Pope Francis spoke on the Armenian genocide, the relation of the Church to homosexuals, and Britain’s vote last week to leave the European Union, as well as a host of other topics in a wide-ranging press conference on his flight back to Rome following his Apostolic Voyage to Armenia. Sunday’s in-flight press conference began with questions about the Apostolic Voyage to Armenia that Pope Francis had just concluded…
The Archbishop inaugurates the restored icon of Our Lady of Mellieħa
26/06/2016
Il-Ħadd 26 ta’ Ġunju 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna inawgura x-xbieha restawrata tal-Madonna tal-Mellieħa, fis-Santwarju li jġib isimha. Message by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Santwarju tal-Madonna tal-Mellieħa26 ta’ Ġunju 2016 Għażiż Arċipriet, Onorevoli Ministru, Parlamentari, Rispettabbli Sindku, Saċerdoti, Ħuti, Poplu għażiż tal-Mellieħa u anki tant Professjonisti li ħadmu f’dan il-proġett għażiż…
Il‑Qdusija Tiegħu l‑Papa Franġisku ħatar lil Mons. Carmelo Zammit Isqof ta’ Ġibiltà. L‑aħbar ingħatat waqt konferenza tal‑aħbarijiet fil‑Katidral ta’ ‘Saint Mary the Crowned’ f’Ġibiltà stess, fil‑preżenza ta’ Mons. Zammit. Mons. Carmelo Zammit huwa mill-Gudja, għandu 66 sena u ġie ordnat saċerdot fl‑1974. Sal‑lum huwa kien il‑Vigarju Ġudizzjali tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta, kariga li ilu jservi minn Mejju tal‑2015. L‑Isqof‑elett ta’ Ġibiltà, Mons. Carmelo Zammit, huwa s‑suċċessur tal‑Isqof Ralph Heskett li fl‑2014 inħatar Isqof tad‑Djoċesi ta’ Hallam, f’Liverpool, l‑Ingilterra.
Fl‑ewwel kummenti wara li tħabbret uffiċjalment il‑ħatra tiegħu, l‑Isqof‑elett qal li huwa laqa’ b’emozzjoni ta’ biża imma fl‑istess ħin b’ferħ kbir, ix‑xewqa tal‑Papa Franġisku li jsir Isqof ta’ Ġibiltà…
Pope Francis has chosen the theme for the 103rd World Day of Migrants and Refugees: “Minor migrants, vulnerable and voiceless.” In a statement released on Wednesday, the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples said that with that theme, Pope Francis “wants to focus attention on the smallest of the small.” The statement noted that children, who often arrive unaccompanied in their destination countries, “are unable to make their own voices heard” and “easily become victims of grave violations of human rights.” The Council noted that “migration is a worldwide phenomenon,” and that all continents are “touched by this reality.” Migration, it continued, concerns not only those who leave their countries in search of jobs or a better life, but also adults and children who are fleeing “real tragedies.” It is necessary, the Council said, to guarantee that migrants, along with their families, “enjoy the full recognition of all their rights” in the countries in which they arrive…
Il-Knisja f’Malta tifraħ filwaqt li tirringrazzja lil Alla għall-ordinazzjoni saċerdotali ta’ tmien djakni. L-ordinazzjoni ta’ dawn iż-żgħażagħ – tlieta minn Ħal Qormi, wieħed mill-Kalkara, wieħed mill-Mosta, wieħed min-Naxxar, wieħed mill-Ordni tal-Minuri Konventwali, u ieħor mill‑Ordni tas-Salesjani ta’ Don Bosco – se ssir nhar l-Erbgħa 29 ta’ Ġunju 2016, fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. Il-Quddiesa tibda fis-6:00 p.m. It-tmien djakni li ser jiġu ordnati saċerdoti mill-Arċisqof Charles J…
Pope Francis has sent a video message to the participants in the Sixth World Conference Against the Death Penalty, taking place this week in Oslo, Norway. The Holy Father put his message in the key of the Year of Mercy, saying, “The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy is an auspicious occasion for promoting worldwide ever more evolved forms of respect for the life and dignity of each person.” Pope Francis goes on to say, “It must not be forgotten that the inviolable and God-given right to life also belongs to the criminal.” Source: Radio Vaticana
Before judging others we should look first in the mirror to see how we, ourselves, appear. That’s what Pope Francis said at Monday morning’s Mass at the Santa Marta guesthouse in the Vatican. In his last Mass with a Homily there ahead of the summer break, the pontiff pointed out that what distinguishes God’s judgment from ours is not “omnipotence” but “mercy.” Judgment belongs to God alone, so if we do not want to be judged, we should not judge others says Pope Francis…
Fl-okkażjoni tal-Jum Dinji tar-Refuġjati (20 ta’ Ġunju, 2016), it-Taqsima Refuġjati tal-Kummissjoni Emigranti tħoss li għandha tipproponi għall-konsiderazzjoni tal-awtoritajiet konċernati u ta’ kulħadd għadd ta’ suġġerimenti dwar il-qagħda tar-refuġjati u persuni oħrajn f’kundizzjoni li tkun tixbah lil dik ta’ refuġjat u li jkunu jinsabu Malta:
Peress li dawk li jingħataw status ta’ refuġjat għandhom id-dritt li joqogħdu Malta indefinittivament, il-Kummissjoni Għolja tal-Ġnus Magħquda għar-Refuġjati (UNHCR) mhix tilqa’ t-talbiet tagħhom għal resettlement…
Christians Together In Malta will hold their next public dialogue meeting on Thursday 23rd June 2016, from 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m., at St. Andrews House, in Old Bakery Street, Valletta (round the corner from St Andrews Scots Church). The theme of the meeting is: “The second coming of Christ”. Everybody is welcome.
Pope Francis on Sunday urged Catholics to pray for the Orthodox leaders from around the world who are holding their ‘Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church’ on the Greek island of Crete. As chairman of the Council, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Sunday presided at aDivine Liturgy in the Metropolitan Church of St Minas in the capital Heraklion, to officially open the week long meeting…
