News from the Church in Malta
Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday, the Solemnity of Pentecost, in St. Peter’s Square.
Before a crowd of scores of thousands of faithful – many of them pilgrims – gathered beneath a bright and nearly cloudless June sky, the Holy Father preached a homily that turned on two actions of the Holy Spirit, discernible in the readings of the day: He makes a new people and He gives each member of that people a new heart…
On Saturday, Pope Francis welcomed to the Vatican a number of young children from the towns Norcia, Cascia, Accumoli, Amatrice, Arquata del Tronto, and Acquasanta – communities that were devastated by a series of earthquakes that struck central Italy last year.
The children had come to Rome aboard a special “Children’s Train” especially to meet with the Holy Father…
Għada, il-Ħadd, 2 ta’ Ġunju 2017, fid‑9:15 a.m., l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna imexxi l-Quddiesa fis-Solennità ta’ Għid il-Ħamsin, fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta.
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L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Blake Camilleri bħala kappillan tal‑Parroċċa tal‑Immakulata Omm il‑Knisja, l‑Ibraġ.
Dun Blake Camilleri twieled fit‑8 ta’ Mejju 1984. Huwa rċieva l‑edukazzjoni tiegħu fl‑iskola ta’ Stella Maris f’Ħal Balzan u l‑edukazzjoni sekondarja fis‑Seminarju Minuri tal‑Arċisqof, Tal‑Virtù, ir‑Rabat. Kompla bl‑edukazzjoni terzjarja fil‑Fakultà tat‑Teoloġija (Filosofija u Teoloġija) fl‑Università ta’ Malta, fejn studja wkoll it‑Teoloġija Pastorali.
Dun Blake ġie ordnat saċerdot fit‑23 ta’ Ġunju 2010…
Permezz ta’ Caritas Malta, il-Maltin ġabru s-somma ta’ €9,350 sabiex imorru għall-vittmi f’Aleppo, is-Sirja.
Caritas Malta kienet fetħet fond ta’ emerġenza biex l-għajnuna finanzjarja tintbagħat lill-Caritas Internationalis, li tgħin lill-vittmi ta’ Aleppo, speċjalment fejn hemm l-iktar bżonnijiet ta’ saħħa, ilma u sanità, sistema ta’ edukazzjoni u xelters għal dawk il-persuni li tilfu dak kollu li kellhom.
Min-naħa tagħha, Caritas Sirja se timplimenta programm ta’ sena li jinkludi salvataġġ ta’ ħajjiet ta’ persuni…
The Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina Choir, commonly referred to as the Pope’s personal choir, will be performing in a sacred music concert, ‘Exsultate Deo’, on Friday 9th June, at 7:30 p.m., at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta. This is a unique opportunity for those who wish to attend a concert by the Pope’s choir, the world’s oldest choir, responsible for the musical accompaniment of the liturgies presided over by Pope Francis…
A pioneering congress focusing on the fight against online child sexual exploitation and abuse is to take place at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University.
Spearheaded and hosted by the University’s Center for Child Protectionheaded by Prof. Hans Zollner SJ, the congress entitled “Child Dignity in the Digital World” will examine new forms of abuse children can be subjected to in the digital world, and discuss the risks and challenges of the digital age and its impact on the dignity of children…
A member of India’s Legislative Assembly is encouraging the Church to raise money for the release of kidnapped priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil, claiming a need for concrete action beyond prayer.
Legislative member P.C. George expressed concern that prayer and words are the only action taken to release Fr. Tom, and said the terrorists only “want money.”
“The Catholic Church should take initiative to raise the fund to pay as ransom to them,” he said, according to Manorama on May 27…
At 21 years old, Millie Lopus was pregnant and scared. A rising college senior at Loyola University Maryland, she was being pressured into having an abortion by her ex-boyfriend, the father of the child.
But after he drove Millie to a nearby Planned Parenthood to set up an abortion appointment, she recalled having “a sliver of grace,” and she “did not set up an appointment that day.”
“I chose instead to go through with the pregnancy,” she recalled, and gave the baby up for adoption…
Pope Francis on Monday met with the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, and his wife, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, in a private audience in the Vatican.
A communique from the Holy See Press Office said their discussions were “cordial”.
“The good bilateral relations between the Holy See and Canada were evoked, along with the contribution of the Catholic Church to the social life of the country…
