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Due to violence, Mexican diocese avoids Christmas Masses at high-risk times

10/12/2017

  • A diocese in one of Mexico’s most violence-ridden states has indicated it will avoid scheduling Masses for Christmas and its octave at “high risk” times. It has also asked the state’s police to protect parishioners.

    “With respect to the problem of insecurity, for the most part the established schedule has been kept, but we are trying to avoid scheduling certain times that could be high risk,” Fr José Luis Compeán Rueda, vicar general of the Diocese of Tabasco, said at a Dec…

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Pastoral Visit by the Archbishop at Burmarrad Parish

09/12/2017

  • Bejn is-Sibt u l-Ħadd, 9 u 10 ta’ Diċembru 2017, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna se jkun qed jagħmel il-viżta pastorali fil-Parroċċa ta’ Burmarrad, fejn se jiltaqa’ mat-tfal u ż-żgħażagħ u mal-anzjani u l-morda tal-parroċċa. 

    Hawn taħt tista’ taqra l-messaġġ tal-Arċisqof Scicluna lill-komunità ta’ Burmarrad.

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Australian Church launches Year of Youth

08/12/2017

  • The national Year of Youth was officially launched in Australia on Thursday with a festival which will run until the 9th of December.

    The year itself which will conclude in November 2018 coincides with the ten year anniversary of World Youth Day in Sydney. The aim of the Year of Youth, which has been organized by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, is to accompany and engage with young people as they discern their place in the world…

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Prayer of Saint John Paul II for the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the blessed Virgin Mary

08/12/2017

  • Immaculate Virgin! 
    Once again we are here to honour you, at the foot of this column from which you lovingly watch over Rome and the whole world, ever since, 150 years ago, Blessed Pius IX proclaimed as a truth of the Catholic faith your preservation from every stain of sin in anticipation of the death and Resurrection of your Son, Jesus Christ.

  • Immaculate Virgin! 
    Your spotless spiritual beauty is for us a living source of confidence and hope. 
    To have you as Mother, Holy Virgin, reassures us on the path of life as a pledge of eternal salvation. 
    Because of this, O Mary, we have recourse to you with confidence. Help us to build a world where human life is always cherished and defended, every form of violence banished, the peace of all tenaciously sought…

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Pope expresses “deep concern” at Donald Trump’s plan to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel

07/12/2017

  • Pope Francis has expressed his “deep concern” at President Donald Trump’s plan to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel arguing the move will create more tensions in the Holy Land and stressing the city is sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims. 

    Francis made his comments to a gathering in the Vatican’s Paul VI hall following news that the United States president is planning to move the country’s embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. 

    “I cannot remain silent about my deep concern over the situation that has arisen in recent days and, at the same time, a heartfelt appeal so that everyone would be committed to respecting the status quo of the city, in accordance with the relative resolutions to the United Nations,” Francis said at the General Audience today (6 December). 

    While Israel regards Jerusalem as its capital, Palestinians see East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state…

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Statement by the Environment Commission about Villa St Ignatius in St Julian’s

06/12/2017

  • Il‑Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent (KA) għal darb’oħra tħeġġeġ lill‑awtoritajiet jieħdu l‑miżuri kollha għad‑dispożizzjoni tagħhom biex ma jħallux il‑ġenn li nibnu akkost ta’ kollox ikompli jagħmina, hekk li nħarbtu saħansitra dak li jagħtina identità ta’ poplu. Għall‑kuntrarju, jeħtieġ naħdmu biex nippreservaw il‑wirt arkitettoniku mill‑ferneżija ta’ twaqqiegħ ta’ bini, u mill‑konverżjoni ta’ bini eżistenti f’appartamenti, li wliedna jridu jissallbu biex jikru jew jixtru, bi gwadann għall‑ispekulaturi…

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Live: Christmas Mass for students attending State, Church and independent schools

06/12/2017

  • L-Erbgħa, 6 ta’ Diċembru 2017, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna se jiċċelebra Quddiesa tal-Milied mal-istudenti li jattendu skejjel tal-Istat, tal-Knisja u indipendenti. Il-Quddiesa, li se tibda fid-9:30am fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta, hi organizzata mid-Direttorat għas-Servizzi Edukattivi fi ħdan il-Ministeru tal-Edukazzjoni. 

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Five family traditions for Advent

06/12/2017
  • Here are five beautiful ways to observe this most peaceful of seasons.

    Do you ever get to Christmas morning and wonder where, exactly, the last month went? Too often, the holiday season rushes by with a flurry of activity, and sometimes, the busy pace of life in December means we forget all about Advent. While Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus, Advent — the four weeks before Christmas — is a special time in the Church calendar to practice waiting and hoping, to turn our attention toward Christ’s first coming…

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Video: Pope Francis’ prayer intention for December: For the elderly

05/12/2017

  • Pope Francis on Monday released a video message accompanying his prayer intention for the month of December, which this month is “For the elderly.”

    “Let us keep in mind our elders, so that sustained by families and institutions, may with their wisdom and experience collaborate in the education of new generations.”

    It has become the custom of Pope Francis to release a video message detailing his new prayer intention each month…

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