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St Monica Choir and international tenor Nicholas Mulroy in concert

08/06/2017

    • Today, 8th June 2017, at the Mdina Cathedral, the St Monica Choir will be teaming up with international British tenor Nicholas Mulroy to present a journey of 300 years through the world of sacred music.

      The choir will be showcasing new techniques learnt through the exploration of the sacred repertoire ranging from Bach and Handel to contemporary compositions, and also including Maltese composers. 

      The audience will also have the opportunity to listen to the brilliant Nicholas Mulroy who will be singing with the choir as well as in some solo pieces. 

      The St Monica Choir is one of the oldest and most prestigious choirs in Malta having celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014 and which has gone from strength to strength performing both in Malta and overseas with various acclaimed conductors. 

  • The choir has offered the Maltese public concerts of high calibre; Bach’s St Matthew Passion and Christmas Oratorio, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Jenkin’s The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace and last November Verdi’s Requiem under the direction of Mro Michael Laus with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra…

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USA and Russia: the top exporters of arms in the world

07/06/2017
  • In the global arms market, there are 10 countries who account for more than 90 percent of all arms trade.  The U.S. and Russia are the largest exporters, with a combined profit of $16.3 billion in the year 2016. The other three making up the top five are Germany, France and China, who have all been increasing their numbers of exports…

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Pope Francis at Pentecost: new people, new hearts

05/06/2017

  • Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday, the Solemnity of Pentecost, in St. Peter’s Square.

    Before a crowd of scores of thousands of faithful – many of them pilgrims – gathered beneath a bright and nearly cloudless June sky, the Holy Father preached a homily that turned on two actions of the Holy Spirit, discernible in the readings of the day: He makes a new people and He gives each member of that people a new heart…

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Pope Francis meets with children from Italy’s earthquake region

04/06/2017

  • On Saturday, Pope Francis welcomed to the Vatican a number of young children from the towns Norcia, Cascia, Accumoli, Amatrice, Arquata del Tronto, and Acquasanta – communities that were devastated by a series of earthquakes that struck central Italy last year.

    The children had come to Rome aboard a special “Children’s Train” especially to meet with the Holy Father…

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Live: Mass on the Solemnity of Pentecost

03/06/2017

  • Għada, il-Ħadd, 2 ta’ Ġunju 2017, fid‑9:15 a.m., l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna imexxi l-Quddiesa fis-Solennità ta’ Għid il-Ħamsin, fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta.

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New parish priest for Mary Immaculate Mother of the Church Parish, Ibraġ

03/06/2017

    • L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Blake Camilleri bħala kappillan tal‑Parroċċa tal‑Immakulata Omm il‑Knisja, l‑Ibraġ.

      Dun Blake Camilleri twieled fit‑8 ta’ Mejju 1984. Huwa rċieva l‑edukazzjoni tiegħu fl‑iskola ta’ Stella Maris f’Ħal Balzan u l‑edukazzjoni sekondarja fis‑Seminarju Minuri tal‑Arċisqof, Tal‑Virtù, ir‑Rabat. Kompla bl‑edukazzjoni terzjarja fil‑Fakultà tat‑Teoloġija (Filosofija u Teoloġija) fl‑Università ta’ Malta, fejn studja wkoll it‑Teoloġija Pastorali.

      Dun Blake ġie ordnat saċerdot fit‑23 ta’ Ġunju 2010…

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€9,350 collected from Malta to help victims in Syria

02/06/2017

  • Permezz ta’ Caritas Malta, il-Maltin ġabru s-somma ta’ €9,350 sabiex imorru għall-vittmi f’Aleppo, is-Sirja.

    Caritas Malta kienet fetħet fond ta’ emerġenza biex l-għajnuna finanzjarja tintbagħat lill-Caritas Internationalis, li tgħin lill-vittmi ta’ Aleppo, speċjalment fejn hemm l-iktar bżonnijiet ta’ saħħa, ilma u sanità, sistema ta’ edukazzjoni u xelters għal dawk il-persuni li tilfu dak kollu li kellhom. 

    Min-naħa tagħha, Caritas Sirja se timplimenta programm ta’ sena li jinkludi salvataġġ ta’ ħajjiet ta’ persuni…

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Video: Concert by the personal choir of Pope Francis

02/06/2017
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  • The Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina Choir, commonly referred to as the Pope’s personal choir, will be performing in a sacred music concert, ‘Exsultate Deo’, on Friday 9th June, at 7:30 p.m., at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta. This is a unique opportunity for those who wish to attend a concert by the Pope’s choir, the world’s oldest choir, responsible for the musical accompaniment of the liturgies presided over by Pope Francis…

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Major Gregorian event aims to make the digital world safer for children

01/06/2017

  • A pioneering congress focusing on the fight against online child sexual exploitation and abuse is to take place at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University.

    Spearheaded and hosted by the University’s Center for Child Protectionheaded by Prof. Hans Zollner SJ, the congress entitled “Child Dignity in the Digital World” will examine new forms of abuse children can be subjected to in the digital world, and discuss the risks and challenges of the digital age and its impact on the dignity of children…

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Indian politician suggests ransom fund for kidnapped priest

31/05/2017

  • A member of India’s Legislative Assembly is encouraging the Church to raise money for the release of kidnapped priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil, claiming a need for concrete action beyond prayer.

    Legislative member P.C. George expressed concern that prayer and words are the only action taken to release Fr. Tom, and said the terrorists only “want money.”

    “The Catholic Church should take initiative to raise the fund to pay as ransom to them,” he said, according to Manorama on May 27…

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