News from the Church in Malta
Last month thieves in France robbed, and in the process desecrated, ten churches in the Diocese of Annecy, in the country’s Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region. A similar incident also occurred in the Diocese of Vannes, in Brittany.
Local press reported that the churches in the Annecy diocese were broken into October 28 and 29. The perpetrators are believed to be two men who forced open the church doors with a crow bar…
The door is one of the most important parts of our home. Through it we come and go, receive visitors and say goodbye to old friends. It is a place of sadness and joy, departures and entrances.
That is why it is a place where we should invite God’s presence, asking for his protection over it and our home…
Pope Francis sent messages of condolence to people in Iran and Iraq after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake killed more than 400 people, mostly in Iran.
The pope “assures all affected by this tragedy of his prayerful solidarity,” said the nearly identical messages, released today (13 November).
“In expressing his sorrow to all who mourn the loss of their loved ones, he offers his prayers for the deceased and commends them to the mercy of the almighty,” said the telegrams, signed by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state…
F’dawn l-aħħar jiem, f’xi knejjes u kunventi ta’ Malta, saru żjarat minn tlitt irġiel li ppreżentaw ruħhom bħala abbati Benedittin, isqof u kjeriku.
L-isqof jintroduċi ruħu bħala persuna minn Bormla. Dawn il-persuni jistaqsu biex jitolbu mal-komunità u biex iqaddsu wkoll. Lis-superjuri jkellmuhom ukoll dwar proġetti li għandhom f’moħħhom u dwar flus, bit-tama li jaslu biex jieħdu xi donazzjoni.
Dawn il-persuni mhumiex ordnati validament u għalhekk m’għandhomx jitħallew jiċċelebraw is-Sagramenti…
The Vatican is calling for integral nuclear disarmament. According to the preliminary conclusions of a just-ended high level symposium entitled “Prospects for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons and for Integral Disarmament”, integral disarmament is both an urgent immediate need and a long-term process.
The symposium, organized by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development got underway as tensions escalated between the US and North Korea.
It saw the participation of eleven Nobel peace laureates, top United Nations and NATO officials, leading experts, heads of major foundations and of civil society organizations, as well representatives of bishops conferences, Christian denominations and other faiths. Pope Francis addressed the gathering on Friday…
On Sunday 12th November 2017, at 9:15 a.m., Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna will celebrate Mass on Remembrance Day, at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta.
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Pope Francis decided that the Vatican will cease to sell cigarettes to employees as of 2018.
The reason is very simple: the Holy See cannot contribute to an activity that clearly damages the health of people. According to the World Health Organization, every year smoking is the cause of more than seven million deaths throughout the world.
Although the cigarettes sold to employees and pensioners in the Vatican at a reduced price are a source of revenue for the Holy See, no profit can be legitimate if it puts lives at risk….
On Thursday, 9th November 2017, at 6:30 p.m., Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrates a thanksgiving Mass with new graduates of the University of Malta, at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta.
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Fl-okkażjoni tal-1950 anniversarju tal-martirju ta’ San Pawl, il-Kapitlu Metropolitan se jippreżenta l-Oratorju PAWLU TA’ MALTA, versi tal-Professur Oliver Friggieri, b’mużika tal-Professur Charles Camilleri.
L-Oratorju se jsir fil-Katidral Metropolitan ta’ San Pawl, l-Imdina, nhar il-Ġimgha 10 ta’ Novembru fit-8pm u se jkun taħt il-patroċinju tal-Arcisqof Emeritus Mons. Pawlu Cremona. Se jkun esegwiet mill-Orkestra Filarmonika Nazzjonali taħt id-direzzjoni ta’ Dr Michelle Castelletti, bis-sehem tas-solisti Brian Cefai, Rosabelle Bianchi u Alfred Camilleri…
Pope Francis has reminded the faithful that the Eucharist is a wonderful event during which Jesus Christ, our life, becomes present.
Speaking to the crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis began a new series of reflections focusing on the Eucharist and highlighting the importance of how we attend and of how we participate in Mass in order to really experience our relationship with God…
