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Synod Day 5: Sexual abuse and role of women discussed during the Synod

Holy See Press Office briefing addressed by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

09/10/2018

  • Three participants at the Synod of Bishops on Youth attended the daily press briefing. These included Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna, auxiliary bishop of Lyon, France, Emmanuel Gobilliard and Italian author Mr Thomas Leoncini. After offering their impressions of the Synod, two issues were addressed: the sexual abuse of minors and the role of women in the Church.

    Participants impressions of the Synod

    Archbishop Scicluna opened the briefing by saying that he was touched by the very vocal presence of 30 young people at the Synod who, at times, reacted vociferously to what they heard…

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Bishop Charles Gauci arrives in Malta

08/10/2018

  • Wasla illum, 8 ta’ Ottubru 2018, tal-Isqof Malti Charles Gauci, Isqof tad-djoċesi ta’ Darwin, l-Awstralja. L-Isqof Gauci gie milqugħ fl-Ajruport Internazzjonali ta’ Malta mill-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi, minn Mons. Philip Calleja u Mons. Alfred Vella mill-Kummissjoni Emigranti, u mill-qraba tiegħu. Mons. Gauci, li twieled fl-1952, ġie ordnat saċerdot fl-1977 u kkonsagrat isqof fis-26 ta’ Settembru li għadda. Hu kien emigra lejn l-Awstralja mal-ġenituri tiegħu fl-1965 fl-età ta’ 13-il sena…

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Launch of Pastoral Year at MSSP Oratory, Birkirkara

08/10/2018

  • The MSSP Oratory in Birkirkara, a catechetical and liturgical centre for adults, youths and children, has launched its pastoral program for the coming pastoral year:  

    The MSSP Oratory identity is the building of Christian communities through the power of the Word of God and its celebration in Liturgy.  While the very ethos remains constant, the, themes change from year to year with the aim of teaching and forming adult Christians…

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Pope says Church depends on youth for its missionary dynamism

08/10/2018

  • Pope Francis on Saturday expressed confidence that young people will provide the missionary dynamism for the Church’s evangelizing thrust in today’s fast changing, globalized and greatly interconnected world, saying they are not just the future but also the Church’s present.

    His remarks came in a prepared address to a festive rally in the Vatican that brought together some 7,000 young people from various parts of the world and the Synod Fathers who are participating in the October 3-28 Synod of Bishops on the theme , “Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment.”

    The Church goes out with the young

    “The Church, therefore, does not go out ‘to’ the new generations, but goes out ‘with’ the new generations, and the Synod is the fruit of a work in which you have been and are protagonists,” the Pope said…

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New parish priest for Balluta parish

07/10/2018

    • L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Patri Renald Lofreda O.Carm bħala kappillan tal‑parroċċa tal‑Madonna tal‑Karmnu, il‑Balluta.

      Patri Renald Lofreda twieled fid‑9 ta’ Settembru 1978 u għadda ħafna mit‑tfulija tiegħu fil‑parroċċa ta’ Santa Venera fejn sar jaf lill‑patrijiet tal‑Ordni Karmelitan. Huwa daħal mal‑Karmelitani fl‑1996 u għamel in‑novizzjat f’Pisa, l‑Italja, bejn Awwissu tal‑1998 u Settembru tal‑1999…

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Church property to become food bank

An agreement between the Archdiocese of Malta and the Malta Food Bank Foundation

06/10/2018

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  • The Archdiocese of Malta and the Malta Food Bank Foundation signed an official agreement for the setting up of a food bank, the first of its kind in Malta. This service that is going to be administrated by the Malta Food Bank Foundation (MFBF) is aimed at recovering surplus food to distribute to NGOs that help the poor and those at risk of poverty…

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Synod Day 3: Speaking to young people, not about them

06/10/2018

  • “Today, there are many people who speak about the young, but few who speak to them.” These words of Paul VI were echoed during the fourth general congregation of the Synod of Bishops, which took place Wednesday morning.

    The theme of listening was an important part of the morning assembly. The Synod Fathers heard of the need to listen to young people in the digital world, where an overabundance of information corresponds to a dearth of dreams, with the risk of creating “info-obese” children…

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St Rita Priory Site Project

A report by the Church Environment Commission

05/10/2018

  • Following a request by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, the Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent (KA) has formed an opinion on development application PA10598/17 for a development on St Rita Priory site, Paceville. The proposed development is for a 12-storey four-star accommodation building and office complex, with a language school and offices at basement level, and a further five basement levels for 246 underground parking spaces…

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New attraction at the Archbishop’s Palace for Notte Bianca 2018

05/10/2018


  • Wara proġett ta’ restawr u konservazzjoni, il‑pittura tal‑Isqof Pawlu Alpheran de Bussan tal‑artist Francesco Zahra tinsab lura fil‑Palazz tal‑Arċisqof, il‑Belt Valletta. Il‑kwadru, li reġa’ sab postu fis‑Sala tat‑Tron, jista’ jiġi apprezzat mill‑pubbliku nhar is‑Sibt li ġej, 6 ta’ Ottubru, waqt is‑serata tan‑Notte Bianca.

    L‑istudji u x‑xogħol ta’ restawr u konservazzjoni saru bejn Awwissu u Diċembru 2017 mid‑ditta Atelier del Restauro, taħt it‑tmexxija ta’ Valentina Lupo u Maria Grazia Zenzani…

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