
Waqt il-Viżta Pastorali l-Isqof Galea-Curmi ltaqa’ mar-residenti ta’ Ta’ Xbiex li attendew għall-Quddiesa tal-Ħadd u li għaliha attendew ukoll bosta tfal mill-parroċċa. Fit-tliet ijiem li qatta’ f’Ta’ Xbiex, l-Isqof iltaqa’ mal-ġenituri tat-tfal, mal-katekisti u mal-operaturi pastorali. Huwa ltaqa’ wkoll ma’ numru ta’ familji u mal-komunità tal-patrijiet Terezjani li tmexxi din il-parroċċa.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Faith assures us that in a mysterious way the Kingdom of God is already present here on earth (cf. Gaudium et Spes, 39). Yet in our own time, we are saddened to see the obstacles and opposition it encounters. Violent conflicts and all-out wars continue to tear humanity apart; injustices and discrimination follow one upon the other; economic and social imbalances on a local or global scale prove difficult to overcome…
