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Four new candidates for the priesthood

  • Four seminarians who are currently in their fifth year of studies at the Archbishop’s Seminary will ask Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna to accept them officially as candidates for the Ordination to the Diaconate and the Priesthood. This celebration will take place on Sunday 6th January 2019, during Epiphany Mass at St John’s Co‑Cathedral, Valletta, at 9:15 a.m.

    Roderick Baldacchino and Jean‑Claude Schembri from St Catherine’s Parish, Żejtun, Joshua Cortis from St Gaetan Parish, Ħamrun, and Tony Pace from the Conversion of Saint Paul Parish, Ħal Safi, will publicly manifest their will to offer themselves to the Church to serve in the ministerial priesthood…

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What did the Pope say about atheists and Christians? Read the full text

  • UDJENZA ĠENERALI
    Awla Pawlu VI
    L-Erbgħa 2 ta’ Jannar 2019

    Għeżież ħuti, l-għodwa t-tajba u anki s-Sena t-tajba!

    Inkomplu bil-katekeżi tagħna fuq il-“Missierna”, imdawlin mill-misteru tal-Milied li għadna kemm iċċelebrajna m’ilux.

    Il-Vanġelu ta’ Mattew iqiegħed it-test tal-“Missierna” f’punt strateġiku, fiċ-ċentru tad-Diskors tal-Muntanja (ara 6:9-13). Ħa nosservaw ix-xena: Ġesù jitla’ fuq l-għolja ħdejn l-għadira, u joqgħod bilqiegħda; madwaru għandu ċ-ċirku tad-dixxipli l-iżjed qrib tiegħu, u mbagħad folla kbira ta’ wċuħ anonimi…

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More than €1 million raised for id-Dar tal-Providenza

  • A record sum of €1,275,442 was raised during the New Year’s day Feast of Generosity organised by Id-Dar tal-Providenza. The dry but rather cool weather did not dampen the enthusiasm of the large crowds that made it to Siġġiewi during the day to make their donation under the big tent set up in the parking lot…

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Good politics at the service of peace

Message by Pope Francis for the 52nd World Day of Peace

  • “Peace be to this house!”

    In sending his disciples forth on a mission, Jesus told them: “Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’ And if a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not, it shall return to you” (Lk 10:5-6).
    Bringing peace is central to the mission of Christ’s disciples…

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Live: The liturgical celebrations for the New Year

  • Lejlet l-Ewwel tas-Sena 

     

  • It-Tnejn, 31 ta’ Diċembru 2018, fis-6:30 p.m., l‑Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa ta’ Radd il‑Ħajr fi tmiem is‑sena, bil‑kant tat‑Te Deum, fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta.

     

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  • L-Ewwel tas-Sena 

     

  • Fl-ewwel jum tas-sena l-ġdida, fid-9:00 a.m., l‑Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa fis‑Solennità ta’ Marija Omm Alla u l‑Jum Dinji tal‑Paċi, fid‑Dar tal‑Providenza, is‑Siġġiewi…

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Pope reflects on Holy Family at Sunday Angelus

  • 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…

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Austria commemorates 200th anniversary of Silent Night

  • 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…

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550 people join Caritas Malta for Christmas lunch

  • 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…

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