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Around 40% attend Sunday mass regularly

74% go to mass at least once a month

12/04/2018

  • A study commissioned by the Archdiocese of Malta shows that 92% of Maltese are Catholic, of whom 74% claim to go to Mass at least once a month. The research also shows that 40% attend Mass every Sunday. This was confirmed by the census held between the 2nd and 3rd December of last year, that showed that Mass attendance was at 38%.

    This research was carried out for the first time using different methods (a census as well as research) for the Church to have a wide and accurate picture of society in order to be more pastorally effective in the coming years…

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Pope Francis’ letter to Chilean bishops

12/04/2018

  • The letter by Pope Francis to the Bishops of Chile, following the submission of the report by Mgr Charles J. Scicluna, Archbishop of Malta. This unofficial translation to English has been provided by Catholic News Agency www.catholicnewsagency.com

     

    Dear brothers in the episcopate,

    The reception last week of the final documents which complete the report delivered to me by my two special envoys to Chile on March 20, 2018, with a total of more than 2,300 pages, moves me to write this letter…

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Pope begins new catechesis cycle on baptism

11/04/2018

  • Pope Francis began a new cycle of catecheses on baptism, explaining that it is the door to the other sacraments, whereby we grow in the life of grace until we come at last to our true homeland in heaven. 

    He also asked that Christians “appreciate the unmerited gift” they received on the day of their baptism. The pope also reminded that the Christian life is a journey of faith and union with the Lord, sustained by prayer and daily efforts to grow in the imitation of Christ. 

    SUMMARY OF POPE’S CATECHESIS

    Dear brothers and sisters: 

    In the joy of this Easter season, we now begin a new cycle of catecheses on the sacrament of Baptism, by which we receive the forgiveness of sin and are reborn to new and eternal life in Christ…

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GAUDATE ET EXSULTATE: The call for holiness Is a constant battle but we can count on powerful weapons God gave us

09/04/2018

  • Jesus wants our happiness and wants us to be saints. He does not want us to settle for a bland and mediocre existence.

    Gaudate et Exsultate: On the Call for Holiness in our Modern World was published today, marking Pope Francis’ 3rd Apostolic Exhortation after Evangelii Gaudium and Amoris Laetitia.

    The five-chapter, 98-page document can be considered somewhat of a practical handbook on how to help us achieve holiness in the circumstances of our ordinary lives…

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Pope Francis on Divine Mercy Sunday: ‘Contemplate boundless love’

09/04/2018

  • In his homily during the celebration of the Divine Mercy Sunday liturgy, Pope Francis points out that the verb “to see” is repeated over and over in the Gospel text (John 20:19-31). Although the disciples see the Lord, the Gospel “does not describe how they saw him,” the Pope said. By mentioning the detail “he showed them his hands and his side” (v…

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Pope’s Apostolic Exhortation on holiness to be presented on Monday

07/04/2018

  • A statement released by the Holy See Press Office on Thursday said a Press Conference to launch and present Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation “Gaudete et Exsultate” (Rejoice and be glad), and subtitled “On the call to holiness in the contemporary world” will take place on 9 April at noon.

    An Apostolic Exhortation is considered one of the highest ranking papal documents, after Encyclical Letters…

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Live: The Presbyteral Ordination of nine new priests

06/04/2018

  • Għada s-Sibt, 7 ta’ April 2018, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jiċċelebra l-Ordinazzjoni Presbiterali ta’ disa’ saċerdoti ġodda, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. Iċ-ċelebrazzjoni ser tibda fid-9:15am.

    Id-djakni li ser jilħqu saċerdoti huma: Fra Alan Joseph Adami tal-Ordni tal-Predikaturi, Fra Jethro Bajada tal-Ordni tal-Aħwa Minuri Kapuċċini, Rev. Anton D’Amato mill-Parroċċa ta’ Santa Katerina Verġni u Martri, iż-Żurrieq, Rev. Bernard Micallef mill-Parroċċa ta’ Marija Annunzjata, Ħal Tarxien, Rev…

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The opening of the Ordinary Provincial Chapter of the Maltese Augustinian Province

06/04/2018

  • On the 4th April was held the official opening of the Ordinary Provincial Chapter of the Augustinian friars in Malta. The Chapter is the general meeting in which the religious gather to celebrate and evaluate their life while preparing their programme of pastoral life for the forthcoming four years.  The Augustinians serve the church and society in various fields in Malta and abroad…

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Prayer vigil in preparation for the ordination of nine new priests

06/04/2018

  • Bi preparazzjoni għall-ordinazzjoni presbiterali ta’ għada, fejn disa’ djakni ser jiġu ordnati saċerdoti, illejla fis-6:30pm, fil-Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Wied il-Għajn ser issir Quddiesa u wara ser ikun hemm velja ta’ talb ta’ siegħa għal dawn id-disa’ djakni, żewġ djoċesani u seba’ reliġjużi. 

    Id-djakni huma: Fra Alan Joseph Adami tal-Ordni tal-Predikaturi, Fra Jethro Bajad, Rev. Anton D’Amato,  Rev. Bernard Micallef, Rev. Kenneth Micallef, Fra Kurt Mizzi, Fra Elmar Pace, Rev…

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Trevi Fountain coins to continue bringing fortune to Rome’s needy

05/04/2018

  • The funds tourists unknowingly contribute allow them to join the Catholic charity in becoming ‘protagonists of change’ for the city’s poor.

  • While millions of tourists throw a coin over their shoulder into Rome’s Trevi Fountain hoping to return to Rome one day, the money scooped out of the fountain each week offers more concrete hope to the city’s poor…

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