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Week of prayer for Christian unity

16/01/2018

  • The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is being held between Thursday, 18th January and 25th January 2018. During this week, the members of different Christian Churches meet for ecumenical prayer. This year’s theme is “Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power” (Ex 15:6).

    On this occasion, an Ecumenical Service will be held on Friday 19th January 2018, at 6:30 p.m., at the Basilica of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Senglea, Archbishop Charles J…

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Pope Francis shares fears for a return to use of nuclear weapons

15/01/2018

  • As he boarded the plane for Chile on Monday, Pope Francis spoke of his fears in the face of threats of nuclear war. Talking to journalists on the papal plane, he also commented on the image of a young Japanese boy carrying the body of his baby brother on his back as he waited in line at a crematorium in the city of Nagasaki…

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Photos: Mass for engaged couples getting married in 2018

15/01/2018

  • Is-Sibt 13 ta’ Jannar 2018, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa mal-koppji għarajjes li ser jiżżewġu bil-Knisja matul din is-sena. Il-Quddiesa saret fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, u kienet organizzata mill-Moviment ta’ Kana. Il-kor li jinsab wara l-artal maġġuri serva wkoll ta’ spazju għall-koppji numerużi li attendew u ħonqu l-Konktidral ta’ San Ġwann. 

    Ir-ritratti kollha jinsabu fuq il-websajt tar-Ritratti Uffiċjali tal-Knisja f’Malta…

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Pope at Mass for migrants and refugees: ‘Overcome fear and welcome the other’

15/01/2018

  • There was something even more international than usual about the celebration in St Peter’s Basilica this Sunday. The sounds were those of the youthful and multilingual voices of the Hope choirs. The colors were those of the flags and multicultural costumes of the 49 nations represented. Over 70 countries were present in the person of their Ambassador to the Vatican…

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Church statistics for Chile and Peru

14/01/2018

  • Pope Francis will visit Chile and Peru from the 15th till the 22nd January 2018. In Chile, he will visit the capital Santiago, Temuco and Iquique and in Peru he will pass through Lima, Puerto Maldonado and Trujillo. It will be the pope’s sixth trip to Latin America. He has already been to Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Cuba, Mexico and he will visit Colombia in September of this year…

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Emigrants’ Commission’s appeal on integration of refugees

World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2018

14/01/2018

  • Thirty years have passed since the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) officially set foot in Malta through an Operational Partners Agreement with the Emigrants’ Commission, signed on December 2, 1987.

    Moreover, 15 years have gone since, in 2002, Malta saw the first big wave of Mediterranean boat people reaching its shores, seeking international protection. It signalled the start of a phenomenon that led to what is probably the most important social and cultural challenge our country faced for a very long time…

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“Every nun is a story onto herself, a story of generosity” – The Vicar General to the Sisters of Charity helping at Dar tal-Providenza

13/01/2018

  • Fl-okkażjoni tal-50 anniversarju minn meta s-Sorijiet tal-Karità ta’ Santa Ġovanna Antida Thouret bdew il-ħdima tagħhom fid-Dar tal-Providenza, il-Ġimgħa, 12 ta’ Jannar 2018, il-Vigarju Ġenerali, Mons. Joe Galea Curmi ċċelebra Quddiesa ta’ ringrazzjament f’din id-Dar.   

    Għal din l-okkażjoni kienet preżenti wkoll Suor Mary Stephanos, il-Provinċjal tas-Sorijiet tal-Karità għal Malta u l-Italja u ġiet tirrappreżenta s-Superjura Ġenerali Suor Nunzia De Gori.   …

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One in twelve Christians in the world are persecuted

13/01/2018
  • In 2017, out of the 2.48 billion Christians in the world, 215 million suffered a degree of persecution ranging from “strong to extreme.”

  • “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.”

    If the year 2017 marks the military defeat of ISIS in the Middle East, it also reflects a return to strength of religious nationalism with a strong intolerance towards minorities. Today, 215 million Christians are severely persecuted around the world – one in twelve Christians – reports the NGO Open Doors in its worldwide index of Christian persecution published annually…

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Pastoral Visit by the Archbishop at Qawra Parish

13/01/2018

  • Bejn għada l-Ħadd u t-Tnejn, 14 u 15 ta’ Jannar 2018, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna se jkun qed jagħmel il-viżta pastorali fil-Parroċċa tal-Qawra, fejn se jiltaqa’ mat-tfal u ż-żgħażagħ u mal-anzjani u l-morda tal-parroċċa.  Se jiltaqa’ wkoll mal-komunità internazzjonli tal-Parroċċa, fosthom ma’ Nsara minn Knejjes oħra kif ukoll mal-impjegati ta’ żewġ lukandi fl-istess lokalità.

    Hawn taħt tista’ taqra l-messaġġ tal-Arċisqof Scicluna lill-komunità tal-Qawra…

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