News from the Church in Malta
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…
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…
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…
Today, Saturday 13th January 2018, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna is celebrating Mass for couples who are getting married this year. The Mass will be held at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta at 5:30 p.m. and is oganised by the Cana Movement.
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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. …
“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…
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…
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…
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…
