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New Zealand: Absolutely devasted after unprecedented attacks on mosques

15/03/2019

  • Reporting from New Zealand, Nicky Webber says, “Our entire country is absolutely devastated by the 49 confirmed deaths in New Zealand’s first terrorist attack”. She described “the massacre of innocent people, at prayer, in their place of worship” as “shocking and heartbreaking”.

    The attacks began in the early afternoon on Friday, when at least one person entered the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch and began firing on worshippers…

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Pastoral Visit by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

15/03/2019

  • L‑Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea‑Curmi qed jagħmel Viżta Pastorali fl‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta. L‑ewwel parroċċa li żar kienet il‑parroċċa tal‑Familja Mqaddsa, l‑Iklin, bejn id‑9 u l‑14 ta’ Marzu.

    L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna, li beda l‑Viżta Pastorali sentejn ilu, u l‑Isqof Galea‑Curmi, qed iżuru s‑70 parroċċa f’Malta biex jiltaqgħu mar‑realtajiet differenti ta’ kull parroċċa u jkunu qrib in‑nies.

    Il‑Viżta Pastorali tal‑Isqof Galea‑Curmi laqqgħatu mal‑komunità tal‑Iklin fejn iltaqa’ mat‑tfal, mal‑adolexxenti u ż‑żgħażagħ, kif ukoll ma’ familji, anzjani u persuni morda…

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EC President Juncker in dialogue with EU Bishops

The Maltese Episcopal Conference was represented by Bishop Mario Grech

15/03/2019

  • On the occasion of the 2019 COMECE Spring Assembly, on Thursday 14 March 2019, EU Bishops received  Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission. Together they urged all citizens to engage into the European political debate and vote with responsibility to protect and promote the common good.

    The dialogue with the President of the European Commission was an opportunity for Bishops to exchange on the main achievements and remaining priorities of Juncker’s Presidency…

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In continuity with the Synod, a new European Symposium on the Youth

14/03/2019

  • From Thursday 7th to Saturday 9th March the joint meeting of the national delegates for Youth Ministry and Universities of the European Bishops´ Council was held at the headquarters of the Italian Bishops´ Conference.

    Organised by the Secretariat and by the Youth Commission of the CCEE, this meeting saw the participation of over 50 delegates and appointed representatives of two of the sections of this commission coming from all over Europe to reflect and share their views on the accompaniment of young people in the light of the Synod of Bishops on the Youth and after the recent World Youth Day in Panama…

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Pope John Paul I relic donated to Dar tal-Providenza

14/03/2019

  • Il-Ministru għall-Affarijiet Barranin u Promozzjoni tal-Kummerċ Carmelo Abela ppreżenta relikwa tal-Venerabbli Papa Ġwanni Pawlu I lid-Direttur tad-Dar tal-Providenza, Fr Martin Micallef. Din ir-relikwa tikkonsisti minn biċċa drapp żgħira li kienet tagħmel parti mill-qalziet tiegħu. Dan kien possibbli bl-intervent ta’ Frank Zammit, l-Ambaxxatur ta’ Malta għas-Santa Sede.

    Il-Papa Ġwanni Pawlu I, magħruf ukoll bħala Papa Luciani jew il-Papa tat-Tbissima, kellu pontifikat ta’ 33 ġurnata biss u baqa’ magħruf għat-tbissima ħelwa tiegħu u s-sempliċità li kien jgħix fiha…

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The anniversary of the Pontificate, looking to the essential

13/03/2019

  • Pope Francis has lived, and about to live out, several intense months between voyages and Synods. His sixth year was characterized by the scourge of abuse and by suffering from internal attacks; the response is an invitation to turn to the heart of the faith.

     

  • The sixth anniversary of the election sees Pope Francis engaged in a year filled with important international journeys, marked at the beginning and the end by two “synodal” events: the meeting for the protection of minors, which took place last February with the participation of the presidents of the episcopal Conferences of the whole world; and the special Synod on the Amazon, which will be celebrated – also at the Vatican – this coming October…

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Closing of diocesan inquiry for beatification of French martyred Father Hamel

13/03/2019

  • The closing session of the diocesan inquiry — first stage in view of the Beatification of French priest Jacques Hamel, took place on March 9, 2019 at 10:30 am in the Chapel of Our Lady of the Annunciation of the Archbishopric of Rouen. The 11,496-page dossier will be sent to Rome under seal, to be studied by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints…

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Public Lecture: Making Patristics Pertinent

12/03/2019

  • The Faculty of Theology and the Għaqda Studenti tat-Teoloġija are inviting the public to the Aquinas Public Lecture on Thursday, 14 March 2019 at 19:00 at the Old Refectory Hall, at the Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana.

    Rev. Prof. Joseph Carola SJ will deliver a lecture on: “Making Patristics Pertinent: Theological Echoes and Anticipations from John Henry Newman’s 1833 Mediterranean Tour”.

    Prof…

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150km walk around Malta in aid of id-Dar tal-Providenza

11/03/2019

  • Trail Makers se jorganizzaw mixja ta’ 150 kilometru lejl u nhar b’risq id-Dar tal-Providenza, mis-Sibt 23 sal-Ħadd 24 ta’ Marzu. Il-mixja tibda mill-parkeġġ tad-Dar fis-Siġġiewi fis-7am tas-Sibt u tispiċċa għal ħabta tal-5pm tal-għada l-Ħadd.

    Fr Martin Micallef, Direttur tad-Dar tal-Providenza, qal li matul is-sena jsiru diversi attivitajiet minn għaqdiet u entitajiet differenti bil-għan li jinġabru flus għad-Dar tas-Siġġiewi u din il-mixja ta’ 150 kilometru hija waħda minnhom…

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Pope at Angelus: Jesus shows us the remedies for temptations

11/03/2019

  • In his Angelus address, Pope Francis said the three temptations Jesus faced “indicate three paths that the world always proposes, promising great success”.

    The greed of possession

    After Jesus had fasted for forty days, the devil tempted Him to turn stones to bread. This, the Pope said, is “the path of the greed of possession”…

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