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New chaplain for University of Malta

31/07/2017

  • Fr Mark Cachia SJ has been appointed as the new chaplain of the University of Malta. Fr Cachia, 35, succeeds fellow Jesuit Fr Michael Bugeja SJ, who had served in the role for the past nine years.

    Fr Cachia will lead the Chaplaincy team based at St Thomas More chapel on the University’s Msida campus. The team includes two full-time pastoral assistants – Christian Mintoff and Sara Zingariello – and Martina Laferla, who coordinates the Degree Plus voluntary work programme at University…

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Video: Seminar about meditation and good spiritual practices in schools

30/07/2017

  • The Spiritual Development in Schools Unit within the Secretariat for Catholic Education organised a seminar as a follow up to the ‘Meditation in Schools‘ seminar held in November, and also to celebrate and share Good Spiritual Practices in Schools. 

    Around 70 educators participated actively during the seminar and according to Fr Reuben Gauci, responsible for the pastoral ministry in state schools, one could sense that there is an increased interest in spirituality…

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‘Beautiful little boy’ Charlie Gard dies

29/07/2017

  • Charlie Gard, the critically ill baby at the centre of a contentious legal battle that attracted the attention of Pope Francis and US President Donald Trump, died on Friday, according to a family spokeswoman. He would have turned one next week.

    Charlie suffered from a rare genetic disease, mitochondrial depletion syndrome, which caused brain damage and left him unable to breathe unaided…

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Archbishop Scicluna invited to preside over St Liborius’ feast celebrations in Germany

28/07/2017

  • L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna kien mistieden biex jippresiedi ċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet fl-okkażjoni tal-festa ta’ San Liborju, il-qaddis patrun tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Paderborn, il-Ġermanja, bejn is-Sibt 22 u l-Erbgħa 26 ta’ Lulju 2017.

    Għal din il-festa ġew mistiedna madwar 20 isqfijiet u kardinali minn 14-il pajjiż. Din kienet l-ewwel darba li l-Arċisqof Scicluna ħa sehem f’dawn iċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet.

    Il-Ħadd, 23 ta’ Lulju, l-Arċisqof tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Paderborn, Hans-Josef Becker, iċċelebra quddiesa pontifikali flimkien mal-isqfijiet u kardinali mistiedna u wara saret purċissjoni mat-toroq  tal-belt, bir-relikwi ta’ San Liborju…

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Cardinal Pell to plead ‘not guilty’ in abuse case

27/07/2017

  • Cardinal George Pell made a brief appearance at an Australian court on Wednesday in a preliminary hearing regarding the accusation of “historical sexual offences”.

    His lawyer said he would plead “not guilty” to the charges leveled against him by police in the state of Victoria.

    Escorted by Australian police, Cardinal George Pell made his way through a mass of journalists and protesters to arrive at a filing hearing before the Melbourne Magistrate’s Court…

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A prayer for trying to conceive

27/07/2017

  • God of faith,
    Hear the deepest prayer of our hearts,
    for a child to be ours.
    Help us to believe –
    even when we wrestle with doubt,
    even when months pass empty,
    even when darkness threatens our joy –
    that your promise of love for us
    remains faithful, good, and true.

    God of hope,
    Hold our dreams for a child
    within your loving hands…

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Search continues for the sacred objects stolen from the Cospicua Church

26/07/2017

  • Wara s-serqa mill-knisja l-ġimgħa li għaddiet, fl-aħħar sigħat, il-komunità Bormliża qed taħdem qatigħ biex kemm jista’ jkun issib malajr ritratti tal-oġġetti kollha li nsterqu fil-lejl ta’ bejn il-Ġimgħa 21 u s-Sibt 22 ta’ Lulju. Dan sabiex min jara xi wieħed minnhom jew jaf b’xi dettall, ikellem minnufih lill-Pulizija.

    L-oġġetti misruqa huma tmienja u jammontaw għal €30,000. Dawn huma: kalċi tal-Arċipriet Dun Anton Cassar, kalċi ta’ Dun Reuben Vella, kalċi ta’ Dun Jesmond Manicaro, labra bil-brillantini u kalċi, żewġ pissidi u ċiborju li jappartjenu lill-Knisja ta’ Bormla…

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A year after his murder, Fr Jacques Hamel remembered

26/07/2017

  • One year after the brutal killing of Fr. Jacques Hamel, French bishops recalled the beautiful example of the man who lived out every day in simple faithfulness, rooted in the love of Christ.

    Archbishop Georges Pontier of Marseille wrote in a statement Monday that Fr. Jacques Hamel, who was murdered by Islamist extremists while celebrating Mass, was, in the words of his sister, Roseline: “above all a man among men.”

    “It was this man among men who was killed…

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Pope Francis prays for Charlie Gard as parents end legal fight

25/07/2017

  • Pope Francis is praying for the parents of Charlie Gard after a U.S. doctor told them nothing could be done to help their son.

    Chris Gard and Connie Yates announced in London’s High Court on 24 July that they had ended their legal struggle to take their baby overseas for treatment after a U.S. neurologist, Dr Michio Hirano, said he was no longer willing to offer Charlie experimental nucleoside therapy after he examined the results of a new MRI scan…

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Italy drought: Vatican turns off fountains to save water

25/07/2017

  • The drought that is affecting the city of Rome and the surrounding areas of the capital has led the Holy See to take measures to save water.

    The Governorate of Vatican City State has decided to turn off all the fountains, both the external ones located in St. Peter’s Square, and the interior fountains including those in the Vatican Gardens…

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