News from the Church in Malta
The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, announced on Tuesday that Pope Francis will visit Morocco from the 30th to the 31st of March 2019.
During this two-day Apostolic Journey, he will visit the cities of Rabat and Casablanca.
Greg Burke said that this decision comes in response to an invitation extended by King Mohammed VI and the Catholic Bishops of Morocco…
His Holiness Pope Francis appointed Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna as Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith of the Holy See. Whilst remaining the Archbishop of Malta, Mgr Scicluna will have a greater role in the Congregation which is responsible to promote and safeguard the doctrine on faith and morals in the Church.
At present, Archbishop Scicluna is a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and President of the Special College within the same Congregation, to hear recourses in certain canonical processes…
Il-Ħadd, 11 ta’ Ottubru 2018, madwar 110 adolexxent mill-parroċċa taż-Żurrieq u mix-Xgħajra rċevew is-Sagrament tal-Griżma. Iż-żewġ ċeleberazzjonijiet tmexxew mill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna.
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Ir-ritratti huma aċċessibbli fuq il-websajt tar-Ritratti Uffiċjali tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta.
L-għoti tas-Sagrament tal-Griżma tal-Isqof fix-Xgħajra
Ir-ritratti huma aċċessibbli fuq il-websajt tar-Ritratti Uffiċjali tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta…
Singing elevates the soul, making it “more sensitive to the voice of the Spirit.”
Pope Francis described the musical art in this way, while speaking to 300-odd members of the “Alumni of Heaven” Choir Association on Saturday.
The Association is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its foundation by Fr. Giuseppe Arione SJ. The Alumni seek to evangelize through music and concerts, which they perform throughout Italy and Europe…
Għada l-Ħadd, 11 ta’ Novembru 2018, Jum it-Tifkira, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna se jiċċelebra Quddiesa Pontifikali fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. Il-Quddiesa tibda fid-9:15 am.
F’għeluq il-100 anniversarju mit-tmiem tal-Ewwel Gwerra Dinjija, fil-knejjes kollha f’Malta, f’nofsinhar, ser tindaqq mota b’tifkira ta’ dawk li mietu fil-gwerra.
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“Promise the Lord that you will never do this, and you will not permit it to be done in your school, in your school, in your neighborhood. Is that understood?”
It was not a casual message for the Pope. The bullying problem on social networks worries him to the point that the Vatican will create an International Observatory.
In April, he hopes to present the conclusions of a triple study that will measure how the children themselves perceive the phenomenon, how the governments face this problem and how he will establish prevention plans…
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“Qed niċċelebraw 50 sena viċin in-nies. 50 sena on the side of people in need. Nixtieq nirringrazzja lil Media li attendejtu. Intom kellkom u għandkom rwol essenzjali biex twasslu l-messaġġ tagħna li nkunu l-vuċi tal-persuni fil-bżonn. Iż-żerriegħa li nitfgħu, intom tikkultivawha. Għalhekk nerġa’ ntenni l-apprezzament talli ġejtu u grazzi tal-ħidma fejjieda tagħkom.” Hekk esprima is-Sur Anthony Gatt, Direttur ta’ Caritas Malta, waqt konferenza stampa fejn tħabbar il-50 sena anniversarju mit-twaqqif ta’ din l-entità…
The war in Yemen has been raging on for over four years. A war involving, whether directly or indirectly, 12 countries. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed, and so many more displaced. Dr Jeremy Taylor, an advocacy adviser in charge of Yemen for the Norwegian Refugee Council, helps shed light over the drastic realities of the war in Yemen…
