News from the Church in Malta
A Lenten prayer meeting is being held tomorrow, Thursday 22nd February 2018, at 6.30pm, at the Greek Catholic Church of Our Lady of Damascus, in Archbishop Street, Valletta. The theme of the meeting is: “Repent. Turn to the Lord”.
A Taizé community will chant hymns to help those present enter into the atmosphere of Lent. Individuals are invited to bring with them a short biblical passage which reminds them of Lent or is important for them during Lent…
Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna was hospitalised in San Carlos de Apoquindo Hospital, in Santiago, Chile, and is undergoing surgery on the gallbladder.
Updated at 18:00 with the medical bulletin issued by the San Carlos de Apoquindo Catholic University Hospital
With reference to the current state of health of Archbishop Charles J…
Il‑Bord tad‑Dħul fl‑Iskejjel tal‑Knisja qed jilqa’ applikazzjonijiet tard skont il‑Kriterju ‘Applikanti Oħra’ għad‑dħul fl‑iskejjel tal‑Knisja fl‑ewwel sena kindergarten, it‑tieni sena kindergarten, l‑ewwel sena primarja u l‑ewwel sena sekondarja, għas‑sena skolastika 2018‑2019. Wieħed jista’ japplika onlajn fuq www.knisja.org/applications sa nhar il‑Ħamis, 28 ta’ Frar 2018, jew imur il‑Kurja tal‑Arċisqof, il‑Furjana jew fl‑iskola St Michael, Santa Venera, nhar il‑Ħamis, 28 ta’ Frar 2018, bejn id‑9:00 a.m…
While receving Apostolic Nuncio, Monsignor Alessandro D’Errico, on a courtesy visit, Speaker Dr Anglu Farrugia said that Malta respects the value of the human life from its inception.
Speaker Farrugia and Monsignor D’Errico recalled the excellent and cordial relations that exist between Malta and the Holy See and emphasised the importance of Christian values, which are regrettably being put aside in lieu of economic figures and numbers…
The Chilean Episcopal Conference (Cech), has released some details regarding the presence in Chile, in recent days of Charles Scicluna, archbishop of Malta and President of the College for the examination of appeals (in matters of delicta graviora) for the Ordinary Session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith…
The human person, not the ‘god of money’, must be at the centre of our social and economic systems, if social justice is to prevail.
This is the key message of a document published by the Justice and Peace Commission and the Emigrants’ Commission of the Archdiocese of Malta to mark World Day of Social Justice, today February 20th…
Nhar il-Ħadd, 19 ta’ Frar 2018, l-Arċisqof Emeritu, Mons. Pawlu Cremona, mexxa ċ-ċelebrazzjoni tradizzjonali ta’ Ħadd in-Nies, b’pellegrinaġġ bl-istatwa devozzjonali tal-Madonna tal-Grazzja u Quddiesa fil-Parroċċa ta’ Ħaż-Żabbar.
It-tradizzjoni ta’ dan il-pellegrinaġġ penitenzjal tmur lura snin qabel l-Ordni ta’ San Ġwann ġie Malta fl-1530. Meta wara l-wasla tal-Ordni ta’ San Ġwann beda jiġi ċċelebrat il-Karnival, ħafna pellegrini kienu ħaduha drawwa jżuru s-Santwarju tal-Madonna f’Ras ir-Randan, bħala tpattija ta’ atti li jkunu saru fi żmien il-Karnival…
The Gospel account of the temptation of Jesus was the basis for Pope Francis’ reflections at the Angelus on the First Sunday of Lent, 2018.
The Holy Father based his remarks on three main themes: temptation, conversion, and Good News…
Nhar il-Ħadd 4 ta’ Frar 2018, il-Papa Franġisku għamel stedina għal ‘Jum ta’ talb u sawm għall-paċi’ fit-23 ta’ Frar 2018. Il-Papa qal hekk waqt l-Anġelus:
“Quddiem is-sitwazzjoni traġika ta’ kunflitti li għadhom għaddejjin f’diversi nħawi tad-dinja, nistieden lill-fidili kollha għal ‘Jum ta’ talb u sawm għall-paċi’ fit-23 ta’ Frar li ġej, il-Ġimgħa tal-ewwel ġimgħa tar-Randan. Noffruha b’mod partikolari għall-popolazzjonijiet tar-Republika Demokratika tal-Congo u tas-Sudan ta’ Isfel. L-istess bħal f’okkażjoniet simili, nistieden ukoll lill-aħwa mhux Kattoliċi u mhux Insara biex jingħaqdu ma’ din l-inizjattiva bil-mod li jidhrilhom l-aħjar, imma lkoll flimkien…
