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Watch: Signing of Church – MUT Agreement

Joint statement by the Secretariat for Catholic Education and the Malta Union of Teachers

07/08/2018

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  • Following intense negotiations, the Church Authorities and the Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) have agreed on a Collective Agreement for Church Schools which will be effective from 2018 until 2022. The signing of this agreement was presided over by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, today, at the Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana.

    The Collective Agreement will affect all educators working at the Secretariat for Catholic Education and in Church schools in Malta and Gozo…

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Chilean bishops acknowledge failures in handling sexual abuse of minors

07/08/2018

  • Chile’s bishops acknowledged they had “failed to fulfil our duty by not listening, believing, attending or accompanying the victims of grave sins” after a five-day meeting to discuss the clergy sexual abuse crisis rocking the country.

    Bishop Santiago Silva of the Military Diocese of Chile, president of the bishops’ conference, also apologised to abuse survivors for the bishops’ failure to “react in time to the painful sexual abuse and abuse of power and authority” as the general assembly concluded Aug…

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Maltese altar boys meet Pope Francis

07/08/2018

  • Il-Ħadd li għadda, 5 ta’ Awwissu 2018, il-Papa Franġisku ħa pjacir jiltaqa’ mal-abbatini Maltin li bħalissa qegħdin iservu fil-Bażilika ta’ San Pietru fil-Vatikan. Il-grupp huwa magħmul minn 14-il abbati mid-djocesi ta’ Malta u 6 mid-djocesi ta’ Għadewx flimkien ma’ Dun Frans Bonnici, Dun Mark Ellul u Joseph Bajada, seminarista minn Għawdex.

    Il-Papa staqsa kif inhuma l-Isqfijiet Maltin u ħa pjacir ikun jaf li s-Sibt filgħaxija, it-tliet isqfijiet Maltin ordnaw lill-Isqof Awżiljarju l-ġdid ta’ Malta, Mons…

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New director for Caritas Malta

06/08/2018

  • Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna has appointed Mr Anthony Gatt, psychologist, as the new director of the Church entity, Caritas Malta. Anthony Gatt will continue to strengthen the Church services, offered through Caritas free of charge, most especially in the field of drug rehabilitation, to build on her mission with people and families in need, and to strive for social justice and the development of the person…

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Photos: The episcopal insignia of the Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

03/08/2018

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  • The ring represents the seal of fidelity of the bishop to the Church, the bride of Christ. In the past, the ring was given as a symbol of honour that served as a seal for official documents. It was represented the betrothal of the bishop to his diocese. The ring that will be presented to Mgr Joseph Galea-Curmi during the Pontifical Mass of the Episcopal Ordination is a gift from Archbishop Charles J…

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Live: Prayer vigil on the eve of the episcopal ordination of Mgr Joseph Galea-Curmi

03/08/2018

  • Illejla fis-7:30pm, fil-knisja parrokkjali ta’ San Ġużepp Ħaddiem, Birkirkara, ser issir velja ta’ talb immexxija mill‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna, lejlet l‑ordinazzjoni episkopali ta’ Mons. Joseph Galea‑Curmi bħala l‑Isqof Awżiljarju l‑ġdid ta’ Malta. Waqt il‑velja l‑Isqof Elett ser jagħmel l‑istqarrija tal‑fidi, jieħu l‑ġurament tal‑fedeltà u jitbierku l‑insinji episkopali (il‑baklu, il‑mitra u ċ‑ċurkett) li ser jintużaw waqt l‑ordinazzjoni.

     

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Malta’s auxiliary bishops in contemporary era (1800-2018)

03/08/2018

  • Mons. Joseph Galea-Curmi, imwieled nhar l-1 ta’ Jannar 1964, iben Paul Galea Curmi u Josette née Mifsud Bonnici, mgħammed nhar il-5 ta’ Jannar fil-Parroċċa ta’ Sant’Elena f’Birkirkara, u ordnat saċerdot minn Mons. Ġużeppi Mercieca nhar il-5 ta’ Lulju 1991, huwa l-ħdax il-isqof awżiljaru tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta fl-epoka kontemporanja, jiġifieri mill-bidu tal-ħakma Ingliża sallum.

    F’dan in-numru mhux qed ngħoddu isqfijiet koadjuturi, jekk qabel ma ġewx maħtura isqfijiet awżiljari…

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Vatican changes teaching to oppose death penalty in all cases

02/08/2018

  • Pope Francis has approved a new revision of paragraph number 2267 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, according to which “a new understanding has emerged of the significance of penal sanctions imposed by the state,”  thus “the death penalty is inadmissible”:

    The decision was announced by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in a ‘Letter to the Bishops’ dated 1 August and signed by the Prefect, Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria…

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