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Photos: The first day of the 2018 Diocesan Assembly

23/11/2018

  • Il-Ħamis, 22 ta’ Novembru 2018, bdiet l-Assemblea Djoċesana 2018, fejn matulha qed isir evalwazzjoni tad‑dokumenti tas‑Sinodu Djoċesan li sar bejn l‑1999 u l‑2003.

    Fl-ewwel jum tal-Assemblea ġew diskussi d-dokumenti tas-Sinodu Kultura-Soċjetà-Knisja, Djakonija u Ġustizzja, Lajċi Nsara, Żwieġ u Familja u Adolexxenti u Żgħażagħ.

    Fi spirtu ta’ djalogu, il‑Knisja qed tħares lejn l‑iżviluppi li seħħew fil‑kultura u fis‑soċjetà Maltija fl‑aħħar snin, u tara kif tkompli twassal il‑Bxara t‑Tajba fid‑dawl tat‑tagħlim tal‑Papa Franġisku…

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123 persons graduate from the Institute of Pastoral Formation

23/11/2018

  • 123 persuna temmew b’suċċess wieħed mill‑14‑il kors li ġew offruti matul l‑aħħar sena akkademika mill‑Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali flimkien ma’ entitajiet oħra tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta. Iċ‑ċerimonja annwali tal‑gradwazzjoni saret nhar it‑Tlieta, 20 ta’ Novembru 2018, fil‑knisja ta’ San Duminku, ir‑Rabat, u tmexxiet mill‑Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea‑Curmi. Iċ‑ċerimonja bdiet b’Quddiesa ta’ ringrazzjament u wara saret il‑preżentazzjoni taċ‑ċertifikati.

    Il‑korsijiet li temmew il‑parteċipanti kienu fl‑oqsma tal‑familja, it‑tagħlim soċjali tal‑Knisja, l‑ekumeniżmu, l‑ispiritwalità Franġiskana, l‑evanġelizzazzjoni, il‑liturġija, il‑ħidma mal‑adolexxenti u ż‑żgħażagħ, l‑istudji fl‑ispiritwalità Karmelitana u l‑istudju tal‑Bibbja…

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Freedom threatened by poverty, technology, consumerism – Pope Francis

23/11/2018

  • Pope Francis sent a video message on Thursday to participants in the 8th Festival of the Social Doctrine of the Church, taking place in the Italian city of Verona on 22-25 November.

    The Holy Father said the event’s theme – “The risk of freedom” – invites reflection on what has always underpinned the experience of men, women, societies, and civilizations…

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Itinerary for Pope’s visit to Panama released

22/11/2018

  • The itinerary for Pope Francis’ visit to Panama to attend World Youth Day celebrations, has been released. He will travel to the country from the 23-27 January 2019.

     

  • Wednesday 23th January 2019

    From Rome, Pope Francis will arrive at Panama’s Tocumen International airport. Following an official welcome, he will travel to the Nunciature…

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Watch: Invitation to the feast of Christ the King

22/11/2018
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  • Il-Knisja Kattolika ser tiċċelebra l-festa liturġika ta’ Kristu Re nhar il-Ħadd li ġej, 25 ta’ Novembru 2018. Għal din il-festa li tagħlaq is-sena liturġika, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna qed jistieden lill-Insara biex jingħaqdu miegħu għaċ-ċelebrazzjoni djoċesana.

    Din tibda fil-5:00p.m. b’mixja ta’ fidi minn quddiem il-monument ta’ Kristu Re, il-Furjana, sal-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, fejn titkanta t-Talba tal-Għasar…

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Pope shifts World Day of Migrants and Refugees to September

21/11/2018

  • Pope Francis has shifted the Catholic Church’s annual World Day of Migrants and Refugees from January to September, the Holy See spokesman, Greg Burke said in a statement on Tuesday. 

    “At the request of various Bishops’ Conferences, the Holy Father has moved the World Day of Migrants and Refugees to the last Sunday of September,” the statement read. “Thus, the next World Day of Migrants and Refugees, the 105 th , will be celebrated on Sunday 29 September 2019.”  “As usual, the text of the Holy Father’s Message will be released some months before the World Day,” Burke added…

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Pope Francis urges all Christians to combat indifference to the suffering and marginalisation of the most needy

“This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him”

18/11/2018
  • Message by Pope Francis on the World Day of the Poor 2018

     

  • 1. “This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him” (Ps 34:6). The words of the Psalmist become our own whenever we are called to encounter the different conditions of suffering and marginalization experienced by so many of our brothers and sisters whom we are accustomed to label generically as “the poor”…

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Human Rights under the spotlight at Vatican Symposium

17/11/2018

  • The two-day symposium which ended Friday has been organized by the Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation. Among those taking part is Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal, Pietro Parolin, as well as, Princeton Professor Robert George, and Harvard Professor, Mary Ann Glendon. In an address to the meeting on Friday, Professor Glendon spoke on the “universal dimension of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its effective application.”

    Pick and choose attitude to rights

    During her speech, the Harvard Professor spoke of a “pick and choose attitude to rights” and said that Human Rights ideas have become a victim of their own success…

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