News from the Church in Malta
In a common declaration, signed by Pope Francis and Coptic Pope Tawadros II, Catholics and Copts declare for the first time that they will recognise each other’s sacrament of baptism.
The joint statement was made public following a meeting of the Catholic and Coptic leaders in Cairo on Friday. It comes forty-four years after Pope Paul VI first met with the previous Coptic Pope Shenouda III in May 1973…
Pope Francis has departed from Rome’s Fiumicino airport on an Apostolic visit to Egypt. He is due to arrive in Cairo at 2pm this afternoon.
Whilst there the Pope will meet with the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Tawadros II, as well as with Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Egypt’s al-Azhar university.
During the 2-day pastoral journey, he will celebrate Mass, participate in a Conference for peace, meet with clergy, encourage the small Egyptian Christian community in their faith and of course promote and deepen inter-religious dialogue in the predominantly Muslim nation…
Mil-lum il-Ġimgħa 28 ta’ April sa nhar il-Ħadd 30 ta’ April, fil-kunvent tal-Agostinjani ta’ San Mark fir-Rabat se tkun għaddejja attività mhux tas-soltu.
Wara 8 snin, il-patrijiet Agostinjani qed jerġgħu jistiednu lill-pubbliku sabiex iżur din il-ġawhra arkitettonika fir-Rabat.
Kull min se jżur il-kunvent, mhux se japprezza biss is-sbuħija artistika tal-post, iżda japprezza wkoll il-ħajja komunitarja tar-reliġjużi Agostinjani, imsejsa fuq il-fidi u li ilhom għal aktar minn 600 sena jagħtu kontribut f’Malta…
Il‑Knisja f’Malta ser tfakkar Jum il‑Karità nhar il‑Ħadd, 30 ta’ April 2017. Għal dan il‑għan, fi tmiem din il-ġimgħa ser isir ġbir fil-knejjes kollha waqt il-Quddies tas‑Sibt filgħaxija u tal‑Ħadd.
Permezz tal‑flus miġbura ser jiġu megħjuna diversi persuni li jirrikorru għall-għajnuna fid-djar jew fl-entitajiet tal‑Knisja f’Malta. Il-persuni li ser jibbenefikaw mid-donazzjonijiet huma t-tfal u ż-żgħażagħ li fit‑trobbija tagħhom sabu ruħhom f’diffikultajiet serji, il‑persuni li għaddejjin minn vjolenza domestika, il‑persuni b’diżabbiltà, l‑immigranti u r‑refuġjati, l‑anzjani, il-familji fil‑bżonn, in‑nisa li jaqgħu fil‑prostituzzjoni u l‑persuni li jaqgħu fil‑vizzju ta’ droga, u dawk bla dar fejn joqogħdu…
Pope Francis on Thursday reflected on the fact that being Christian is not a social status. Speaking during the homily at the Mass in the Casa Santa Marta the Pope said Christians must be witnesses of obedience to God, like Jesus was.
The Pope said “The life of a Christian is not a social status. It is not a way of living a spirituality that makes me good, that makes me a little better…
Today, Thursday 27th April 2017, His Holiness Pope Francis appointed His Excellency Monsignor Alessandro D’Errico, Titular Archbishop of Carini and currently Apostolic Nuncio in Croatia, as the new Apostolic Nuncio in Malta.
H. E. Monsignor Alessandro D’Errico was born in Frattamaggiore in Naples, Italy, on the 18th November 1950.
He was ordained priest on 24th March 1974 and he was incardinated in the Diocese of Aversa…
Pope Francis broke new ground in the way he communicates his message when the first-ever papal TED Talk went on line.
TED is a non-profit organization dedicated to spreading ideas in the form of short talks. What began in 1984 as a conference covering Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED), today provides talks from a wide range of different speakers – except popes…
Inħeles Patri Samuel Okwuidegbe, il-patri Ġiżwita Niġerjan ta’ 50 sena li l-ġimgħa l-oħra nħataf minn grupp ta’ nies mhux magħrufa waqt li kien sejjer jagħmel irtir.
Patri Samuel inħeles nhar is-Sibt 22 ta’ April u mhux magħruf ir-raġuni għaliex inħataf u nħeles.
Il-ħtif sar fi triq li tgħaqqad Benin City ma’ Onitsha.
Fl-aħħar snin għadd ta’ qassisin u reliġjużi nħatfu fin-Niġerja, l-aktar fin-nofsinhar tal-pajjiż, bil-għan li jieħdu somma flus minn fuqhom…
Fi ftit jiem oħra, il-Papa Franġisku se jibda t-18-il vjaġġ appostoliku tiegħu, din id-darba fl-Eġittu.
Skont il-kelliem tal-Vatikan, Greg Burke, bħall-vjaġġi l-oħra tiegħu, il-Papa se juża karozza normali, jiġifieri mingħajr protezzjoni. Dan minkejja l-attakki terroristiċi li ġraw jiem ilu fuq il-komunitajiet Insara.
Waqt konferenza tal-aħbarijiet li saret dalgħodu mal-ġurnalisti, Burke stqarr li l-Papa jrid jgħaddi messaġġ pożittiv…
