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Photos: Pope Francis eats with the poor

20/11/2017

  • Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday – the XXXIII Sunday in Ordinary Time and the first-ever World Day of the Poor – in St Peter’s Basilica. The Holy Father announced the World Day of the Poor during the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, and entrusted its organization and promotion to the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization.

    There were some 4 thousand needy people in the congregation for the Mass, after which Pope Francis offered Sunday lunch in the Paul VI Hall…

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Pastoral Visit by the Archbishop at Cospicua Parish

19/11/2017

  • Bejn is-Sibt, 18 ta’ Novembru 2017 u t-Tlieta 21 ta’ Novembru 2017, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna se jkun qed jagħmel il-viżta pastorali fil-Parroċċa ta’ Bormla, fejn se jiltaqa’ mat-tfal u ż-żgħażagħ tal-parroċċa, ma’ dawk involuti fil-festa, mal-operaturi pastorali u mal-kumplament tal-komunità ta’ Bormla.

    Hawn taħt tista’ taqra l-messaġġ tal-Arċisqof Scicluna lill-parruċċani Bormliżi.

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Pope Francis’ message for the first World Day of the Poor: Let us love, not with words but with deeds

19/11/2017
  • 1. “Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in deed and in truth” (1 Jn 3:18). These words of the Apostle John voice an imperative that no Christian may disregard. The seriousness with which the “beloved disciple” hands down Jesus’ command to our own day is made even clearer by the contrast between the empty words so frequently on our lips and the concrete deeds against which we are called to measure ourselves…

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Let us love, not with words but with deeds – World Day of the Poor 2017

World Day of the Poor 2017

18/11/2017

  • Il‑Knisja f’Malta ser tingħaqad mal‑Knisja Universali biex għada, il‑Ħadd 19 ta’ Novembru, tfakkar Jum il‑Foqra. It‑tema għal din l‑ewwel ċelebrazzjoni ta’ Jum il‑Foqra hi: ‘Inħobbu mhux bil‑kliem imma bl‑għemil’. Kien il‑Papa Franġisku li fi tmiem il‑Ġublew Straordinarju tal‑Ħniena ried li jibda jitfakkar dan il‑jum.

    Għal din l‑okkażjoni, 16‑il entità tal‑Knisja li jaħdmu fil‑qasam soċjali, flimkien mal‑Kummissjoni Ġustizzja u Paċi, ħadu sehem f’attività li saret fi Pjazza San Ġorġ, il‑Belt Valletta…

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Churches welcome the European Pillar of Social Rights

18/11/2017

  • The Commission of the Bishops’ Conference of the EU (COMECE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) welcome the inter-institutional proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights signed yesterday at the Social Summit for Fair Jobs and Growth that is taking place in Gothenburg, Sweden.

    COMECE and CEC consider the European Pillar of Social Rights as a vital and further step towards the European Social Market Economy, therefore we welcome the high-level consensus set by the joint proclamation of the Parliament, the Council and the Commission…

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Diocesan Assembly 2017 and the feast of Christ the King

17/11/2017

  • Il‑Knisja f’Malta ser tlaqqa’ l‑Assemblea Djoċesana, nhar il‑Ġimgħa 24 u s‑Sibt 25 ta’ Novembru, fil‑Katekumenju, il‑Mosta. It‑tema tal-Assemblea ta’ din is‑sena hi ‘L‑Evanġelizzazzjoni u d‑Djakonija: Lejn Pjan Pastorali għall‑Arċidjoċesi’.

    Matul l-Assemblea, il‑Vigarju Episkopali għall‑Evanġelizzazzjoni, Fr René Camilleri, ser jintroduċi l-ewwel parti tal-pjan pastorali għall-Arċidjoċesi, dik ta’ proposta ta’ strateġija għall‑evanġelizzazzjoni mifruxa fuq tliet snin. Din tinkludi l‑implimentazzjoni ta’ proġetti f’għadd ta’ parroċċi u skejjel…

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Pope Francis sends letter to COP23 climate conference in Bonn

17/11/2017

  • Pope Francis has sent a letter to participants in the COP-23 UN Convention on climate change, taking place in Bonn, Germany on 6-17 November.

    The letter was sent to Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama of the Fiji Islands, which is officially hosting the event, and was read out to COP-23 participants.

    Pope Francis congratulated the world leaders present at the COP-23 event and invited them “to maintain a high level of cooperation”…

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Called to work for justice and peace

Document by the Justice and Peace Commission, one month from the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.

16/11/2017
  • Synopsis

    One month from the day that journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated in a premeditated attack on our society, the Church Commission for Justice and Peace urges all citizens to reflect on the current state of our society, to take concrete action to work for the common good and to promote peace.

    The reactions to Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder highlight the polarisation within our society which remains deeply divided along the fault-lines of partisan political allegiance…

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Doctors, religious and laity to discuss euthanasia in congress at Vatican

16/11/2017

  • At the end of this year, the Netherlands, the first country that legalized euthanasia, will have applied it on more than 7,000 patients, an increase of 67 percent compared to five years ago.

    Euthanasia is fully legal in five countries: the Netherlands, Belgium, Colombia, Luxembourg and Canada. However, more people are speaking about it. According to Carlo Casalone from the Pontifical Academy for Life, it’s because more cases are becoming public due to medical advancements and the diffusion of mass media…

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Pope Francis given Lamborghini to be auctioned for charity

16/11/2017

  • Pope Francis was presented with the keys to a brand-new Lamborghini Huracan on Wednesday by officials from the luxury car maker. 

    The special edition car, however, will be auctioned off by Sotheby’s in London and the proceeds given to four charities in Pope Francis’ name.

    Pope Francis blessed the car and signed the hood after receiving it in front of his Casa Santa Marta residence…

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