News from the Church in Malta
The spirit of clericalism is an evil that is present in the Church today, Pope Francis said, and the victim of this spirit is the people, who feel discarded and abused. That was the Pope’s message in the homily at the morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta.
Among those taking part in the Mass were the members of the Council of cardinals, who are meeting with the Pope this week in Rome…
Nhar it-Tlieta 13 ta’ Diċembru 2016, f’Jum ir-Repubblika, l-Arċisqof Emeritu Monsinjur Pawlu Cremona ingħata l-unur ta’ Kumpann fl-Ordni Nazzjonali tal-Mertu. Dan huwa l-ogħla ġieħ fl-ogħti ta’ midalji u unuri b’għarfien mill-Istat għas-seba’ snin li mexxa l-Knisja f’Malta bħala Arċisqof, fix-Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika.
Is-Sorijiet Franġiskani tal-Qalb ta’ Ġesù, sorijiet li jagħtu s-servizz tagħhom f’Londra ingħataw ukoll midalja għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika…
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Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
10 ta’ Diċembru 2016
Ġesù jgħaddi mill-ewwel għall-fatti…
Pope Francis has prayed for the victims of several terrorist attacks which had taken place in the hours before his Sunday Angelus.
In Egypt, a bomb outside St. Mark’s Coptic Cathedral in Cairo killed at least 25 people on Sunday morning; in Somalia, a suicide bomber killed over a dozen people in Mogadishu on Sunday morning; and in Turkey, at least 38 people were killed in twin bomb attacks outside a football stadium in Instanbul on Saturday evening…
Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Friday morning, focusing his remarks following the readings of the day on the need for priests to serve as authentic mediators of God’s love, rather than as intermediaries – “go-betweens” or “middle-men” – concerned only with advancing their own interests.
No to “go-between” priests, yest to priests who are mediators of God’s love
The role of the mediator is not that of the intermediary – and priests are called to be the former for their flock:
“The mediator gives himself (lit…
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Awla Pawlu VI
Il-Ġimgħa 9 ta’ Diċembru 2016
Għeżież ħuti, l-għodwa t-tajba!
Bi pjaċir qed nilqagħkom u nesprimilkom il-ħajr tiegħi fl-okkażjoni tal-inawgurazzoni tas-siġra u tal-presepju, li sa jiġu ammirati fi Pjazza San Pietru mill-pellegrini tad-dinja kollha matul l-Avvent u l-festi tal-Milied…
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9th December 2016
Paul VI Audience Hall, Vatican
Most Holy Father,
We thank you for the gift of this audience, of this encounter between a father and his children.
The crib given by Malta for Christmas 2016 brings with it a swathe of the Mediterranean Sea to Saint Peter’s Square…
