News from the Church in Malta
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…
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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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…
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…
Pope Francis used the reading from 1 Corinthians 10:31–11:1 during a homily he addressed to over 70,000 altar servers gathered in St Peter’s Square for an Extraordinary Audience. These altar servers between the ages of 13 and 23 come from 19 different countries and are participating in the 12th International Pilgrimage for Altar Boys and Girls.
Do everything for God’s glory
Giving God glory in everything (see 1 Cor 10:31) “sums up what it means to be a friend of Jesus”, Pope Francis began…
L-Isqof Awżiljarju Elett, Mons. Joseph Galea-Curmi, ltaqa’ ma’ missjunarji Maltin imxerrda mad-dinja u li bħalissa jinsabu Malta għal btala. Għal-laqgha li saret f’Dar l-Emigrant, il-Belt Valletta, attendew saċerdoti Maltin li qed jagħmlu ħidma missjunarja fl-Awstralja u fil-Pakistan, u sorijiet li qegħdin f’Gaża, il-Brażil, il-Pakistan, l-Ukrajna u l-Indja. Attendew ukoll soċi tal-M.U.S.E.U.M. missjunarji f’Kuba, Londra u l-Albanija.
Fil-messaġġ tiegħu, Mons…
Every diocese in the Catholic world has a cathedral it is the chief church of the diocese, the bishop’s church. It is not uncommon to hear someone refer mistakenly to an especially large or magnificent church as a cathedral. But it isn’t size or décor that matters, its the bishop. That said, there is one physical feature that sets a cathedral apart from all the other churches in the diocese: the bishop’s throne, which is usually set on a raised platform within the sanctuary…
Following the training of over 25 lay persons Catholic Voices Malta joins the Catholic Voices international team, a network of 21 countries spread all over the world.
The group, concluded a training program supported by Catholic Voices UK and includes lawyers, home-makers, members of the medical profession, educators, entrepreneurs, a social worker, an architect and a psychologist amongst others…
“I can honestly say that the labor camp was the best place to understand what ‘love your enemy’ really means,” said Myroslav Marynovych, a Ukrainian Catholic who spent seven years in a Soviet gulag in the Perm region of Russia.
After receiving the 2018 Charles J. Chaput Award at the Napa Institute conference this month, Marynoych explained to CNA how the gospel came to life for him in the gulag, and how a stint in solitary confinement led him to write a letter to St…
