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JRS Malta launches publication on best practices to prevent racism and xenophobia

23/12/2017

  • 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…

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Notice

22/12/2017

  • 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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Why go to Sunday Mass?

22/12/2017

  • 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…

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Pope takes 27 candidates a step closer to sainthood‎

21/12/2017

  • 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…

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Join us this Christmas

20/12/2017

  • The Liturgical Celebrations during the Christmas season will be streamed live on the YouTube Channel of The Church in Malta. 

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Maltese artistic crib inaugurated in Bethlehem

19/12/2017

  • 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…

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Video: The new look of Vatican Communication

19/12/2017
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  • 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…

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Members of the Secretariat for Catholic Education meet with the President of Malta

19/12/2017

  • “Intom l-istilla ta’ dan il-pajjiż. F’soċjetà fejn tirrenja l-inċertezza, jien nammira minn qalbi x-xogħol kbir li intom tagħmlu biex tgħinu lil tant studenti u familji fil-bżonn.” Dan kien il-qofol tal-messaġġ li l-President ta’ Malta, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, għaddiet lill-membri kollha tas-Segretarjat għall-Edukazzjoni Nisranija, fil-Kappella Russa ġewwa l-Palazz ta’ San Anton fl-okkażjoni tal-Milied.

    Din hi t-tielet sena li l-membri kollha tas-Segretarjat inġabru fil-Palazz biex fimkien jagħtu l-awguri u jiċċelebraw il-festa tal-Milied…

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“Embrace the values of wisdom, justice and truth” – The Vicar General to lawyers on the feast of St Ivo

The Vicar General celebrates Mass on the feast of Saint Ivo, patron saint of advocates

18/12/2017
  • Omelija tal-Vigarju Ġenerali Mons. Joe Galea Curmi

  • Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta

    18 ta’ Diċembru 2017

    San Ivo, patrun tal-avukati, li għex fis-seklu tlettax u l-bidu tas-seklu erbatax (1253-1303) u ġie kanonizzat fl-1347 iġorr miegħu sentenza partikulari li ssibha f’diversi rappreżentazzjonijiet tiegħu u nimmaġina li intom familjari magħha. Bil-Latin: “Sanctus Ivo erat brito, advocatus et non latro, res miranda populi”…

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Exchanging Christmas greetings with the Bishops

18/12/2017

  • L-Arċisqof Mons. Charles J. Scicluna, l-Arċisqof Emeritu Mons. Pawlu Cremona u l-Vigarju Ġenerali Mons. Joe Galea Curmi ser jilqgħu lill-awtoritajiet tal-Istat u lill-korpi kostitwiti għall-bdil tal-awguri tal-Milied u l-bidu tas-Sena l-Ġdida, nhar l-Erbgħa, 27 ta’ Diċembru, fil-Palazz tal-Arċisqof, il-Belt Valletta, fit-3:00 p.m.

    Fl-okkażjoni tal-festi ta’ żmien il-Milied u l-bidu tas-Sena l-Ġdida, l-Arċisqof Mons. Charles J. Scicluna, l-Arċisqof Emeritu Mons…

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