News from the Church in Malta
Pope Francis is set, this week, to launch a global campaign on migration.
Entitled “Share the Journey” the 2-year Caritas Internationalis campaign aims to promote the strengthening of relationships between migrants, refugees and communities.
It is Caritas’ response to Pope Francis’ call for a culture of encounter and to see people on the move with open hearts and minds…
Pope Francis, on Friday 22nd September 2017, urged Churches in Europe to step up efforts to combat intolerance, discrimination and xenophobia against migrants and refugees.
The pope’s words came in a meeting with national migration directors under the auspices of the Council of European Bishops Conferences or CCEE. He said he was saddened to see that Catholic communities in Europe were also defensive and unwelcoming towards migrants, justifying their attitudes on grounds of conserving their cultural and religious identity…
Serqa oħra minn knisja, din id-darba dik ta’ Kristu Re f’Raħal Ġdid.
Skont l-aġenzija tal-aħbarijiet Newsbook.com.mt, il-Kappillan ta’ Raħal Ġdid, Dun Marc Andrè Camilleri, qal li min wettaq ir-reat qala’ l-ħadid li kien hemm ma’ tieqa fis-saqaf tal-knisja.
Jidher li mill-knisja ttieħdu biss il-flus li kien hemm fil-kaxex tad-donazzjoni ta’ quddiem l-artal.
Is-Sagrament u oġġetti sagri oħra tħallew fejn kienu…
Pope Francis has reiterated his pledge to combat the evil of clerical sex abuse affirming that at all levels, the Church will continue to respond applying the firmest of measures to “all those who have betrayed their call and abused God’s children.
He was addressing members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors gathered for their Plenary Assembly.
The Commission is an institution that was established by the Pope to propose initiatives that ensure that crimes that have occurred are no longer repeated in the Church.
In prepared remarks and after having listened to the greetings of Commission President, Cardinal O’Malley and other members of the Commission, Pope Francis said “I wish to share with you the profound pain I feel in my soul for the situation of abused children, as I have had occasion to do recently several times”.
Painful experience for the Church
Describing the sex abuse scandal as a terrible evil for the whole of humanity, the Pope said it has also been a very painful experience for the Church: “We are ashamed of the abuses committed by holy ministers, who should be the most trustworthy”.
“Let me say quite clearly that sexual abuse is a horrible sin, completely opposite and in contradiction to what Christ and the Church teach us” he said.
Recalling the fact that he has had the privilege of listening to the stories that victims and survivors of abuses have wanted to share, Pope Francis observed that meetings such as these continue to nourish the personal commitment of all involved in the Commission to do everything possible to combat this evil and eliminate it.
The Church to respond at all levels with the firmest measures
“That is why, I reiterate today once again that the Church, at all levels, will respond with the application of the firmest measures against all those who have betrayed their call and abused the children of God” he said.
The Pope stressed that the disciplinary measures must apply to all those who work in the institutions of the Church, but he pointed out that “the primary responsibility lies with Bishops, priests and religious”: those who have received from the Lord the vocation to offer their lives to serving the Church and this includes “the vigilant protection of all vulnerable children, young people and adults”.
“For this reason, the Church irrevocably and at all levels seeks to apply the principle of “zero tolerance” against sexual abuse of minors” he said…
The Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Naxxar will hold the premiere in Malta of the documentary “Leadership and Pope Francis”, this Saturday, 23rd September 2017. The director of the film, the journalist Antonio Olivié, will be present for a Q&A at the end of the screening. He is the CEO of Rome Reports TV, the broadcast that has produced a documentary that collects advice from personalities such as Andrea Bocelli and Garry Kasparov, among others, about their style of leadership, and the style of Pope Francis at the head of the Catholic Church…
Thursday 21st September 2017, on the occasion of Independence Day, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrates a Pontificial Mass at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta.
Mass starts at 10:00 a.m.
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Patri Ray Francalanza OSA ġie elett President tal-Konferenza Superjuri Maġġuri Reliġjużi (K.S.M.R.). Dan wara li s-Superjuri Maġġuri Rġiel u Nisa tal-Ordnijiet Reliġjużi f’Malta u f’Għawdex iltaqgħu biex jivvutaw għal President ġdid tal-K.S.M.R. F’Lulju li għadda, il-kariga ta’ president kienet vakanti bir-riżenja ta’ Patri Martin Micallef OFM Cap li kien ilu jservi f’din il-kariga mill-2013.
Il-Kunsill tal-K.S.M.R. huwa ffurmat minn:
President KSMR: Rev Dr Ray Francalanza OSA STHD
Email: [email protected]
Indirizz: Kunvent San Mark, Triq Santu Wistin, Rabat – RBT1117 – Malta
Kuntatti: Telephone – 21224439; Mobile 79538289
Viċi President: Sr Rachel Frendo OSA
Email: [email protected]
Indirizz: 208, Triq Fleur-de-Lys, Birkirkara – BKR 9068
Kuntatti: Telephone – 21486238; Mobile 99210355
Segretarja Ġenerali: Sr Mary Anne Sultana DSH
Email: [email protected]
Bursar: Sr Carmen Valentino RSCJ
Kunsillieri: Fr Alexander Vella O.Carm, Fr Frankie Cini MSSP, Fr Michael Bugeja SJ, Sr Pauline Farrugia DSH, Sr Doris Saliba RGS, Sr Carmen Valentino RSCJ
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Patri Effie Mallia OFM CAP inħatar bħala l-Ministru l-Provinċjal il-ġdid tal-Provinċja tal-Aħwa Kapuċċini Maltin.
Din id-deċiżjoni ttieħdet mill-Ministru Ġeneral tal-Aħwa Minuri Kapuċċini, Patri Mauro Johri, flimkien mal-Kunsill Ġenerali tiegħu.
Patri Effie Mallia twieled fil-11 ta’ Lulju 1951 fil-Marsa. Daħal mal-Ordni tal-Kapuċċini fil-11 ta’ Awwissu 1968 u għamel in-novizzjat tiegħu fil-kunvent tar-Rabat, Għawdex.
Aktar tard, fis-26 ta’ Ġunju 1977, għamel il-voti Perpetwi fi ħdan l-Ordni…
Have you ever been moved to a silent or vocal burst of prayer? “Lord, help me!” is the short, powerful prayer phrase we probably use most often. But the Church has a long tradition of easily memorized short prayers of praise and contrition — called aspirations — that can be brought to our minds and our lips at any time during the day…
At least 226 people were killed on Tuesday when a powerful earthquake shook central Mexico collapsing numerous buildings. Thousands of residents fled into the streets in panic, and many stayed to help rescue those trapped.
Hours after the magnitude 7.1 quake struck, rescue workers were still searching through the wreckage of a primary school that partly collapsed in the city’s south looking for any children who might be trapped…
