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Child protection expert responds to German abuse report

20/07/2017

  • Father Hans Zollner, SJ says a new report on abuse at a prestigious German musical institution is an “important step forward.” Father Zollner is President of the Centre for Child Protection of the Pontifical Gregorian University, and a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

    The report identified hundreds of instances of physical abuse, as well as dozens of cases of sexual abuse of members of the Regensburger Domspatzen boys choir in Germany…

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‘You are martyrs’ – The Archbishop to Maltese missionaries

20/07/2017

  • F’laqgħa mal-missjunarji Maltin imxerrda madwar id-dinja u li bħalissa jinsabu Malta għal btala, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ddeskriviehom bħala martri, għaliex fi kliemu, biex tkun martri m’hemmx bżonn it-tixrid ta’ demm.

    “Hemm tipi differenti ta’ martirji,” saħaq l-Arċisqof, fosthom il-martirju tal-karità, tal-ubbidjenza u taċ-ċaħda.

    Għal-laqgħa li saret f’Dar Emigrant, il-Belt Valletta, attendew missjunarji li jaħdmu f’pajjiżi foqra, oħrajn li jaħdmu fi sptarijiet u oħrajn li jieħdu ħsieb l-Evanġelizzazzjoni f’aktar minn parroċċa waħda, u hemm min jaħdem ukoll fil-komunitajiet ta’ emigranti Maltin…

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Dar Papa Franġisku provides food to 280 persons

18/07/2017

  • Bejn Jannar u Ġunju ta’ din is-sena kien hemm 283 persuna li ġew mgħejjuna minn Dar Papa Franġisku u u ngħataw is-servizz ta’ ikliet b’xejn.

    Minn informazzjoni ngħatat fil-Parlament, minn dawn il-283 persuna, 165 kienu Maltin u l-kumplament, jiġifieri t-118 persuna l-oħra, kienu barranin. 

    Fix-xhur imsemmija, Dar Papa Franġisku offriet 7,602 ikliet, jiġifieri medja ta’ 316-il ikla fil-ġimgħa…

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Angelus: As the sower Jesus performs a spiritual radiography of our heart

17/07/2017

  • During his Angelus address on Sunday to the pilgrims and tourists who braved the heat in St Peter’s Square, Pope Francis recalled the Gospel reading of the day, the famous parable of the sower. 

    The Pope explained that the sower is Jesus, but the parable itself, the Pope went on to say concerns us, as it speaks of the soil and not the sower…

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€186,000 collected in Oħloq Tbissima marathon

17/07/2017

  • €186,361 were collected in the 60 hour Oħloq Tbissima marathon, in aid of the missions in the care of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (MSSP).

    At the end of the 15th edition of the marathon, Fr Louis Mallia thanked all volunteers who helped in one way or another, the contribution of each one being of great importance. He also pointed out that together with this sum, a container full of goods would soon be sent to Peru…

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Oħloq Tbissima Marathon: The Maltese are once again invited to help people in need

15/07/2017

  • Il-maratona Oħloq Tbissima għaddejja ġmielha, bis-somma miġbura sa nofsillejl tal-Ġimgħa laħqet il-€25,198.

    Il-maratona bdiet il-Ġimgħa f’nofsinhar u tibqa’ sejra bla waqfien sa għada, il-Ħadd 16 ta’  Lulju, f’nofsillejl.

    Din hi l-15-il edizzjoni tal-maratona fejn id-donazzjonijiet miġbura se jgħinu l-ħidma missjunarja tas-Soċjeta’ Missjunarja ta’ San Pawl (MSSP).

    Il-ħidma missjunarja fdata f’idejn is-Soċjetà Missjunarja ta’ San Pawl (MSSP) ma tieqafx biss ma’ xtutna imma hi mifruxa wkoll fil-Perù, fil-Pakistan u anke l-Filippini. 

    Il-pubbliku huwa mħeġġeġ biex jipparteċipa f’din il-maratona, billi jagħti d-donazzjoni tiegħu, kif ukoll billi jżur l-attivita’ u jsegwi minn fuq l-istazzjonijiet lokali.  Oħloq Tbissima qed tiġi mxandra fuq TVM2 b’kollegamenti ma’ TVM, ONE TV u NET TV…

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Little boy born without a brain can now speak, count, and attend school

14/07/2017

  • When Noah Wall was born, the doctors said he probably wouldn’t survive and if he did, he would be severely physically and developmentally disabled. Born with only 2 percent of his brain to a family in Cumbria, England, Noah had no hope — at least according to the doctors.

    In utero, Noah had developed a rare complication of spina bifida where his skull filled with fluid, crushing his brain down into a “thin sliver of tissue,” according to the UK’s Mirror…

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Former administrators of Bambino Gesù Foundation indicted

14/07/2017

  • The Holy See Press Office has issued a statement concerning indictments for embezzlement of funds from the Bambino Gesù Foundation, which exists to support the work of the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital.

    The Statement says the former President of the Foundation, Giuseppe Profiti, and the former Treasurer of the same Foundation, Massimo Spina, were summoned to appear before the court to answer charges that they diverted more than four hundred thousand euro (€400,000) belonging to the Foundation…

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‘No religion’ in Australia overtakes number of Catholics

13/07/2017

  • Australians who declared in last year’s Census that they had “no religion” have overtaken the number of Catholics for the first time, although Christianity is still the religion of more than half the population.

    Figures released recently from the Census held last August showed that 30 per cent of Australians reported that they had no religion in 2016, with Catholics making up 22.6 per cent of all Australians – more than 5.2 million people – down from 25.3 per cent in the previous Census in 2011…

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The Church reiterates her commitment in favour of marriage between a man and a woman

13/07/2017

  • The Maltese Parliament yesterday approved the Marriage Act and other Laws (Amendment) Act, 2017. This law appropriates the meaning of marriage and applies it also to relations between people of the same sex.

    In spite of what the law says, that considers the same even that which is not the same, marriage will always remain the exclusive bond between a man and a woman, that is open to the procreation of children…

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