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Pope Francis calls for renewal of sacred music tradition

06/03/2017

Pope Francis on Saturday received the participants in a major international conference on sacred music, a half-century after the promulgation of the Conciliar document, Musicam sacram on music in the sacred liturgy.

Over 400 people taking part in the gathering organized by the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Pontifical Council for Culture around the theme: Music and the Church: cult and culture fifty years after Musicam sacram, met in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace to hear the Holy Father…

04/03/2017

F’għeluq is‑sentejn mindu sar Arċisqof ta’ Malta, l‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jibda Viżta Pastorali fl‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta. Din il‑Viżta Pastorali ser tlaqqgħu aktar mill‑qrib man‑nies fis‑70 parroċċa. Il‑Viżta Pastorali tal‑Arċisqof Scicluna f’kull parroċċa ser issir fuq numru ta’ ġranet u tinkludi laqgħat ta’ djalogu ma’ realtajiet differenti f’kull parroċċa, u mumenti ta’ talb biċ‑ċelebrazzjoni tal‑Quddiesa. L‑Arċisqof ser isib ħin ukoll biex iwassal il‑ħniena tal‑maħfra ta’ Alla permezz tal‑qrar, u biex iżur familji li għaddejjin minn diffikultajiet jew li jħossuhom emarġinati…

03/03/2017

02/03/2017

The project for a peaceful and unified Europe now stands at the crossroads. This has been shown, not least, by the Brexit-referendum in the United Kingdom in June 2016, which has opened up a period of doubt and uncertainty. It must be seen as an alarming sign of a widespread dissatisfaction and malaise, which calls for convincing answers. In this situation, the political “muddling through”, which for a long time has been a fairly successful strategy, no longer suffices…

02/03/2017

L-Erbgħa l-1 ta’ Marzu 2017, Ras ir‑Randan, fis‑6:30 p.m., l‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jiċċelebra l-Quddiesa tal‑Erbgħa tal‑Irmied, fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta. Il‑Quddiesa tixxandar ‘live’ fuq il‑YouTube Channel tal‑Knisja f’Malta.

Il‑Ġimgħa 3 ta’ Marzu, f’nofsinhar, Monsinjur Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa waqt l‑irtir tar‑Randan għall‑impjegati tal‑Kurja, il‑Caritas u t‑Tribunal Ekkleżjastiku, fil‑Knisja tal‑Lunzjata, (tal‑Karmelitani), l‑Imdina.

Is‑Sibt 4 ta’ Marzu, fil‑5:00 p.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa li matulha jikkonsagra l‑artal tal‑Kappella fid‑Dar tal‑Kleru, Birkirkara…

02/03/2017

Continuing a long-standing tradition, Pope Francis celebrated the Holy Mass for Ash Wednesday at the Basilica of Santa Sabina on the Aventine hill in Rome.

The Holy Father began his homily for the beginning of Lent with the words of the prophet Joel, from the first Reading: “Return to me with all your heart… Return to the Lord.” These words, the Pope said, apply to everyone, and exclude no one; “we all want to return to the merciful heart of the Father.”

Lent, the Pope said, is a path that “leads to the triumph of mercy over all that would crush us or reduce us to something unworthy of our dignity as God’s children.” The mark of ashes, received during the ceremony, reminds us of our origins, that we are dust – but, he said, it also reminds us that God breathed life into each of us…

01/03/2017

Il-Ġimgħa 24 ta’ Frar 2017, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ltaqa’ ma’ grupp ta’ adoloxxenti tfajliet fl-Oratorju Marija Immakulata, il-Mosta. L-Arċisqof kellu l-opportunità għal ħin ta’ talb, u diskussjoni permezz ta’ mistoqsijiet minn dawk preżenti.
Photos: Curia Communications Office

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