News from the Church in Malta
Pope Francis’ encyclical letter, Laudato Si’, published in 2015, was hailed as a heartfelt appeal for the future of planet earth, or, as the pope puts it, a call to all people to take “care of our common home”.
Among the many responses to that call is an initiative by private investors inviting entrepreneurs and start-up companies to develop ideas responding to the challenges spelt out in Laudato Si’…
In his homily at Christmas Mass “During the Night” in St Peter’s Basilica, the Pope reflects on how, with the birth of Jesus, everything becomes a source of hope.
The Christmas story is retold every year with all the places, people and themes we know so well: the stable, the shepherds, the birth. But perhaps the very familiarity of the story can distract us or cause us to forget the messages that lie at its heart…
Nhar il-Ħadd, 24 ta’ Diċembru 2017, lejlet il-Milied, fil-11:00 p.m., l‑Arċisqof ser imexxi t‑talba tal‑Liturġija tas‑Sigħat fil‑Quddiesa ta’ Nofsillejl fis‑Solennità tat‑Twelid ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu, fil‑Katidral tal‑Imdina.
Nhar it-Tnejn, 25 ta’ Diċembru 2017, nhar il-Milied, fl-10:30 a.m., l‑Arċisqof ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa Pontifikali fis‑Solennità tat‑Twelid ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu, fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta…
I Get You: Refugees and citizens together against racism and xenophobia
Community building initiatives, which bring people together to share experiences and get to know each other, promote the social inclusion of forced migrants and counter racism and xenophobia in society.
This is the main conclusion of ‘I Get You’, a project led by JRS Europe, with national partners in eight countries, which mapped and evaluated civil society initiatives to learn from them how best to help refugees to rebuild their lives, while strengthening the community…
Ġentilment ninfurmawkom li minn għada s-Sibt, 23 ta’ Diċembru 2017, sat-Tlieta, 2 ta’ Jannar 2018 (iż-żewġ ġranet inklużi), il-Kurja tal-Arcisqof u l-uffiċċji tal-Caritas, il-Furjana, u t-Tribunal Ekkleżjastiku, il-Belt Valletta, ser ikunu magħluqa.
Il-Kurja, il-Caritas u t-Tribunal jiftħu mill-ġdid nhar l-Erbgħa, 3 ta’ Jannar 2018.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters, good morning!
Taking up the series of catecheses on the Mass, today we ask ourselves: Why go to Mass on Sunday?
The Sunday celebration of the Eucharist is at the center of the life of the Church (Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, n…
Pope Francis took 27 men and women a step closer to sainthood. The Pope received Card. Angelo Amato, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and authorized him to promulgate 12 decrees regarding 22 men and 5 women from as many as 8 nations. They concern 3 miracles, a martyrdom and 8 heroic virtues. Nineteen candidates, including 3 miracles and the martyrdom of 16, have been cleared for Beatification, the penultimate stage before Canonization or sainthood…
The Liturgical Celebrations during the Christmas season will be streamed live on the YouTube Channel of The Church in Malta.
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Il-presepju artistiku Malti, maħluq minn Manwel Grech u mit-team tiegħu, ġie armat fil-Pjazza tal-Maxtura, quddiem il-Knisja ta’ Santa Katerina. Dan il-presepju hu xhud tat-talent lokali Malti u qed iġib il-kultura Maltija eqreb ta’ komunitajiet barranin.
Hu stmat li tliet miljun turist fis-sena jżuru Betlem u ħafna minn dawn iż-żjarat isiru proprju fi żmien il-Milied.
Il-presepju għandu sbatax-il pastur, kollha b’kostum Malti, u għandu elementi Maltin fosthom ir-rieqed, l-għaġeb, ix-xabbatur u San Ġorġ Preca…
Mounting anticipation for the new portal vaticannews.va. There has been talk of it for months, since the Vatican media reform project started to take shape, although, as reiterated on several occasions, the reform does not consist in the new website. In fact the latter is one of its fruits. Now the time has come: vaticannews.va is online and it replaced previous information channels…
