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Synod Day 22: The role of young people in the Church

24/10/2018

  • The draft of the final document was presented to the Synod Fathers on Tuesday morning and was greeted with a long round of applause, Dr Paolo Ruffini Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication said. On Wednesday, the Synod Fathers will put forward proposals for integration into the final document. Dr Ruffini said that the document is different to the working document, the Instrumentun Laboris, but reflects many of the issues that were outlined in that document…

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The Diocesan Ecumenical Commission 2018-2022

23/10/2018

  • L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ġedded il‑ħidma tal‑Kummissjoni Ekumenika Djoċesana għall-erba’ snin li ġejjin (2018-2022) bil‑ħatra ta’ membri ġodda.  Dan filwaqt li kkonferma l‑membri li diġà kienu parti mill‑kummissjoni.

    L‑irwol tal‑Kummissjoni Ekumenika huwa li tgħin lill‑Knisja fir‑relazzjonijiet ma’ Nsara ta’ Knejjes oħra, trawwem kuxjenza ekumenika fost il‑Kattoliċi u tħeġġeġ għat‑talb għall‑għaqda fost l‑Insara.

    Mons. Prof. Hector Scerri ġie kkonfermat bħala president tal‑kummissjoni…

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Photos: The Auxiliary Bishop administers the Sacrament of Confirmation in Marsaxlokk, Baħrija and Gudja

23/10/2018

French pilgrims take interest in the work of the Church in Malta

23/10/2018

  • On Friday, 19th October 2018, a group of around 25 pilgrims from the diocese of Montauban in France, visited the Archbishop’s Curia where they celebrated Mass and later met with Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi. They also had the opportunity to understand the pastoral reality of the Archdiocese of Malta and the work being underataken by the Church in society.

     

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Synod Day 21: We must ask for forgiveness

23/10/2018

  • The Synod Fathers had Monday off while the first draft of the Synod document was being finalised. This draft will be presented at the General Assembly on Tuesday morning. The draft will be debated on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday the Synod Fathers will have a day off while a final draft is being prepared. On Friday the General Assembly will meet to elect a new Council for the Synod and, on Saturday, the final document will be presented to the bishops…

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Feast of St John Paul II

22/10/2018

  • Saint John Paul II is perhaps one of the most well-known pontiffs in recent history, and is most remembered for his charismatic nature, his love of youth and his world travels, along with his role in the fall of communism in Europe during his 27-year papacy.

    Karol Józef Wojtyla, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in the Polish town of Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometers from Krakow, on May 18, 1920…

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Joint statement by the Secretariat for Catholic Education and the UPE

22/10/2018

  • A meeting was held on Friday 19th October 2018, between the Secretariat for Catholic Education and the Union for Professional Educators (UPE). Both parties clarified that when issues arise, the UPE will first contact the head of school and both parties will address the matter. If the issue is not resolved, the UPE will then contact the Secretariat which will work with the school and the UPE to resolve the issue.

    In view of this development, the Secretariat is initiating legal procedures to withdraw the inhibitory injunction and the UPE is withdrawing its directives in Church schools with immediate effect…

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Pope appoints Nobel Physics laureate as member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences

22/10/2018

  • Pope Francis has appointed Steven Chu, professor of physics and molecular and cellular physiology at Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, as an ordinary member of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

    The Academy, headquartered inside Vatican City, was established in 1936 by Pope Pius XI.

    The work of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences comprises six major areas: fundamental science; science and technology of global problems; science for the problems of the developing world; scientific policy; bioethics; epistemology…

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1.2 billion Catholics; 116,000 seminarians; 5,000 hospitals: Some of the Church’s numbers on Mission Sunday

A look at some interesting Church statistics and comparisons by continent

20/10/2018

  • This Sunday, October 21, is World Mission Day, and as every year on this occasion, the Fides News Service provides statistics to give a panorama of the missionary Church all over the world.

    The numbers are taken from the Church’s Book of Statistics, (updated to the end of 2016).

    For those who like to consider the numbers, these statistics show interesting data such as:

    The world population at the end of 2016 was 7,352,289,000 while Catholics in the world numbered 1,299,059,000, showing an increase of 14,249,000…

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17,000 children from Malta and Gozo pray together for unity and peace

20/10/2018

  • 17,000 tifel u tifla minn Malta u Għawdex ingħaqdu ma’ aktar minn miljun tifel u tifla oħra minn madwar id-dinja fejn talbu r-Rużarju Mqaddes għall-għaqda u l-paċi. Dan kien l-akbar numru ta’ konkorrenza sa mill-bidu ta’ din l-inizjattiva f’Malta, 4 snin ilu. Is-sena l-oħra pparteċipaw 14,000. Din il-kampanja qed tkompli tikseb aktar parteċipazzjoni, mhux biss f’Malta iżda madwar id-dinja kollha wkoll…

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