News from the Church in Malta
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The Holy See has told the United Nations that abortion should not be considered part of the term ‘sexual and reproductive health’ and that ‘gender’ means only biological sexual identity and difference.
Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN in Geneva, made the remarks during a meeting on a UN resolution for coordinating humanitarian assistance…
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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