News from the Church in Malta
The Maltese Augustinian Community invited His Eminence Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi to lecture in Malta on Il tempio e la piazza – Fede cultura e società. The Augustinians are celebrating 200 years since the Maltese Province was set up as an independent Province from the Sicilian Province.
Cardinal Ravasi is very well known for the Sunday Gospel talks on RAI TV…
Pope Francis said on Wednesday that Christian Unity and reconciliation are possible. He was speaking during his weekly General Audience in the Paul the VI hall where he also continued his catechesis on Christian hope.
We look more ‘to that’ which unites us rather than that which ‘divides us”. Those were Pope Francis’ words on Wednesday during his weekly General Audience as he recalled this Week of Prayer for Christian Unity…
Be courageous Christians, anchored in hope and capable of enduring dark moments. This was the forceful invitation of Pope Francis at the morning Mass on Tuesday at the Casa Santa Marta. Lazy Christians, on the other hand, are stationary, the Pope said, and for them, the Church is a good parking spot.
The life of a Christian is a “courageous life,” Pope Francis said in his homily, which he based on the reading from the Letter to the Hebrews…
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is being held as from tomorrow, Wednesday 18th January, until Wednesday 25th January 2017. During this week, the members of different Christian Churches meet for ecumenical prayer. This years’ theme is “Reconciliation – The love of Christ compels us” (2 Corinthians 5: 14-20).
On this occasion, an Ecumenical Service will be held on Thursday 19th January 2016, at 6:30 p.m., at the Church of St Augustine, Old Bakery Street, Valletta…
Pope Francis has sent his condolences after a cargo plane crashed in a residential area outside Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. The Turkish plane was flying from Hong Kong, and was scheduled to stop at Manas Airport, before continuing to Istanbul.
At least 37 people were killed in the crash, most of them on the ground. Over half the houses in the small village next to the airport were reported destroyed in the accident…
Pope Francis appealed for better treatment of child-migrants on Sunday. Speaking to pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus with him, the Holy Father renewed his call for prayerful and concrete solidarity with minors forced to flee their homelands – especially for the children and adolescents forced to flee on their own, without the company of parents or older relatives…
Il‑Ħadd 15 ta’ Jannar 2017, l-Arċisqof ċċelebra Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni tal-Jum Dinji tal-Migranti u Refuġjati, fil-Knisja tal-Vitorja, il-Belt Valletta.
Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Knisja tal-Vitorja, il-Belt Valletta
15 ta’ Jannar 2017
L-ewwel ħsieb li nixtieq naqsam magħkom u mat-telespettaturi ta’ TVM2, huwa ħsieb ispirat minn dak li jgħid Ġwanni l-Battista, Ġwanni l-Għammied, meta jara lil Ġesù riesaq lejh, jitħallat mal-midinbin li qed ifittxu l-Magħmudija tal-indiema…
Is‑Sibt 14 ta’ Jannar 2017, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna mexxa ċ‑ċelebrazzjoni tal‑pussess ta’ Dun Denis Schembri bħala kappillan tal‑Parroċċa tal‑Manikata.
Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Knisja Parrokkjali tal-Manikata
14 ta’ Jannar 2017
“Araw il-ħaruf ta’ Alla li jneħħi d-dnub tad-dinja” (Ġw 1, 29)…
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me” (Mk 9:37; cf. Mt 18:5; Lk 9:48; Jn 13:20). With these words, the Evangelists remind the Christian community of Jesus’ teaching, which both inspires and challenges. This phrase traces the sure path which leads to God; it begins with the smallest and, through the grace of our Saviour, it grows into the practice of welcoming others…
