Bishop George Bugeja has left Malta today for Benghazi, Libya
15/03/2016
On Tuesday 15th March 2016, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna met with Bishop George Bugeja O.F.M., in an informal meeting at the Archbishop’s Curia, Floriana. This meeting was held before Mgr Bugeja left Malta on his new mission as the new pastoral leader in the Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi, in Libya. Bishop George Bugeja O.F.M. will be taking over Bishop Emeritus Sylvester Magro O.F.M..
Pope Francis on Monday spoke of a series of events and situations that shed shadows on our lives and lead us to ask difficult questions. Speaking during morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta, the Pope remembered a homeless man who recently died of the cold here in Rome; he recalled the sisters of Charity who were killed in an attack in Yemen; and his thoughts flew to the many people who continue to fall ill in the so-called “triangle of death” in the southern Italian region of Campania where the illegal burning of toxic waste causes cancer and despair…
On Sunday 13th March 2016, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrated Mass with members of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, in the presence of H.E. Fra Matthew Festing, Grandmaster of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John, of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta. The Mass was held at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta. The Celebration of Mass on YouTube
Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta13th March 2016 “Not having any righteousness of my own based on the law but that which comes from faith in Christ, the righteousness from God, depending on faith to know him and the power of his resurrection” (Phil 3: 9-10)…
During his Angelus address on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Pope Francis drew inspiration from the Gospel reading of the day which the Pope himself described as so beautiful that he reads it and rereads it. It tells the story of the adulterous woman, which the Pope said, highlights the theme of the mercy of God, who never wants the death of the sinner but wants them to convert and live…
On Sunday 30th March 2016, at 9:15 a.m., Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrates Mass with members of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta. Watch LIVE
Pope Francis is urging Christians to support families in need so that children are raised in “healthy and peaceful environments.” In a short video message in Spanish issued Thursday, the Pope offers a prayer intention for the month of March. He reflects on the theme: “the family is one of the most precious assets of humanity. But, is it not perhaps the most vulnerable?” “When a family is exposed to economic, health, or other difficulties, the children grow up in an environment of sadness.” Meditating on this issue, Pope Francis says, “I want to share with you and with Jesus my prayer intention for the month: That families in need may receive the necessary support and that children may grow up in healthy and peaceful environments.”
The theme of transparency regarding the Church‘s assets and the question regarding the fight against hunger and food waste were two key points during the Sixth meditation of the Pope’s Lenten Retreat. Led by Father Ermes Ronchi who is preaching to Pope Francis and to members of the Roman Curia at their retreat in the town of Ariccia, the exercises focus on ten questions from the Gospels…
The priest leading the spiritual exercises for Pope Francis and the Roman Curia says the Church must not shine the spotlight on herself but instead on Christ. Father Ermes Ronchi’s reflections came during his meditations on Tuesday morning that were delivered at the ‘Divin Maestro’ centre in the town of Ariccia, south of Rome, where the Pope and the Roman Curia are spending their Lenten retreat…
Pope Francis and members of the Vatican Curia arrived on Sunday evening at the “Casa del Divin Maestro,” a retreat centre in Ariccia, located about 25 miles from Rome. They are taking part in the week-long Curial Spiritual Exercises. Usually conducted during the first week of Lent, the exercises were postponed this year due to the Papal Voyage to Mexico. Each day will include moments of prayer, meditation, and Eucharistic adoration…
Nhar il-Ġimgħa 4 ta’ Marzu 2016, sar servizz penitenzjali għaż-żgħażagħ u l-adulti f’ċelebrazzjoni ta’ talb u maħfra, permezz tas-Sagrament tar-Rikonċiljazzjoni, organizzat mis-Seminaristi, fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof. Dan is-servizz penitenzjali, bl-isem ta’ ‘Jiena Naħfirlek’, kien jinkludi l-kontribut tal-Y4J Band. Wara, beda pellegrinaġġ fit-toroq tar-Rabat u l-Imdina b’kurċifiss impitter apposta għall-okkażjoni mill-artist u seminarista David Borg, b’innijiet tal-Mixja Neo-Katekumenali. Il-pellegrinaġġ intemm fil-Bieb tal-Ħniena tal-Katidral tal-Imdina u b’Barka Sagramentali. Din l-attivita’ kienet parti mill-’24 siegħa għall-Mulej’: ċelebrazzjoni Universali marbuta mal-Ġublew tal-Ħniena…
