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Pope Francis in Fatima: 600,000 candles light up a night for peace and conversion

  • Pope Francis led hundreds of thousands of pilgrim faithful in the recitation of the Holy Rosary on Friday evening in Fatima, Portugal, where the Holy Father is on pilgrimage to mark the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin to three shepherd children there.

    After the Rosary, the Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, celebrated Mass for the faithful…

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The Archbishop appoints two parish priests for Kalkara and Paola (Ta’ Lourdes)

  • Kappillan ġdid għall-Parroċċa tal-Kalkara
    • L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Brian Gianlanzè bħala kappillan tal‑Parroċċa ta’ San Ġużepp, il‑Kalkara.

      Dun Brian Gianlanzè twieled fit‑30 ta’ Jannar 1974. Huwa rċieva l‑edukazzjoni tiegħu fl‑iskola primarja ta’ Birżebbuġa, l‑edukazzjoni sekondarja fil‑Liceo Vassalli, Tal‑Ħandaq, u kompla jistudja fil‑Pre‑Vocational School Health Care u fl‑Istitut għall‑Kura tas‑Saħħa. Kompla bl‑edukazzjoni terzjarja fil‑Fakultà tat‑Teoloġija (Filosofija u Teoloġija) fl‑Università ta’ Malta, fejn studja wkoll it‑Teoloġija Pastorali…

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Live: Choice of School Ballot of Kindergarten 1 applicants – 2017 Entry

  • Live streaming tal-Polza tal-Għażla tal-applikanti għall-Kindergarten 1 Subien nhar is-Sibt, 13 ta’ Mejju 2017, fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof ir-Rabat. Il-Polza tal-Għażla Subien tibda fid-9.00 a.m.

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Vatican demands complete ban on nuclear weapons

  • A top Vatican diplomat has reiterated the Catholic Church’s backing for a “complete ban” on nuclear weapons, and criticise protracted negotiations to prevent their international spread. 

    “Nuclear weapons provide a false sense of security, as do efforts to secure a negative peace through a balance of power,” said Archbishop Janusz Urbanczyk, the Holy See’s representative to the 57-country Organisation of Security and Co-operation in Europe…

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Twenty proposals to political parties for the 2017 general election

  • The Church Environment Commission (KA) appeals to political parties so that during this
    pre-election time, they do not make unsustainable promises which later on will turn out to be detrimental to all especially to the most vulnerable. The KA appeals to the parties to promise that in the environmental sector they will commit themselves so that, with facts and with laws and policies that contain no loopholes which give rise to abuse, to protect the natural environment, the Outside Development Zones, the historical built heritage and buildings that have architectural value…

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Pope sends video-message ahead of Fatima pilgrimage

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  • Pope Francis has sent a message of greeting to the people of Portugal as he prepares to travel to Fatima on the 100th anniversary of the first apparition of Mary to three shepherd children on May 13th 1917.

    In a video-message released just two days before his journey the Pope said that “Just hours from my pilgrimage to Our Lady of Fatima, I find myself in a state of joyful expectation for our upcoming encounter at the house of the Mother”…

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Bishops among first signatories to pledge to end death penalty

  • Bishops attending a meeting were among the first to sign the National Catholic Pledge to End the Death Penalty at the U.S. bishops’ headquarters building May 9.

    Each person taking the pledge promises to educate, advocate and pray for an end to capital punishment.

    “All Christians and people of goodwill are thus called today to fight not only for the abolition of the death penalty, whether legal or illegal, and in all its forms, but also in order to improve prison conditions, with respect for the human dignity of the people deprived of their freedom,” Pope Francis has said…

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Pope Audience: Look to Mary, Mother of Hope

  • Pope Francis during his Wednesday General Audience continued his catechesis on Christian hope, highlighting Mary the Mother of Hope.

    On the eve of his Apostolic visit to Fatima, Pope Francis on Wednesday, described Mary as the Mother of Hope adding that she was a woman of courage, perseverance and obedience.

    Speaking to the thousands of pilgrims and tourists in St Peter’s Square, the Pope said that,  “Our Lady’s experience of motherhood models that of so many mothers in our world.” Mothers who have had to confront the suffering of their children…

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Words of wisdom from Saint George Preca on his feast day

  • Illum il-Knisja qed tfakkar il-festa ta’ Dun Ġorġ Preca, l-ewwel Malti li ġie ddikkjarat qaddis. Min jiftakar lil Dun Ġorġ jipprietka, jiftakar ukoll fil-mijiet ta’ nies li kienu jirrikorru għandu għal parir sinċier u biex jikkonslahom waqt il-provi tal-ħajja.   Għal Dun Ġorġ, il-pariri kienu ħaġa serja għaliex minnhom jiddependi jekk wieħed jgħix ħajja kuntent jew ħajja ta’ infern, jekk wieħed isalvax ruħu jew jitlifha…
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Death of Mgr. Andrea Wang Chongyi, one of the oldest Bishops in mainland China

  • His Exc. Mgr. Andrea Aniceto, Wang Chongyi, Archbishop Emeritus of Guiyang, Guizhou Province, died. He was 97 years old and was one of the oldest Bishops in Mainland China. The Bishop was born on 26 October 1919 in the village of Huangguoshu, Zhenning District in Guizhou, and came from a family of Catholic tradition.   At 13 years of age he entered the Minor Seminary of Guiyang…
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