News from the Church in Malta
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…
In his Angelus address in a sunny St Peter’s Square, Pope France recalled the Church tradition of calling the first Sunday after Easter “in albis”, an expression he said, meant to recall the rite of those who had received baptism in white on the Easter Vigil.
The Pope went on to say that in the Jubilee of Year of 2000, St John Paul II established that this particular Sunday was to be dedicated to Divine Mercy…
Il‑festa tal‑Ħniena Divina tniżżlet fil‑kalendarju tal‑Knisja grazzi għall-Papa Ġwanni Pawlu II, li fl‑1992 ddeċieda li dil‑festa tibda tiġi ċċelebrata fl‑ewwel Ħadd ta’ wara l‑Għid, l‑hekk imsejħa “Domenica in albis”.
X’inhi l‑orġini ta’ din il‑festa?
Ġesù, skont id‑dehriet li Suor Fawstina kellha tiegħu fl‑1931 u li kitbthom fid‑djaru tagħha, qasam magħha x‑xewqa li l‑Knisja tfakkar din il‑festa: “Jien nixtieq li jkun hawn il‑festa tal‑Ħniena Divina…
Pope Francis on Saturday paid tribute to modern day martyrs whom he said “are the living blood of the Church”.
The Pope was presiding over a Liturgy of the Word at the Church of St. Bartholomew on the Tiber, a shrine to the martyrs of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Speaking during his homily, the Pope had words of closeness for the many Christian communities being persecuted today “because of the hatred of the spirit of this world”…
This week, on two separate evenings, the Otto Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, will be commemorating the fifth centenary of the Protestant Reformation. It was 31st October 1517 when the Augustinian friar, Martin Luther, nailed a list of ninety-five grievances to the door of the church of Wittenberg Castle in Germany. That was the beginning of a long series of events which unfortunately lead to separation and bitterness among Christians, wars – in particular the Thirty Years’ War (1618-48) – and hate-filled suspicion…
Francisco u Giacinta Marto, iż-żewġ aħwa ta’ Fatima, se jiġu ddikjarati qaddisin nhar it-13 ta’ Mejju li ġej.
Dan ifisser li l-kanonizzazzjoni tal-aħwa Portugiżi se ssir waqt il-vjaġġ apostoliku li l-Papa Franġisku se jkun qed jagħmel ġo Fatima fit-12 u t-13 ta’ Mejju, fl-okkażjoni tal-100 sena mid-dehriet tal-Verġni Marija.
L-aħwa Marto kienu mietu ftit snin wara d-dehriet mirakolużi tal-Madonna, meta Franġisku kellu 11-il sena u Giacinta għalqet l-10 snin…
