News from the Church in Malta
Il‑Knisja f’Malta tifraħ filwaqt li tirringrazzja lil Alla għall‑ordinazzjoni ta’ sitt saċerdoti. L‑ordinazzjoni ta’ dawn iż‑żgħażagħ – wieħed mill‑Iklin, wieħed mill‑Gżira, wieħed minn Ħaż‑Żebbuġ, tnejn mill‑Ordni tal‑Patrijiet Minuri, u ieħor mill‑Ordni tal‑Predikaturi – ser issir nhar il‑Ġimgħa 30 ta’ Ġunju 2017, fil‑Kon‑Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta, fis‑6:30 p.m.
Is‑sitt djakni li ser jiġu ordnati saċerdoti mill-Arċisqof Charles J…
Some 8,500 asylum seekers rescued in the southern Mediterranean over the last two days arrived in Italian ports on Tuesday.
Around 5,000 of those people were rescued off the coast of Libya on Monday. The asylum seekers were aboard 14 ships, six of which have already docked, or are about to enter, ports in Sicily and Calabria.
Source: Ansa
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The Vatican’s top personality on social justice issues has voiced his concern for the increased demand for drugs, including recreational marijuana, saying debate on the plant’s usage doesn’t take ethical concerns into account.
In a June 26 letter on the occasion of the U.N. International Day against Abuse and Illicit Trafficking of Drugs, Cardinal Peter Turkson lamented the fact that narcotics “continue to rage in impressive forms and dimensions” throughout the world…
The Pope presides at the celebration of the Mass for the 25th anniversary of Episcopal Ordination with the Cardinals in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in Rome.l-Vatikan.
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Fl-okkażjoni tas-Solennità tal-martirju tal-Appostli San Pietru u San Pawl (l-Imnarja), il-programm ta’ ċelebrazzjonijiet liturġiċi fil-Katidral tal-Imdina ser ikun kif ġej. Dawn iċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet ser jitmexxew mill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna.
L-Erbgħa 28 ta’ Ġunju 2017
5:15pm: Il-Kapitlu Metropolitan joħroġ proċessjonalment għall-Palazz tal-Arċisqof biex jakkumpanja u jwassal lill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna sal-Katidral.
5:45pm: Translazzjoni tar-Relikwi…
On Saturday, 24th June 2017, at 6:00 p.m., Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrates a Pontificial Mass on the occasion of the feast of the nativity of St John the Baptist, at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta.
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The population of India, which currently ranks as the world’s 2nd most populous country with 1.3 billion inhabitants, is expected to surpass China’s 1.4 billion by 2024; and Nigeria, which ranks 7th, is expected to replace the United States as the 3rd most populous country by 2050,according to a new report by the United Nations published on Wednesday.
The current world population of nearly 7.6 billion will increase to 8.6 billion by 2030, 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100, said the report titled, “World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision.” Published by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ Population Division, the study said the growth will be spurred by the relatively high levels of fertility in developingcountries – despite an overall drop in the number of children people have around the globe. Roughly 83 million people are added to the world’s population every year and the upward trend is expected to continue even with a continuing decline in fertility rates, which have fallen steadily since the 1960s…
Seba’ żgħażagħ ser jiġu ordnati djakni mill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna nhar it-Tnejn 26 ta’ Ġunju 2017, fil‑Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, fis-6:30 p.m.
Is-seba’ żgħażagħ li ser jiġu ordnati djakni, żewġ seminaristi djoċesani u ħames studenti reliġjużi, huma:
