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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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Youths: An essential element in a community of faith

Parish Priests Live-in 2018

12/01/2018

  • Fid‑dawl tas‑Sinodu tal‑Isqfijiet dwar “Iż‑Żgħażagħ, il‑Fidi u d‑Dixxerniment Vokazzjonali” li sejjaħ il‑Papa Franġisku f’Ottubru li ġej, il‑kappillani tas‑70 parroċċa ddiskutew ir‑realtà taż‑żgħażagħ waqt il‑live‑in annwali tal‑kappillani. Dan sar bejn it‑Tlieta, 9 ta’ Jannar u l‑Ħamis, 11 ta’ Jannar 2018, fis‑Seminarju tal‑Arċisqof, Tal‑Virtù.

    Matul il‑live‑in, li għalih kien preżenti l‑Arċisqof Charles J…

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What ISIS left behind

12/01/2018

  • Aid to the Church in Need Malta (ACN) is holding a small exhibition featuring religious items brought from Iraq which were found in the rubble of churches that had been desecrated, burnt and damaged by ISIS when they invaded the Nineveh Plains. Among them are broken crosses, burnt and damaged statues and reliquary and perhaps the most frightening, a chalice with bullet holes…

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Cardinal Parolin: 2018 year of youth and family for Pope Francis

11/01/2018

  • The Vatican’s Secretary of State described 2018 as being characterized “by the Church’s special attention on young people, that is, on their hopes, goals, and the challenges facing them.”

    The World Meeting of Families takes place in Dublin, Ireland on 21-26 August, just ahead of the Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome, whose focus will be “on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment”…

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Mass for married and engaged couples

11/01/2018

  • Il-Moviment ta’ Kana stieden lill-koppji għarajjes li ser jiżżewġu din is-sena u dawk li żżewġu s-sena l-oħra għaċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-Quddiesa. Il-Quddiesa għall-koppji li ser jiżżewġu din is-sena ser ssir nhar is-Sibt, 13 ta’ Jannar 2018, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, fil-5:30 p.m. Din ser titmexxa mill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna li wara l-Quddiesa ser jiltaqa’ mal-koppji għarajjes.

    Il-Quddiesa għall-koppji li ngħaqdu fis-Sagrament taż-Żwieġ fl-2017, saret is-Sibt, 6 ta’ Jannar 2018, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann…

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Korean Church praying, hoping for success of talks between two Koreas

10/01/2018

  • The Catholic Church in South Korea is praying for the success of the talks between the two Koreas, as the delegations from both sides are preparing for their meeting on Tuesday in the demilitarized zone (DMZ).  “The Korean Church has prayed and is praying for the talks between the two Koreas, and for tomorrow’s meeting to be successful. I’m happy, very happy,” Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik of Daejeon told AsiaNews on Monday.   

    The 9 January meeting in the border truce village of Panmunjom is taking place amid growing tensions over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes and the war of words between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US president Donald Trump.  This will be the first official meeting between the two neighbours since December 2015…

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What is ‘discernment’ and what does it mean?

10/01/2018

  • Il-Fraternità Sekulari Charles de Foucauld flimkien mal-Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali qed jistiedenu lill-pubbliku għal żewġ laqgħat fejn flimkien se jiskopru xi tfisser il-kelma ‘dixxerniment’ u kif wieħed jista’ juża din l-għodda biex jasal li jagħmel għażliet u deciżjonijiet skont ir-rieda ta’ Alla – kemm fuq livell personali kif ukoll fi grupp – imdawwal mill-Vanġelu.

    Waqt il-laqgħat, li se jsiru fit-12 u d-19 ta’ Jannar li ġej, immexxija minn Edward Warrington, se ssir riflessjoni fuq l-attitudnijiet li jgħinuna nersqu għal dan il-proċess: kif ninfetħu għall-Ispirtu ta’ Alla u għall-grazzja tiegħu; kemm hi tassew pożittiva u mimlija fiducja l-immaġni li għandna ta’ Alla; kif nagħrfu l-ispirtu t-tajjeb mill-ispirtu ħażin; kif inġibu ruħna meta nsibuna fid-dlam; kif inżommu ħarsitna fuq il-Mulej Ġesù…

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