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Public discussion on rents, affordability and poverty

16/11/2018

  • Housing, affordability and poverty are becoming more pressing issues, with increasing signs that Malta’s economy is growing asymmetrically. As a result, many families are being marginalised and impoverished because they cannot afford appropriate housing that allows them to live with dignity. This is not only true for vulnerable family units, but also for young couples planning to form new families.

    Catholic Voices Malta is organising its first public seminar on this topic and will focus on the effect the rapid rise in housing prices is having on social cohesion, social justice and families in Malta…

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Pope: Gossip kills, God is truth

15/11/2018

  • In his Catechesis devoted to the eighth commandment, Pope Francis told pilgrims in St Peter’s Square on Wednesday that Christians are called to be “truthful not only in our words but in our entire way of acting towards others.” Speaking at his weekly General Audience, the Pope said that, “our ultimate model in this regard is Jesus himself…

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Diocesan Assembly 2018

15-il sena mis-Sinodu Djoċesan

14/11/2018

  • L‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta ser tlaqqa’ l‑Assemblea Djoċesana li ser tkun ippreseduta mill‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna, nhar il‑Ħamis 22 u l‑Ġimgħa 23 ta’ Novembru 2018. L‑Assemblea ser issir fil‑Katekumenju, il‑Mosta, fejn kien sar is‑Sinodu Djoċesan.

    L‑Arċisqof ried li matul din l‑Assemblea, 15‑il sena minn tmiem is‑Sinodu Djoċesan, issir evalwazzjoni tad‑dokumenti tas‑Sinodu li sar bejn l‑1999 u l‑2003. Fi spirtu ta’ djalogu, il‑Knisja ser 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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Temporary mobile health clinic for the poor opens in St Peter’s Square

14/11/2018

  • As workers were getting St Peter’s Square ready for this year’s Nativity scene, nearby a large mobile health care facility was set up and running to serve the city’s homeless and poor.

    About two dozen men and a few women were sitting or standing in a spacious area, quietly waiting their turn or filling out basic paperwork before being called for their free checkups…

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Pope Francis to visit Morocco in March

13/11/2018

  • The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, announced on Tuesday that Pope Francis will visit Morocco from the 30th to the 31st of March 2019.

    During this two-day Apostolic Journey, he will visit the cities of Rabat and Casablanca.

    Greg Burke said that this decision comes in response to an invitation extended by King Mohammed VI and the Catholic Bishops of Morocco…

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A new appointment for Archbishop Scicluna by Pope Francis

13/11/2018

  • His Holiness Pope Francis appointed Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna as Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith of the Holy See. Whilst remaining the Archbishop of Malta, Mgr Scicluna will have a greater role in the Congregation which is responsible to promote and safeguard the doctrine on faith and morals in the Church.

    At present, Archbishop Scicluna is a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and President of the Special College within the same Congregation, to hear recourses in certain canonical processes…

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Photos: The Archbishop administers the Sacrament of Confirmation in Żurrieq and Xgħajra

12/11/2018

Pope Francis: ‘Singing elevates soul to listen to the Spirit’

12/11/2018

  • Singing elevates the soul, making it “more sensitive to the voice of the Spirit.”

    Pope Francis described the musical art in this way, while speaking to 300-odd members of the “Alumni of Heaven” Choir Association on Saturday.

    The Association is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its foundation by Fr. Giuseppe Arione SJ. The Alumni seek to evangelize through music and concerts, which they perform throughout Italy and Europe…

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Live: Mass on Remembrance Day

10/11/2018

  • Għada l-Ħadd, 11 ta’ Novembru 2018, Jum it-Tifkira, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna se jiċċelebra Quddiesa Pontifikali fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. Il-Quddiesa tibda fid-9:15 am.

    F’għeluq il-100 anniversarju mit-tmiem tal-Ewwel Gwerra Dinjija, fil-knejjes kollha f’Malta, f’nofsinhar, ser tindaqq mota b’tifkira ta’ dawk li mietu fil-gwerra. 

     

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