News from the Church in Malta
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…
Jim Caviezel made an appearance at SLS18 in Chicago this week—promoting his new movie about the life of St Paul and delivering a rousing speech about faith, conversion and courage.
James Faulkner, Jim Caviezel, Olivier Martinez, Joanne Whalley, and John Lynch are starring in historical drama “Paul, Apostle of Christ” mainly shot in Malta…
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”…
The President’s Palace, Valletta
11th January 2018
Madame President of the Republic of Malta,
On behalf of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to Malta, it is my honour and joy to present our best wishes to Your Excellency for the New Year…
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…
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…
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…
Kif nafu lkoll, bħalissa xterdet ħafna l-influwenza. Hu importanti ħafna li aħna nieħdu l-miżuri kollha biex nevitaw dak kollu li b’xi mod jista’ jxerred il-mard, speċjalment fejn jinġabru numru kbir ta’ nies bħall-knejjes jew swali tal-Knisja.
Għalhekk, min jiċċelebra l-Quddiesa għandu jassigura ruħu li jkun iddiżinfetta idejh sewwa qabel ma tibda l-Quddiesa u, f’każ ta’ bżonn, qabel jibda jqarben…
Is-Sibt 6 ta’ Jannar 2018, fil-5:30 p.m., Mons. Charles Attard, Direttur tal-Moviment ta’ Kana, iċċelebra Quddiesa għall-koppji li żżewġu matul l-2017, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. Din il-Quddiesa ssir kull sena u hi organizzata mill-Moviment ta’ Kana.
Ir-ritratti kollha jinsabu fuq il-websajt tar-Ritratti Uffiċjali tal-Knisja f’Malta.
Ritratti: Uffiċċju Komunikazzjoni Kurja
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Just as the influence of the Holy Spirit is recognized when one does an act of charity, Christians also must recognize the presence of the devil when bullying occurs, Pope Francis said.
“When we realize that we harbour within ourselves the desire to attack someone because they are weak, we have no doubt: It is the devil. Because attacking the weak is the work of Satan,” the Pope said in his homily Jan…
