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Archbishop Scicluna says February meeting start of ‘global approach’ to fighting sex abuse

23/11/2018
  • Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, centre, has been chosen as part of a steering committee to lead the meeting of bishops’ conferences from around the world in February. (CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Santiago) 

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  • In a decision highlighting the great importance he gives to next February’s summit meeting on “the protection of minors in the church,” to which he has called the presidents of all the Catholic bishops conferences, Pope Francis has appointed a high-powered steering committee to oversee the project…

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Archbishop Scicluna chosen by Pope Francis to form part of the organising committee of the meeting on the protection of minors

The meeting will take place in the Vatican from the 21st to the 24th February 2019

23/11/2018

  • The Holy See’s Press Office released a statement on Friday in which it announced that Pope Francis has named several people to an organising committee to prepare for a meeting to take place in the Vatican from the 21-24 February 2019. This meeting will take up the subject of the protection of minors in the Church and will be attended by the Presidents of the Episcopal Conferences. Full statement of the text follows…

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Church Schools Entry 2019

More than 1,450 vacant places in Church Schools

23/11/2018

  • Ir‑regolamenti għad‑Dħul fl‑Iskejjel tal‑Knisja għas‑sena skolastika 2019 ‑ 2020 ġew ippubblikati fuq il-paġna tal-iskejjel tal-Knisja fuq il‑websajt tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta. B’kollox ser ikun hemm 1,457 post vakanti għall-istudenti. L‑applikazzjonijiet jistgħu jsiru onlajn jew f’xi wħud mill‑iskejjel tal‑Knisja kif indikat fir‑regolamenti. L‑applikazzjonijiet tal‑ewwel kriterju jsiru f’Novembru 2018, l‑applikanti l‑oħra f’Jannar u Frar 2019.

    L‑applikazzjonijiet tal‑ewwel kriterju jinkludu tfal li huma fi djar tal‑Knisja, tfal tal‑impjegati, aħwa li jistgħu jinkitbu fl‑istess skola ta’ ħuthom u tfal li qegħdin fi skejjel tal‑Knisja bla kontinwità…

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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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