News from the Church in Malta
The quick development of new technologies based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is leading COMECE to publish the reflection “Robotisation of Life – Ethics in view of new challenges”. The document reaffirms the primacy of the human person and promotes a right-based and person-centred approach in reviewing the main principles that define the relationship between human persons and robots…
Representatives of the Venezuelan bishops’ conference, along with lay and religious leaders
In a joint statement, the Venezuelan bishops’ conference, the Confederation of Religious Men and Women of Venezuela and the National Council of the Laity demanded the state agencies call “free and legitimate elections to retake the path to democracy,” allow the entry of humanitarian aid into the country and stop the repression against citizens…
Nhar it-Tnejn li ġej, 11 ta’ Frar 2019, madwar id-dinja ser jiġi ċċelebrat il-Jum Dinji tal-Morda, li twaqqaf minn San Ġwanni Pawlu II 27 sena ilu. Kull 11 ta’ Frar tiġi mfakkra wkoll l-ewwel dehra tal-Madonna f’Lourdes.
Fil-fatt, din is-sena dan il-jum ser jaħbat mal-175 anniversarju mit-twelid ta’ Santa Bernardette Sounirous u l-140 anniversarju mill-mewt tagħha. Santa Bernardette kella x-xorti tara u titkellem mal-Madonna għal 18-il darba…
During the concluding Mass of his Apostolic Journey to the UAE on Tuesday, Pope Francis invites the region’s Christians to live in peace and to remember that Jesus always walks at their side.
Pope Francis told the largely-expat Catholic community living in the United Arab Emirates that Jesus walks at our side, even when we think we are alone…
The number of Church marriages in 2018 stands at 1,192. This figure includes 62 convalidated marriages in Malta which are not included in the total of Church marriages given in Parliament. A convalidated marriage means that a couple who had only married civilly would have subsequently chosen to also get married in Church. This total does not include Church marriages celebrated in Gozo…
Pope Francis and Ahmed el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar, signed a joint declaration on human fraternity during an interreligious meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Feb. 4, 2019.
Catholics, Muslims and all who believe in God must work together to build a culture of love, peace and human fraternity, Pope Francis said in a joint statement he signed with Ahmed el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of al-Azhar, during an interreligious meeting in Abu Dhabi…
Twaqqaf uffiċjalment fond għal solidarjetà volontarja (Voluntary Solidarity Fund ‑ VSF) bl‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta tkun l‑ewwel kontributur biex din l‑inizjattiva tibda titħaddem. L‑għan ta’ dan il‑fond, li twaqqaf wara ħidma li saret fi ħdan il‑Fondazzjoni Pontifiċja Centesimus Annus, hu li jgħin lil dawk il‑persuni li qegħdin f’riskju li jaqgħu lura biex jegħlbu l‑isfidi tagħhom billi jsiru iktar produttivi. Dan jista’ jsir ukoll b’sostenn mogħti mill‑VSF lil dawk li jixtiequ jibdew in‑negozju tagħhom iżda m’għandhomx il‑kapital u r‑riżorsi inizjali…
Pope Francis shakes hands with Ahmed el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of al-Azhar
It’s certainly not the first time Pope Francis engages in dialogue with the Muslim world.
He has been welcomed by Jordan’s King in Amman and visited some of Islam’s most sacred sites, including the Al-Aqsa mosque in the Holy Land and the Blue Mosque in Turkey…
Illum il-Ħadd, 3 ta’ Frar 2019, fil-11:00 a.m., l-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni ta’ Jum il-Ħajja, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta.
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Holocaust Memorial Day is Jan. 27, acknowledging the horror committed in the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, along with other genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
Yet, one family stands apart during this time period: the Ulma family. Joseph (44) and Victoria (32) Ulma hid eight Jews inside their small house, trying to protect them.
VLADIMIRO REDZIOCH
Polish Vatican journalist
“The Polish people were also killed for only helping the Jews…
