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The Archbishop arrives back in Malta

  • L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna wasal lura Malta llum waranofsinhar wara ġimagħtejn fiċ‑Ċilì fuq xogħol assenjat lilu mill‑Qdusija Tiegħu l‑Papa Franġisku. Fl‑Ajruport Internazzjonali ta’ Malta ġie milqugħ minn ommu, ħutu u qraba oħra, u mill‑Vigarju Ġenerali, Mons. Joe Galea Curmi.

    L‑Arċisqof ser ikompli bil‑ħidma tiegħu fl‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta, bl‑ewwel impenn pubbliku jkun nhar il‑Ġimgħa 9 ta’ Marzu. Dakinhar Mons…

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10 of Pope Francis’ favorite books

  • Looking for something new to read to make the rest of this season of Lent a spiritually enriching and productive one? Or are you just looking for a good book?

    In either case, you may want to consult the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, to find out which books have influenced his spiritual life, inspired and simply entertained him…

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In vocational pastoral care we do not start from scratch!

Greetings of Mgr Oscar Cantoni to the participants in the European Congress on Vocations

  • Opening the Congress, H.E. Mgr Oscar Cantoni, Bishop in charge of the Vocations section of the CCEE Commission Youth, recalled the aims of the meeting in Tirana “everything is aimed at helping the educators of God’s people, and therefore all pastoral workers, in suggesting the most opportune ways so that all the ordinary pastoral care of the Church underlines the vocational dimension and offers useful criteria to accompany young people, all young people, in discerning their personal vocation”…

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Cardinal Parolin: palliative care helps medicine rediscover its vocation

  • The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, writes a letter to the President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, on the occasion of the Palliative Care Congress set for 28 February – 1 March 2018. Photo: A member of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God cares for a patient 

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Vatican, Versace and Vogue team up to exhibit papal vestments

  • Italian designer Donatella Versace poses on February 26, 2018, with editor-in-chief of Vogue Anna Wintour and cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President of the Vatican Pontifical Council for Culture, at Rome’s Palazzo Colonna.

  • The Vatican, Versace and Vogue are joining forces to show off the Catholic influences in fashion.

    The Vatican’s culture minister joined Donatella Versace and Vogue’s Anna Wintour on Monday to offer sneak peek of gorgeous Vatican liturgical vestments, jeweled miters and historic papal tiaras that will star in a spring exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York…

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Hosts ‘miraculously’ preserved 16 months after devastating earthquake in Italy

  • Forty ‘miraculously’ preserved, consecrated hosts have been discovered in a church that was destroyed by a large earthquake in central Italy in 2016.

    The hosts, recovered from a tabernacle recently retrieved from the ruins of the parish church of Arquata del Tronto, have no bacteria or mold, as usually happens to hosts after a few weeks, according to the Italian bishops’ newspaper Avvenire

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Artillery strikes disrupt Syrian ceasefire

  • The United Nations says fighting continued in Eastern Ghouta on Tuesday, despite a brief five-hour daily truce ordered by Russia.

  • A daily five-hour temporary ceasefire began on Tuesday, but first indications suggest Assad-government artillery strikes on Douma, Harasta and Misraba continued unabated.

    For their part, the Russian government accused the rebels of firing mortars on routes earmarked for evacuations, as the violence derailed all aid deliveries and medical evacuations…

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Inauguration of Senglea’s Christ the Redeemer statue

  • Nhar is‑Sibt, 3 ta’ Marzu 2018, ser tiġi inawgurata mill‑ġdid l‑istatwa devota ta’ Ġesù Redentur, fil‑Bażilika tal‑Isla, wara x‑xogħol ta’ restawr u konservazzjoni li sar. L‑inawgurazzjoni, li tibda fil‑5:30 p.m., ser tinkludi preżentazzjoni tax‑xogħol li sar matul l‑aħħar disa’ xhur ta’ ħidma intensiva.

    Dan wara li l‑Parroċċa ta’ Marija Bambina kkummissjonat numru ta’ studji xjentifiċi sabiex isir ir‑restawr u l‑konservazzjoni tal‑istatwa li beda f’Mejju tas‑sena li għaddiet…

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Ad multos annos to Archbishop Scicluna on the third anniversary of his appointment as Archbishop of Malta

  • Il-Knisja f’Malta tifraħ lill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna f’għeluq it-tliet snin minn meta l-Papa Franġisku ħatru Arċisqof ta’ Malta.

    Kien fis-27 ta’ Frar 2015, f’konferenza tal-aħbarijiet fil-Kurja, li n-Nunzju Appostoliku ta’ dak iż-żmien, Mons. Aldo Cavalli, ħabbar uffiċjalment li l-Papa Frangisku ħatar lil Mons. Charles Scicluna bħala s-suċċessur tal-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona. 

    Fl-ewwel kelmtejn tiegħu lill-midja, bħala l-Arċisqof-elett, Mons…

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The Archdiocese of Malta congratulates Archbishop-elect Mgr Alfred Xuereb

  • L‑Arċidjocesi ta’ Malta tifraħ lill‑Arċisqof-elett, Mons. Alfred Xuereb, għall‑ħatra mill‑Papa Franġisku ta’ Nunzju Appostoliku fil‑Korea ta’ Isfel. L‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta tingħaqad mad‑Djoċesi ta’ Għawdex fit‑talb għall‑Arċisqof-elett biex il‑Mulej jagħtih l‑għajnuna f’din il‑missjoni ġdida tiegħu.

  • Profil ta’ Mons. Alfred Xuereb
  • Mons. Alfred Xuereb twieled il-Belt Victoria, Għawdex, fl-14 ta’ Ottubru 1958. Huwa għamel l-istudji filosofiċi u teoloġiċi tiegħu fis-Seminarju Maġġuri ta’ Għawdex…

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