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20/05/2017

Pope Francis met COMECE Standing Committee in Santa Martha at the Vatican last Tuesday in preparation of “Rethinking Europe”, the major high-level Forum of Dialogue that COMECE is organizing in collaboration with the Holy See in Rome between 27-29 October 2017, marking the 60th anniversary of the signature of the Treaty of Rome. During a two-days visit to Rome and the Vatican City, COMECE Standing Committee met several European and Vatican authorities in order to discuss the main challenges of the European Union and the ways the Church can support the European project in a moment in which Europe itself seems to be at a crossroads…

Pastoral Visit by the Archbishop at Naxxar Parish

19/05/2017

Għada s-Sibt, 20 ta’ Mejju 2017, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna se jibda l-viżta pastorali fil-Parroċċa tan-Naxxar, fejn se jiltaqa’ mat-tfal u ż-żgħażagħ tal-parroċċa, ma’ dawk involuti fil-festa, u mal-operaturi pastorali u l-katekisti fil-komunità tan-Naxxar fost l-oħrajn.

Hawn taħt tista’ taqra l-messaġġ u tara l-programm tal-Arċisqof Scicluna lill-parruċċani tan-Naxxar.

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19/05/2017

“The Path of the Holy Family,” the route tradition says was taken when Mary and Joseph fled with Jesus to Egypt to escape Herod, is about to earn its place on the map of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites. This is what Adel Gindy, general head of the international relations of the Egyptian tourism development Authority reported to national media.

Such a designation would be seen as a boon to tourism in a country that has suffered a steep decline in visitors because of terrorism and instability in the region…

19/05/2017

Catholic Action members, residents and friends of Id-Dar tal-Providenza attended a Eucharistic Celebration at the Home’s chapel to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Mons Mikiel Azzopardi. Dun Mikiel, as he was popularly referred to, was born in Valletta on February 10th, 1910 and died on May 13th, 1987. This Catholic Action initiative started eight years ago and has since become an annual event…

18/05/2017

No one knows who killed Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik.

A young nun who was on a year’s leave of absence, Sister Cathy, as friends called her, was murdered sometime while running an errand on the evening of November 7, 1969. She was 26 years-old.

Her body was found in a dump two months later, though authorities have never been able to identify her killer…

18/05/2017

Biex jitfakkru l-150 sena mit-twaqqif tal-Parroċċa tal-Imsida, nhar id-19 ta’ kull xahar, il-parroċċa qed togranizza attività marbuta mal-qaddis patrun tagħha San Ġużepp.

Filfatt, għada l-Ġimgħa, 19 ta’ Mejju 2017, se jsir pellegrinaġġ bl-inkwatru titulari ta’ San Ġużepp b’Ġesù maġenbu. Dan hu l-istess inkwatru li normalment jintrama wara l-artal maġġur fil-knisja.

Il-pellegrinaġġ se jibda b’quddiesa fis-6pm, li se tkun iċċelebrata mill-provinċjal tal-Franġiskani Minuri Patri Richard Grech, bis-sehem tal-orkestra u l-kor tat-tfal Shalom…

17/05/2017

Pope Francis sent a telegram to the new President of France, Emmanuel Macron, offering his prayers and wishes that in his new role, he will support the rich moral and spiritual traditions of the country, including that of Christianity.

“I pray that God support you so that your country, faithful to the rich diversity of its moral traditions and its spiritual heritage marked also by the Christian tradition, may always endeavor to build a more just and fraternal society,” said Pope Francis…

17/05/2017

A Maltese delegation made up of Fr Martin Micallef, Director of Id-Dar tal-Providenza, Mr Natalino Psaila, a deaf person, and Mrs Rita Portelli, interpreter of the Maltese Sign Language, took part in the second Catholic European meeting for Deaf persons that took place in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic.

This bi-annual meeting is meant for representatives of the Catholic Church in European countries, who are involved in pastoral work with deaf persons, to meet up and share experiences, projects as well as difficulties encountered with in their respective countries…

16/05/2017

Pope Francis has urged football champions to be models of loyalty, honesty, harmony and humanity.

Speaking to football players, coaches and staff of the Italian football teams, Juventus and Lazio, who are about to dispute the final game of the national “Italy Cup” tournament, the Pope reminded the football stars of their responsibility as public figures towards their fans, especially the young ones…

16/05/2017

Fil-jiem li għaddew, f’Ruma sar kungress sabiex ifakkar il-150 sena minn meta twaqqfet l-Azzjoni Kattolika.

Għal dan il-għan, aktar minn 300 persuna, fosthom kardinali, isqfijiet, saċerdoti u lajċi minn 52 pajjiż differenti nġabru sabiex jiddiskutu u jfakkru dan l-avveniment.

F’isem Malta kien hemm il-President tal-Azzjoni Kattolika Maltija Josef Debono, il-Vici President Marija Cachia, il-President tal-Azzjoni Kattolika f’Għawdex Antoine Vassallo u l-Assistent Ekkleżjastiku tal-fergħa taż-Żgħażagħ Fr Reuben Gauci…