News from the Church in Malta
The liturgical celebrations during the Christmas season will be streamed live on the YouTube Channel of The Church in Malta.
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Id-dritt tal-ħajja u d-dinjità tal-persuna, il-ġustizzja soċjali u l-ġid komuni, il-faqar u s-solidarjetà huma wħud mit-temi li l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna tkellem dwarhom fl-omeliji u l-messaġġi tiegħu matul it-tielet sena tiegħu bħala Arċisqof ta’ Malta. Dawn ġew ippubblikati mill-Uffiċċju Komunikazzjoni tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta fit-tielet edizzjoni tal-ktieb ‘Kelma ta’ Ħabib’.
Il-ktieb ta’ 750 paġna fih 170 diskors tal-Arċisqof kif ukoll 50 paġna ta’ ritratti bil-kulur li ttieħdu matul diversi ċelebrazzjoniijiet fil-parroċċi u attivitajiet oħra fis-sena liturġika 2016 – 2017…
Christmas is a time of feasting, of sharing gifts and moments with friends, family and loved ones. It’s a blessing to be able to enjoy all the goodies this season brings but what about other members of our human family who cannot celebrate Christmas this way? Many are poor, displaced, sick or disabled in some way.
This Christmas, Aid to the Church in Need (Malta) is inviting families in Malta and Gozo to share their Christmas meal with Christian families who lost everything when they fled their homes in Syria to escape from Islamic State terrorists…
The Dicastery for Communication’s new Editorial Director, Andrea Tornielli, is a well-known “Vatican watcher” having worked as a Vatican correspondent for different Italian newspapers and publications for well over 20 years…
Pope Francis meets members of the International Commission against the Death Penalty
Pope Francis received in audience members of the International Commission against the Death Penalty on Monday. In prepared remarks which were given to members of the Commission, Pope Francis begged countries still applying the death penalty to “adopt a moratorium”.
Every life is sacred
Since the beginning of his ministry, Pope Francis told Commission members, the truth that “every life is sacred” had convinced him to commit himself to abolishing the death penalty at the international level…
L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi u l-Arċisqof Emeritu Pawlu Cremona ser jilqgħu lill-awtoritajiet tal-Istat u lill-korpi kostitwiti għall-bdil tal-awguri tal-Milied u l-bidu tas-Sena l-Ġdida, nhar il-Ħamis, 20 ta’ Diċembru, fil-Palazz tal-Arċisqof, il-Belt Valletta, fit-3:00 p.m.
L-Isqfijiet qed jistiednu wkoll lill-pubbliku għal bdil tal-awguri tal-istaġun, nhar il-Ħadd, 23 ta’ Diċembru, bejn l-10:00 a.m. u nofsinhar, fil-Kurja tal-Arċisqof, il-Furjana…
Pope Francis meets a Missionary of Charity at the canonization Mass of Mother Teresa Sept. 4, 2016.
The Vatican announced that Pope Francis will travel to Bulgaria and Macedonia May 5-7, 2019, with a stop in Mother Teresa’s hometown of Skopje.
The pope will spend the bulk of the trip in the Bulgarian cities of Sofia and Rakovski before visiting Skopje, Macedonia, the birthplace of Mother Teresa, on May 7…
Illum, is-Sibt, 15 ta’ Diċembru 2018, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa għall-familji organizzata mill-GRUFAN. Il-Quddiesa ser issir fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann u tibda fil-5:30pm.
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Recently, the Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi celebrated Mass with Curia employees at the Church homes for the elderly ‘Casa Leone’ in St Julian’s, as part of the Corporate Social Responsibility Day organised by the Archbishop’s Curia. Throughout the day, among other activities, Curia employees decorated the home for Christmas, prepared sweets for the elderly and spent some time with the residents.
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The ten new Ambassadors come from Switzerland, Malta, The Bahamas, Cabo Verde, Iceland, The Gambia, Qatar, Estonia, Turkmenistan, and Grenada. All of them are non-resident Ambassadors because their countries do not have an established Embassy to the Holy See in Rome.
They presented their letters of credence, or diplomatic credentials, to the Pope during an audience in the Clementine Hall in the Vatican on Thursday…
