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10/06/2019

Patri Arnaldo Pangrazzi kien il-mistieden tal-Ordni tal-Kamilljani biex jindirizza lis-saċerdoti li qed jagħtu kontribut essenzjali fl-akkumpanjament pastorali ta’ persuni anzjani.

Għal din il-laqgħa attendew saċerdoti li jagħmlu żjaratr fid-djar tan-nies u jqarbnu l-morda u oħrajn li jagħtu servizz pastorali fi djar tal-anzjani (tal-Knisja, privati, jew tal-Istat) permezz ta’ quddies, qrar u servizzi pastorali oħra. Attendew saċerdoti li għandhom ir-responsabbiltà diretta tal-pastorali mal-anzjani u dawk li qegħdin fl-aħħar fażi tal-ħajja tagħhom…

10/06/2019

World Mission Sunday in 2019 falls on the 20th October. Instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1926, the annual day encourages prayers, cooperation and help for missions as well as reminding Christians about the fundamental missionary character of the Church and of every baptized person.

The theme of this year’s observance is “Baptized and Sent: The Church of Christ on Mission in the World…

Pope on Pentecost: The Holy Spirit brings harmony within us and among us

10/06/2019

Celebrating Mass on the solemnity of Pentecost in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis urged the faithful to implore the gift of the Spirit that makes us artisans of concord, sowers of goodness, apostles of hope.

Reflecting on the liturgy of the day, the Pope explained that thanks to the Holy Spirit, the disciples’ worries disappeared.

Rejuvenated by the Spirit, he said, their lives were changed, and he pointed out that “far from being an abstract reality: he is the Person who is most concrete and close, the one who changes our lives”…

08/06/2019

Il‑Ħadd 9 ta’ Ġunju, fid‑9:15 a.m., l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jiċċelebra Quddiesa fil-festa tal-Għid il‑Ħamsin fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta. Matulha jamministra s‑Sagrament tal‑Griżma tal‑Isqof lill‑adolexxenti tal‑parroċċi tal‑Belt u l‑parroċċa ta’ Ġesù Nazzarenu ta’ Tas‑Sliema.

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06/06/2019

Il-Ġimgħa, 7 ta’ Ġunju 2019, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jiċċelebra Quddiesa b’suffraġju għall-vittmi tas-Sette Giugno 1919, Carmelo Abela, Manuel Attard, Ġużè Bajada u Wenzu Dyer, fl-10am fil-Knisja taċ-Ċimiterju ta’ Sidtna Marija Addolorata f’Raħal Ġdid.

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06/06/2019

Following an increase in support for far-right movements, some of which base their arguments on the need to protect our ‘Catholic identity’ as well as recent statements by the Guardian for Future Generations, who justified his call to exclude migrants and Muslims in particular by invoking his desire to live and die in a Catholic country,[1] the Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Malta feels the need to speak out on our duty as Catholics to resist politics of hate and exclusion…

06/06/2019

Bejn it-30 ta’ Mejju u u t-2 ta’ Ġunju 2019, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi għamel Viżta Pastorali fil-Parroċċa ta’ San Bartilmew f’Ħal Għargħur.

Waqt il-Viżta Pastorali l-Isqof Galea-Curmi ltaqa’ mar-residenti ta’ Ħal Għargħur u bierek għadd ta’ familji fid-djar tagħhom bħala parti mill-programm tal-parroċċa għat-tberik tal-Għid. Matul il-Viżta l-Isqof iċċelebra Quddiesa fil-knisja parrokkjali u matulha amministra s-Sagrament tal-Griżma tal-Isqof lil 29 adolexxent…

05/06/2019

Il-President ta’ Malta George Vella ltaqa’ mal-Kummissjoni Emiganti, bi żjara f’Dar l-Emigrant fil-Belt u s-Sorijiet tal-Bon Pastur f’Ħal Balzan, li joffru diversi servizzi b’xejn lill-immigranti li jiġu Malta jfittxu ħajja aħjar minn art twelidhom minħabba gwerra jew faqar.

Il-President Vella ngħata merħba minn Monsinjur Alfred Vella u Monsinjur Philip Calleja mal-wasla tiegħu f’Dar l-Emigrant fil-Belt Valletta. Hawnhekk iltaqa’ mal-immigranti li jibbenefikaw mis-servizzi ta’ din l-għaqda mhux governattiva, filwaqt li tkellem mal-voluntiera li jaħdmu f’dan il-qasam…

04/06/2019

Above, Saybie, shown happy at home, was released last week from Sharp Mary Birch Hospital’s NICU. Below, Anna and Jesse Ray’s son Joshua is shown at two days old, weighing less than 4 pounds. He is now a healthy teenager.
He weighed less than 10 ounces when he was delivered by emergency caesarean at 24 weeks and five days…

03/06/2019

Pope Francis answers questions during the inflight press conference as he returns from Romania.
“If Europe does not look well at the challenges ahead, Europe will wither, it will be withered.,” Pope Francis said in response to a question about recent trends in European politics. Asked about groups “that do not desire fraternity” but “prefer to go it alone,” the Pope said Europe needs to “take up again the mysticism of the founding fathers.” Europe needs “to be itself,” to rediscover “its own identity, its own unity,” in order to overcome “divisions and borders.” He acknowledged that nations have their own proper identity, which they must protect; but, he continued, “with the mysticism of the polyhedron.” There is a “globalization,” he said, “where all cultures are respected, but all are united.”

World solidarity

Asked by a Romanian reporter about his “message” for parents who leave their children to work abroad, the Holy Father said, “To detach oneself so that the family doesn’t lack anything is an act of love… Such a detachment is always a painful situation.” He lamented policies that made such separations necessary, saying it is not simply a question of local problems, but of a worldwide “lack of solidarity”…