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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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Feast of St Calcedonius – Holy Mass Celebration

24/07/2017

  • Fl‑okkażjoni tal‑festa ta’ San Kalċidonju ser tiġi ċċelebrata quddiesa fil‑kappella ddedikata lil dan il‑qaddis, li tinsab fil‑bini tal‑Kurja tal‑Arċisqof, il‑Furjana. Din ser issir illum it‑Tnejn, 24 ta’ Lulju 2017, fis‑6.30 p.m, u ser tiġi ċċelebrata mill‑Vigarju Ġenerali, Mons. Joe Galea Curmi. Fis‑6.00 p.m. ser jingħad ukoll ir‑rużarju.

    Ir‑relikwi ta’ San Kalċidonju jinsabu meqjumin f’kappella żgħira li nbniet apposta, dahar ma’ dahar mal‑kappella prinċipali fil‑bini tal‑Kurja…

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The Safeguarding Commission extends its services in the community

Annual Report 2016

21/07/2017

  • The Commission for the Safeguarding of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Safeguarding Commission) will be offering its services outside the Church, to groups and organizations that work with minors. The aim of this initiative is to create more awareness about the prevention of abuse and the importance of a safe environment in the community. The services offered include the development of a safeguarding policy based on the specific needs of the entity, training of personnel and volunteers, risk assessments of individuals that are facing allegations of abuse or have been found guilty of abuse, together with any professional advice related to abuse prevention…

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Courses by the Pastoral Formation Institute for the new academic year

20/07/2017

  • Fis‑sena akkademika li tibda f’Ottubru 2017, l‑Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali u diversi entitajiet formattivi oħra fil‑Knisja ser joffru korsijiet varji ta’ formazzjoni Nisranija. Fost is‑17‑il kors offruti mill‑Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali hemm korsijiet dwar l‑istorja tal‑Knisja f’Malta, ir‑rispett lejn il‑ħajja umana, il‑Missirijiet tal‑Knisja, il‑ħajja tal‑familja, l‑Evanġelizzazzjoni, l‑Ekumeniżmu u bosta oħrajn.

    Il‑korsijiet offruti huma dawn:

    • Module on Liturgical Flower Ministry (NQF Livell 3)
    • The Human Experience of God in Prayer (NQF livell 4)
    • Course in Parish Ministry (NQF livell 5)
    • Module in Franciscan Spirituality (NQF livell 5)
    • Module on the Respect for Life Curriculum (NQF livell 5)
    • Module on the Ministry of the Liturgical Cantor (NQF livell 5)
    • Lectio Patrum (NQF livell 5)
    • General Education Award in Evangelisation (NQF livell 4)
    • Higher Education Award in Adolescent and Youth Ministry (NQF livell 5)
    • Higher Education Award in Catholic Social Teaching (NQF livell 5)
    • Higher Education Award in Christian Leadership I (NQF livell 5)
    • Higher Education award in Ecumenism (NQF livell 5)
    • Higher Education Award in Family Ministry (NQF livell 5)
    • Higher Education Award in History of the Church in Malta (NQF livell 5)
    • Higher Education Award in the Liturgy (NQF livell 5)
    • Higher Education Award in Theology (NQF livell 5)
    • Higher Education Award in Parish Nursing (NQF livell 6)


    L‑Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali twaqqaf fl‑2007 bl‑iskop li joffri formazzjoni lill‑Insara għall‑ħtiġijiet reali tas‑soċjetà kontemporanja…

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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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