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Meeting of the delegates in charge for migration of the European Bishops' Conferences

16/07/2018

  • Migration is not just an economic, social, demographic, cultural, and political issue. Precisely because it has become an increasingly politicized topic, only through communication one can understand today the reasons for this global human movement, and the presence of migrants and their integration into European societies. So, firstly, how can we communicate, inform people, and train the Catholic faithful to a correct perception of the migration issue? …

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Pope appoints presidents-delegate for synod on young people

16/07/2018

  • Pope Francis with young people of the pre-synodal youth meeting in Rome in March 2018.  (ANSA)

     

  • Pope Francis on Saturday appointed 4 cardinals as presidents delegate for the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops which has as its theme, “Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment.”

    The presidents delegate are:

    • Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako of Babylon (Iraq)
    • Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana, Archbishop of Toamasina (Madagascar)
    • Cardinal Charles Maung Bo SDB., Archbishop of Yangon (Myanmar)
    • Cardinal John Ribat MSC, Archbishop of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)

    The presidents-delegate take turns in presiding over the synod assemblies on behalf of the Pope.  A president-delegate is responsible for guiding the work of the synod and assigning special tasks to certain members, when necessary, so that the assembly proceeds efficiently.  He also signs the documents of the assembly.  When there are several presidents-delegate, they all sign the final documents of the synod. 

    Source: Vatican News

     

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Live: Holy Mass on Police Day

13/07/2018

  • Is-Sibt, 14 ta’ Lulju 2018, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa ta’ ringrazzjament fl-okkażjoni ta’ Jum il-Pulizija. Il-Quddiesa ser issir fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, u tibda fid-9am.

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Questions from agnostic friend lead Spanish man to the priesthood

13/07/2018

  • Fr Juan Pablo Aroztegi is ordained July 2 by Bishop José Ignacio Munilla. Credit: Diocese of San Sebastian.

     

  • Fr. Juan Pablo Aroztegi became the youngest priest in the diocese of San Sebastian, Spain, when he was ordained last weekend by Bishop José Ignacio Munilla at Good Shepherd Cathedral…

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Does faith get a yellow card at the FIFA World Cup?

12/07/2018

  • Belgium’s forward Romelu Lukaku prays at the end of the Russia 2018 World Cup Group G football match between Belgium and Panama at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi on June 18, 2018.

     

  • As a passionate soccer fan, Jennifer Bryson has been faithfully watching every game she can during the 2018 FIFA World Cup…

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The first edition of the Maltese Catholic Film Contest

11/07/2018

  • True Light Catholic Media Foundation is holding a ‘Maltese Catholic Film Contest’ for Maltese and Gozitan youths between the ages of 14-24.

    Contestants are challenged to create a Catholic inspired film which will be voted on by a team of judges judges (amongst whom are Fr Brendan Gatt & Matthew Sammut of ICE) and the general public through social media.

    This project is encouraging young Catholics to get actively involved in creating media which allows them to share their Catholic faith with their peers and at the same time to learn more about the Catholic faith and how to communicate it…

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Pope to attend World Youth Day 2019 in Panama

10/07/2018

  • The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, confirmed on Monday that Pope Francis will participate in the upcoming World Youth Day 2019 in Panama.

    The Holy Father will arrive at the event a day after it begins and take part from the 23rd to the 27th of January.

    A brief statement said the Pope had accepted an invitation from the government of Panama and from the country’s Catholic bishops…

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Photos: Archbishop Scicluna’s pilgrimage with youths to the Holy Land comes to an end

10/07/2018

  • L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna flimkien mal-grupp ta’ pellegrini żgħażagħ waslu Malta dalgħodu wara pellegrinaġġ ta’ tmint ijiem fl-Art Imqaddsa. F’dawn l-aħħar jiem żaru x-Xmara Ġordan fejn ġeddew il-wegħdiet tal-maghmudija, il-qabar ta’ Lazru, il-belt ta’ Ġeriko u l-Baħar il-Mejjet. Huma żaru wkoll il-Bażilika tan-Natività f’Betlehem waqt li f’Ġerusalemm żaru ċ-Ċenaklu, is-Santwarju tad-Dormizzjoni tal-Madonna u l-Bażilika tal-Ġetsemani fost l-oħrajn. Il-pellegrinaġġ laħaq il-qofol tiegħu b’purċissjoni b’riflessjoni fuq il-passjoni, il-mewt u l-qawmien tal-Mulej u biċ-1ċelebrazzjoni tal-Quddiesa tal-Għid fil-Bażilika tal-Qabar ta’ Kristu…

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Two teenagers on path to canonisation

09/07/2018

  • Pope Francis has issued decrees advancing the Causes of four candidates, including two teenagers who heroically lived the Christian virtues.

    At a meeting with Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, the Pope signed a decree recognising the heroic virtues of Alexia González-Barros, who offered her sufferings from a malignant tumour for the Church.

    González was born in Madrid in 1971…

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Pope urges open hearts, doors towards continuing tragedy of migrants, refugees

07/07/2018

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  • Pope Francis on Friday mourned the refugees and migrants lost at sea and reminded the world that their blood cries out to the conscience of each one of us.  The response to the Lord’s appeal, “Where is your brother? His blood cries out to me”, “even if at times generous, has not been enough, and we continue to grieve thousands of deaths,” the Pope said in his homily during the July 6 Mass in Rome’s St…

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