News from the Church in Malta
Chilean clerical sex abuse survivors Juan Carlos Cruz, James Hamilton and Jose Andres Murillo prepare to speak to the media in Rome in early May.
After meeting with Pope Francis for more than four hours, a Chilean priest who suffered abuse and a priest who ministers to survivors said they felt comforted and hopeful for the church’s future in their country…
Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna says that although our culture teaches us that only those who died for Christ are saints, in the new Exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad), Pope Francis has managed to bring down holiness from its pedestal. In the five chapters of the Exhortation, the Pope explains how in today’s world, holiness can be achieved in the family, in the workplace and in consecrated life, and other places…
Illum il-Ħadd, 3 ta’ Ġunju 2018, fid-9:30am, l‑Arċisqof jiċċelebra Pontifikal fis‑Solennità tal‑Ġisem u d‑Demm Imqaddes ta’ Ġesù (Corpus Christi) fil‑Katidral tal‑Imdina, flimkien mal‑Kapitlu. Waqt l-istess Quddiesa ser jieħdu wkoll sehem is‑saċerdoti li qed jiċċelebraw xi anniversarju speċjali mill‑ordinazzjoni tagħhom. Wara l-Quddiesa, l-Arċisqof ser imexxi purċissjoni bl‑Ewkaristija mat‑toroq ewlenin tal‑Imdina.
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Ġie fi tmiemu l-aġġornament annwali għall-membri tal-Kleru (in-service course) li sar fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, fejn matul dawn it-tlett ijiem, is-saċerdoti kellhom l-opportunità jisimgħu direttament miż-żgħażagħ dwar kif iħarsu lejn il-Knisja. Is-seba’ żgħażagħ ta’ etajiet differenti li indirizzaw lis-saċerdoti kienu: social worker, tattoo artist, sound engineer, studenti tal-hairdressing u żagħżugħ Kattoliku li jaħdem f’negozju tal-familja.
It-tema magħżula għall-aġġornament ta’ din is-sena ntagħżlet fid-dawl tas-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet dwar iż-żgħażagħ li sejjaħ il-Papa Frangisku f’Ottubru li gej…
Bejn il-Ħadd, 27 u l-Erbgħa, 30 ta’ Mejju 2018, l-Arcisqof Charles J. Scicluna żar il-parroċċa ta’ San Nikola, is-Siġġiewi.
Waqt il-Viżta Pastorali l-Arċisqof iltaqa’ mal-istudenti u l-edukaturi tal-Iskola Primarja tal-Kulleġġ Sant’Injazju, u kellu laqgħat mat-tfal, l-adolexxenti u ż-żgħażagħ, mal-katekisti u l-operaturi pastorali tal-parroċċa, kif ukoll laqgħa ta’ djalogu mal-Kunsill Lokali. Fl-ewwel ġurnata tal-Viżta Pastorali l-Arċisqof amministra s-Sagrament tal-Ewwel Tqarbina lil madwar 100 tifel u tifla tal-parroċċa…
L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna llejla ser jagħti preżentazzjoni u jniedi l-verżjoni bil-Malti tal-Eżortazzjoni Appostolika l-ġdida tal-Papa Franġisku Gaudete et Exsultate (Ifirħu u Thennew).
Il-preżentazzjoni ser issir issir fis-7pm, fil-bitħa ċentrali tas-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù, ir-Rabat. Fi tmiem il-preżentazzjoni l-Arċisqof ser imexxi mument ta’ talb. Il-pubbliku huwa mistieden jattendi.
F’din l-eżortazzjoni, il-Papa Franġisku jitkellem dwar is-sejħa għall-qdusija fid-dinja tal-lum…
By the end of this week, as planned, His Holiness Pope Francis will greet a group of Chilean priests at Casa Santa Marta.
In order for the process of reparation and healing of the victims of abuse to proceed, in the coming days, at the request of Pope Francis, Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Mgr Jordi Bertomeu will return to Chile, this time on a mission in the Diocese of Osorno…
The bishops of Portugal have welcomed the rejection of the legalisation of euthanasia in Portugal, with the spokesman for the bishops conference claiming it was “a victory for life, in its full sense”.
Fr. Manuel Barbosa said: “The elimination of life should never have been put to the vote.”
Parliament narrowly rejected a law proposed by the Socialist Party which would have legalised euthanasia…
Archbishop Mgr Alfred Xuereb (4th from left), Apostolic Nuncio to South Korea was welcomed by bishops on arrival in Seoul on May 27.
The new apostolic nuncio South Korean has conveyed the support of Pope Francis for peace and reconciliation on the peninsula and pledged to further the unity of the country’s Catholics and pastors with the Holy See…
