News from the Church in Malta
Minn għada l‑Ħamis, 29 ta’ Marzu, il‑Kurja tal‑Arċisqof, l‑Uffiċċji tal‑Caritas u l-Uffiċċju Żwiġijiet, il‑Furjana, u t-Tribunal Ekkleżjastiku, il-Belt Valletta, ser ikunu magħluqa għall‑festi tal‑Għid.
Il-Kurja tal-Arċisqof u l-Uffiċċju tal-Caritas jerġgħu jiftħu nhar l-Erbgħa, 4 ta’ April. L‑Uffiċċju Żwiġijiet u t‑Tribunal Ekkleżjastiku jiftħu nhar il-Ġimgħa, 6 ta’ April 2018.
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Pope Francis Tuesday afternoon met Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his Mater Ecclesiae Monastery residence in the Vatican and wished him for Easter, the Holy See’s Press Office said in a communique.
Earlier Tuesday morning, the Pope visited the Vatican Secretariat of State where some 300 persons are employed. Accompanied by the Assessor, Monsignor Paolo Borgia, he visited and blessed the offices of the Third Section, which was set up in November for the diplomatic personnel of the Holy See. The Holy Father then personally greeted all the officials and employees, wishing them for Easter and thanking them for their work…
Pope Francis joined leaders praising a French police officer who “gave his life out a desire to protect people” during a terrorist attack.
Lt Col. Arnaud Beltrame, 44, had convinced the gunman, identified as Redouane Lakdim, to allow him to take the place of a woman Lakdim was holding hostage on March 23 in a grocery store in Trebes, a small town in southern France…
Hekk kif ninsabu fil-Ġimgħa Mqaddsa, l-Insara kollha huma mistiedena jattendu għall-Via Sacra Djoċesana, li ser issir għada l-Erbgħa, 28 ta’ Marzu 2018, lejlet it‑Tridu tal‑Għid, li matulu l‑Knisja Universali tfakkar il‑passjoni, il‑mewt u l‑qawmien ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu.
Il-Via Sacra, immexxija mill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna, ser tibda fis-7:30pm minn ħdejn l‑istatwa ta’ Kristu Re (quddiem il‑lukanda Phoenicia) u tintemm quddiem il‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta…
Reflecting on the Liturgy of Palm Sunday, Pope Francis contrasted the joy of the people who celebrated Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem with the cries of those who want to silence him.
Pope Francis invites us all to see ourselves in the Palm Sunday liturgy. He says that the liturgy “expresses the contradictory feelings that we too, … experience”: love and hatred, self-sacrifice and “washing our hands”, loyalty and betrayal…
Pope Francis, accompanied by youths, passes through the Door of Mercy ahead of a prayer vigil on the occasion of the World Youth Day, in Campus Misericordiae in Brzegi, near Krakow, Poland, Saturday, July 30, 2016.
Dear young people,
World Youth Day 2018 represents another step in preparation for the international WYD due to take place in Panama in January 2019…
Nhar il-Ħadd li ġej, 25 ta’ Marzu, il-Knisja tagħti bidu għall-Ġimgħa Mqaddsa biċ‑ċelebrazzjoni ta’ Ħadd il‑Palm u l‑Passjoni tal‑Mulej. L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna, fl-10:30 a.m., ibierek il-friegħi tal-palm u taż‑żebbuġ, u wara jiċċelebra Quddiesa fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. Matul il-Quddiesa jinqara r‑rakkont tal‑passjoni mill‑Evanġelju skont San Mark.
L‑Erbgħa, 28 ta’ Marzu, fis‑7:30 p.m., l-Arċisqof ser imexxi l‑Via Sacra Djoċesana li tibda minn ħdejn l-istatwa ta’ Kristu Re (quddiem il-lukanda Phoenicia) u tintemm quddiem il‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann…
Il-Ħamis, 22 ta’ Marzu 2018, tista’ ssegwi ‘live’ t-tlugħ tal-polza ta’ parteċipazzjoni għad-dħul fl-iskejjel tal-Knisja għall-Ewwel Sena primarja għal studenti subien u bniet, fl-Istitut tal-Azzjoni Kattolika, il-Furjana.
Il-polza tas-subien tibda f’12pm u dik tal-bniet fis-2pm.
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Il-Ħamis, 22 ta’ Marzu 2018, tista’ ssegwi ‘live’ t-tlugħ tal-polza ta’ parteċipazzjoni għad-dħul fl-iskejjel tal-Knisja għall-Ewwel Sena sekondarja subien u bniet, fl-Istitut tal-Azzjoni Kattolika, il-Furjana.
Il-polza tal-bniet tibda fid-9am u dik tas-subien fid-9:30am.
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For another year, the month of March marks a sad anniversary. It’s now been seven years of war in Syria, a conflict with too many groups involved and whose consequences have been paid and continue to be paid by the same people – women and children.
With no solution in sight, and in light of the constant suffering of thousands of innocent people, the Church has asked itself this question…
