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20/09/2017

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…

Live: Pontificial Mass on Independence Day

20/09/2017

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.
The Celebration of Mass on YouTube

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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…

20/09/2017

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…

18/09/2017

The Apostolic Nuncio, His Excellency Mgr Alessandro D’Errico, presented copies of his credentials to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honorable Carmelo Abela, during a cordial meeting held at Palazzo Parisio in Valletta. During the presentation they discussed bilateral relations between Malta and the Holy See, and other matters of mutual interest.

Mgr D’Errico was born in Frattamaggiore in Naples, Italy, on the 18th November 1950 and was ordained priest in 1974…

18/09/2017

Fr Tom Uzhunnalil was sitting in a room in an unknown location – one of several he had been relocated to during his 18-month imprisonment – when he received some unexpected news.

“Those who kept me came to where I slept [and said]: ‘I bring you good news. We are sending you home. If you need to go to the bathroom, go…

16/09/2017

Among those soldiers who landed behind German lines in Normandy on June 6, 1944 was the legendary chaplain of the unit, Fr. Francis L. Sampson (1912-1996). It was he (and not the character played by Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan), who days later was ordered by military authorities to find Fritz Niland, the real-life “Private Ryan,” who had lost his three brothers on D-Day…

15/09/2017

With reference to the trade dispute concerning St Angela Kindergarten, Zabbar, the Secretariat for Catholic Education observes that the MUT failed to mention that the deployment of Learning Support Assistants (LSAs) is part of a wider restructuring exercise of all St Angela Kindergarten schools, which is being implemented in the best interest of students and staff alike. This follows an external audit which was originally proposed by and carried out in consultation with the MUT.

The Secretariat categorically denies any alleged malpractices in the management of
St Angela schools, and defends the right and duty to deploy employees as required…