News from the Church in Malta
The Holy Family of Nazareth – Jesus, Mary, and Joseph – were “united by an intense love and animated by great confidence in God,” Pope Francis said on Sunday.
Speaking at the weekly recitation of the Angelus, the Holy Father recalled that the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas is the feast of the Holy Family. The day’s Gospel recounts the story of the finding of Jesus in the Temple…
Church standing on the site of St Nikolaus Church where “Silent Night” was played for the first time on 24 December 1818.
Austria is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the famous Christmas carol that survived and sometimes interrupted wars or other conflicts. Silent Night, the peaceful song about the birth of Jesus that became a crucial part of Christmas celebrations, was sung publicly for the first time in December 1818 in an Austrian town…
As Malta and the rest of Europe celebrate Christmas, 32 men, women and children, have been stranded out at sea for days waiting for a country to relent and take them in.
The tragic truth is that not a single member state has stepped up and offered refuge. This is beyond regrettable, it is a travesty of humanity…
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Ftit iktar minn 550 persuna attendew għall-ikla li Caritas Malta għamlet f’Jum il-Milied fil-Kurja tal-Arċisqof, il-Furjana. Din kienet ir-raba’ sena konsekuttiva li Caritas Malta ħadet ħsieb torganizza din l-ikla għal dawk li jinsabu weħidhom jew li m’għandhomx biżżejjed mezzi jew bla saqaf fuq rashom.
Għall-ikla tal-Milied attendew ukoll fost l-ogħla awtoritajiet tal-pajjiż fosthom il-President ta’ Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, il-President Emeritus George Abela, in-Nunzju Appostoliku Alessandro D’Errico, l-Arċisqof Charles J…
Pope Francis’ revealed his “wish for a happy Christmas” as a “wish for fraternity” during his Christmas Urbi et Orbi message. To those physically present in St Peter’s Square and to all joining through the media, the Pope renewed the angel’s song: “Glory to God in the highest”… and invited all to “halt in wonder” as the shepherds did and to silently “fall to our knees and worship”…
Għall-ewwel darba l-Għaqda tal-Abbatini Maltin intalbet mill-Pre-Seminarju tal-Vatikan biex għal dan il-Milied tibgħat abbatini Maltin jaqdu fil-Quddies li jsiru fil-Bażilika ta’ San Pietru fil-Vatikan. Dun Frans Bonnici, id-Direttur tal-Għaqda Abbatini Maltin laqa’ bil-ferħ din l-istedina. Hekk ukoll l-abbatini u l-ġenituri tagħhom kienu ferħanin li l-abbatini jilqgħu din l-istedina. Grupp ta’ abbatini bħalissa qegħdin fil-Vatikan għas-servizz liturġiku u nhar il-Ġimgħa, grupp ieħor ser imur il-Vatikan għall-ġranet ta’ qabel u wara l-Ewwel tas-Sena…
“In Bethlehem, we discover that God does not take life, but gives it.” In his homily at Mass on Christmas Eve, Pope Francis said the location of Jesus’ birth marks a turning point in the course of history.
House of Bread
He noted that Bethlehem means “house of bread”, and that Mary laid Jesus in a manger…
L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna u l-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi flimkien mad-direttur ta’ Caritas Malta Anthony Gatt, dalgħodu ltaqgħu mal-voluntiera li qed iħejju għall-ikla ta’ Jum il-Milied fil-Kurja tal-Arċisqof, il-Furjana, għal dawk li jinsabu weħidhom u li huma mġarrba mis-solitudini. Din is-sena għal din l-ikla ser jattendu madwar 500 persuna. Din hija r-raba’ sena konsekuttiva li Caritas Malta qed torganizza din l-ikla fil-Kurja, bl-appoġġ ta’ Alf…
