News from the Church in Malta
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…
“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…
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”…
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…
The Neapolitan crib has for centuries intrigued artists, historians and collectors alike. Its history dates to the early sixteenth century, emerging as a highlight in times of Catholic renewal.
The Neapolitan presepe reached its zenith in the eighteenth century during the reign of Charles VII of Bourbons, King of Naples, later to be elected as Charles III, King of Spain…
Pope Francis has urged that “news be communicated with serenity, precision and completeness, using a calm language in favour of a fruitful reflection; thoughtful and clear words, which reject the tempers of allusive, clamorous and ambiguous speech, Pope Francis told representatives of Italian periodicals on Saturday. “It is important that the criteria of judgment and information are offered patiently and methodically so that public opinion is able to understand and discern, and is not stunned and disoriented,” the Pope told some 350 members of the Italian Periodical Press Union (USPI) and the Italian Federation of Catholic Weeklies (FISC) who met him in the Vatican.
Reliable information close to reality
The Pope told them that they have a mission to inform properly, to offer everyone a version of the facts as close as possible to reality. “Your free and responsible voice,” he said, “is fundamental for the growth of any society that wants to be called democratic, so that a continuous exchange of ideas and a profitable debate based on real and correctly reported data are assured…
