News from the Church in Malta
With the “Protection of Minors in the Church” Meeting in the Vatican, the Church is attempting to provide guidelines to its own leadership and communities. But she is also offering a painful witness and a precise commitment to the whole of society. Because, as the statistics of minors abused in the world indicate, the protection of minors is an issue that concerns everyone…
Il-ġimgħa li għaddiet saret ċerimonja ta’ għoti ta’ ċertifikati ta’ Health and Safety Level 1 lil 7 parteċipanti li qed jagħmlu programm ta’ rijabilitazzjoni mill-abbuż tad-droga fil-Prison Inmates Programme ta’ Caritas Malta f’Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq.
Dan il-kors jingħata mid-diviżjoni tal-Life Long Learning fi ħdan id-Dipartiment tal-Edukazzjoni. Għaċ-ċerimonja attendew id-Direttur ta’ Caritas Malta is-Sur Anthony Gatt flimkien mal-Kap tad-Dar is-Sur Bernard Schembri, id-Direttur tal-Faċilità Korrettiva ta’ Kordin il-Kurunell Alex Dalli, il-Kordinaturi tal-Life Long Learning Angela Jones u Karl Mifsud, u l-Għalliem is-Sur Loreto Dalli…
As the meeting on safeguarding and protection of minors begins we, the Major Superiors of Religious Orders and Congregations around the world, unite in support of this initiative of Pope Francis.
In our work as religious, we come across many situations where children are abused, neglected, maltreated and unwanted. We see child soldiers; the trafficking of minors; the sexual abuse of minors; the physical and emotional abuse of minors…
Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna is Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and a member of the Organizing Committee for the “Protection of Minors in the Church” Meeting. During Monday’s Press Conference to present the Meeting, he made it clear that the event is part of a journey the Church undertook some time ago. It is important it create the right conditions for there to be a concrete “follow up”, he said…
Pope Francis has repeatedly warned that across the planet, “a true world war is being fought piecemeal” and repeatedly he has decried the fact that so many children continue to be victims of conflict.
This reality was confirmed by a report, released on Friday by the global children’s charity, “Save the Children” that reveals that more children are living in areas affected by armed conflict than at any time in more than 20 years…
Today, Monday 18th February 2019, at 11:30, a press conference will be held at the Holy See Press Office to present the meeting on “The protection of minors in the Church”, to be held at the Vatican from the 21st till the 24th February 2019.
The main speakers of the press conference will be:
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich (Archbishop of Chicago and member of the organizing committee), Mgr Charles J…
Pope Francis, following the recitation of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, focused his attention on “the protection of minors in the Church” meeting, to be held in the Vatican from 21 to 24 February 2019.
The Pope said that all the Presidents of all the Episcopal Conferences would be there and he invited those present in St Peter’s Square to pray for the meeting, which the Pontiff said, he wanted “as an act of strong pastoral responsibility in the face of an urgent challenge of our time.”
The February Meeting will include plenary sessions, working groups, moments of common prayer, listening to testimonies, a penitential liturgy, and a final Eucharistic celebration…
Seven years after the publication of the Encyclical “Urbi Arcano” by Pope Pius XI, Rev Prof Daniel Callus OP set up the “Lega Universitaria Cattolica Maltese”. The statute was approved by Archbishop Maurus Caruana on 19th February 1930. This was the beginning of the Catholic Action in Malta.
From that point onwards, the Catholic Action has had a positive impact on the spread of Catholic teaching in society, as well as the quality of social engagement in Malta…
L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Josef Mifsud bħala l‑Arċipriet tal‑parroċċa ta’ San Nikola, is‑Siġġiewi.
Dun Josef Mifsud twieled fil‑15 ta’ Mejju 1981 u trabba s‑Siġġiewi fejn irċieva l‑ewwel edukazzjoni tiegħu fl-iskola primarja tas-Siġġewi. Huwa kiseb l-edukazzjoni sekondarja fis‑Seminarju Minuri tal-Arċisqof, Tal-Virtù, ir-Rabat, u kompla l-istudji terzjarji fil-Fakultà tat-Teoloġija (Filosofija u Teoloġija) fl-Università ta’ Malta…
‘Is it a boy or a girl?’ This is the most frequently asked question whenever a child is born. Although the answer is straightforward in the majority of cases, it is not so clear-cut in a small proportion. Gender is assigned according to the appearance of external genitalia, however, in Malta, between 1 and 4 children are born with atypical genitalia every year.
Being unable to assign a sex to the newborn is not only distressing to the parents, but also creates a dilemma for the doctors who have to guide the parents when making decisions which will often have long-term effects on the child…
