News from the Church in Malta
The former Northern Ireland footballer Philip Mulryne has been ordained a Roman Catholic priest in the Dominican Order.
Fr Mulryne, who is reported to have once earned £600,000 a year, has also taken a vow of poverty.
He was ordained in Dublin on Saturday by Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia, who had travelled from Rome for the ceremony…
Il‑Knisja f’Malta tfakkar lill‑ġenituri Kattoliċi li fl‑għażliet li jagħmlu fl‑edukazzjoni ta’ wliedhom, huma għandhom id‑dover li fl-iskola jagħżlu t‑tagħlim tar‑reliġjon. Dan ġie spjegat f’ċirkulari maħruġa mill-Kurja, li ser tinqara fil‑knejjes fi tmiem din il‑ġimgħa.
L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jfakkar lill‑ġenituri fir‑responsabbiltà li għandhom, li minn meta l‑ulied ikunu għadhom żgħar, jgħinuhom biex jikbru fil‑fidi bl‑eżempju u bil‑kelma, u billi jaraw li jirċievu l‑formazzjoni meħtieġa…
To Her Excellency
Mrs Angela Merkel
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Following our recent meeting in the Vatican, and in response to your thoughtful request, I would like to offer some considerations that, together with all the Pastors of the Catholic Church, I consider important in view of the forthcoming meeting of the G20, which will gather Heads of State and of Government of the Group of major world economies and the highest authorities of the European Union…
The Holy See has called for greater attention to the needs of elderly people in respect for their inherent dignity.
Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to the UN, made the appeal during a working group on Ageing, entitled “Measures to enhance the contribution of Older Persons to Social Development”.
“A greater focus on the contribution of older persons to development should be combined with an enhanced attention to their needs,” he said…
The choirs of Jesus College and St Catherine’s College, both from the University of Cambridge, England, will perform a selection of choral masterpieces, at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta and at St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral, Mdina.
As part of their summer tour, the choir of Jesus College, directed by the international award-winning Richard Pinel, will perform at St John’s Co-Cathedral on Saturday 8th July at 6:00 p.m…
Bħalissa, ħafna huma l-istudenti li qed jaħsbu x’kors jistgħu jibdew fl-Università minn Ottubru li ġej. Il-Fakultà tat-Teoloġija, din is-sena qed toffri għadd ta’ korsijiet, kemm full-time kif ukoll part-time, għal dawk kollha li huma interessati jidħlu aktar fil-fond f’suġġetti bħal: mistoqsijiet fuq il-fidi u r-reliġjon, il-ħajja, is-saħħa u l-bioetika.
Hawnhekk hawn il-lista tal-korsijiet li l-Fakultà se toffri mis-sena akkademika li jmiss:
F’OTTUBRU LI ĠEJ (2017)
– Diploma fl-Istudji Reliġjużi – Kors li jsir filgħaxija u hu mifrux fuq sentejn…
Europe is today more than ever a complex reality. “Plural” Europe also includes the need to tackle challenges together. A pluralist culture strongly marked by secularism and individualism is gaining ground. Nevertheless, the will to share common values, founded in Truth, along with desire for God is growing more and more, especially among younger generations. The Catholic Church recognizes in the present time an opportunity to live and witness with renewed commitment the joy of the Gospel of Jesus: a God who has assumed the human condition out of love, providing humankind with his support even at the most difficult times of history…
Pope St John Paul II’s former spokesman, Dr Joaquìn Navarro-Valls, has died at the age of 80.
His current successor, Holy See Press Office Director Greg Burke, announced the news this evening with the following tweets:
A numerary of Opus Dei and a trained doctor and psychiatrist, the Spanish journalist had been diagnosed with terminal cancer some weeks ago…
Aloysius Schwartz had a desire to become a priest from an early age. As time passed, his desire became more specific: He wanted to be a priest of the poor.
During high school he joined St Charles Minor Seminary in Catonsville, Maryland, but after graduation felt an attraction to the Maryknoll Missionaries. He attended Maryknoll College to receive his bachelor’s degree, but then completed his theological studies in Belgium at Louvain University…
