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Cana Movement: The proposed amendments to the Embryo Protection Act attempt to cancel out differences endowed by nature itself

19/04/2018

  • Cana Movement is sensitive to the desire of couples to bear and bring up children and they should be supported in this noble vocation.  The current Embryo Protection Act favours assistance to infertile couples. Children are gifts and not entitlements or commodities. IVF policies should therefore not relegate the rights of the unborn child to the desire to bear children at all costs, no matter how noble that desire may be…

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The sign of the cross is our badge, Pope Francis says

19/04/2018

  • On Wednesday Pope Francis said that to make the sign of the cross is to mark ourselves as Christians, and that it is something we should do often to remind ourselves that we belong to God.

    “The cross is the badge that shows who we are: our speaking, thinking, looking, working [are] under the sign of the cross, that is, the love of Jesus, to the end,” the pope said April 18…

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The Bishops invite people to attend the March for Life

19/04/2018

  • Mons. Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna u Mons. Isqof Mario Grech se jieħdu sehem fil-Mixja favur il-Ħajja li se ssir nhar il-Ħadd li ġej 22 ta’ April 2018, u li qed tkun organizzata minn LifeNetwork Foundation. It-tema hi: Embrijun Wieħed Minna.

    Il-mixja ser tibda minn ħdejn Kastilja, il-Belt Valletta, fl-4 pm u tkompli sa quddiem il-Parlament. Il-ħsieb hu li tintemm fil-5.30 p.m…

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The Archbishop to ordain four new deacons

18/04/2018

  • Erba’ żgħażagħ ser jiġu ordnati djakni mill‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna nhar il‑Ħadd, 22 ta’ April 2018, fil‑Katidral ta’ San Pawl, l‑Imdina, fid‑9am. L‑erba’ żgħażagħ li ser jiġu ordnati djakni huma:

    • Peter Ellul mill‑Parroċċa ta’ San Pawl Nawfragu, il‑Belt Valletta
    • Jean Gové mill‑Parroċċa ta’ Marija Mtellgħa s‑Sema, il‑Mosta
    • Aayrton Ray Muscat mill‑Parroċċa ta’ Santa Luċija V.M., l‑Imtarfa
    • Matthew Pulis mill‑Parroċċa tal‑Familja Mqaddsa, l‑Iklin


    Kulħadd huwa mistieden biex jattendi għaċ‑ċelebrazzjoni tal‑ordinazzjoni u biex jitlob għal aktar vokazzjonijiet u għall‑qdusija tal‑kleru, speċjalment għal dawk li ser jiġu ordnati djakni nhar il-Ħadd…

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March for life

18/04/2018
  • Maltese citizens of good will who value life are invited to join the pro-life demostration organised by the Life Network Foundation, on Sunday 22nd April 2018.  Time: From 4pm till 5:30pm Venue: Castille Square, Valletta  More info: Life Network Foundation Malta

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Live: Choice of School Ballot of Kinder 2 girls and boys – 2018 Entry

18/04/2018

  • L-Erbgħa, 18 ta’ April 2018, tista’ ssegwi ‘live’ t-tlugħ tal-polza tal-għażla għal Kinder 2 fl-iskejjel tal-Knisja għal studenti bniet u subien, fl-Istitut tal-Azzjoni Kattolika, il-Furjana.

    Il-polza tas-subien tibda fid-9am u dik tal-bniet f’12pm.

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Is it possible to have political Christian action?

Gaudium et Spes Lecture 2018

17/04/2018

    • A few months ago, Pope Francis stated that we cannot improve our political landscape by observing and judging from afar: it requires personal involvement, which should always be done in a spirit of charity and helpfulness. “Try to act personally instead of just looking and criticizing the work of others from the balcony,” the Pope said during a pastoral visit to Cesena in October 2017…

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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI celebrates his 91st birthday

16/04/2018

  • The day of Joseph Ratzinger’s birth has been seen by some as a sign of Divine Providence. It was certainly a sign of things to come. The future Pope Benedict XVI was born on Holy Saturday, April 16th 1927. His birthplace is Marktl-an-Inn, a tiny village less than an hour’s walk away from Altoetting, the most important Marian Shrine in Bavaria…

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Church property worth €8 million to become Malta’s first state-of-the-art Hospice palliative care complex

Signing of agreement between the Archdiocese of Malta and the Malta Hospice Movement

16/04/2018

  • The Archdiocese of Malta and The Malta Hospice Movement signed an official agreement for the establishment of St Michael’s Hospice, the first state-of-the-art complex in Malta dedicated entirely to providing comprehensive palliative care.

    During the Year of Mercy, in July 2016, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna had announced that the Church would identify the ideal premises for the setting up of a complex that, in collaboration with a registered organisation in the field, would provide palliative care services for patients with serious medical conditions…

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