News from the Church in Malta
On Sunday 24th January 2016, Mgr Charles Cordina, on behalf of the Archbishop of Malta, co-celebrated Mass for couples who are going to marry this year, at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta. The Mass was organised by the Cana Movement.
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Pope Francis on Friday said the Church’s teaching on marriage is not an “ideal for the few,” but “a reality that, in the grace of Christ, can be experienced by all the baptized.”
The Holy Father was speaking the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, the Vatican court which mainly deals with marriage annulment cases.
In his address inaugurating the judicial year, Pope Francis said the court’s role as Tribunal of the Family, and its role as Tribunal of the Truth of the Sacred Bond are complementary…
Pope Francis has issued a decree that changes the way that the Holy Thursday Rite of the Washing of the Feet is celebrated.
The decree, that says the rite should include all members of God’s people, was published on Thursday by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and signed by the prefect, Cardinal Robert Sarah…
Il-Ħadd 24 ta’ Jannar 2016, fil-5:30 p.m., fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa għall-koppji li ser jiżżewġu din is-sena. Il-Quddiesa hija organizzata mill-Moviment ta’ Kana, u ser tiġi mxandra ‘live’ fuq il-YouTube Channel tal-Knisja f’Malta.
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In-numru ta’ żwiġijiet fil-Knisja li ġew irreġistrati fl-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta fis-sena 2015 kien ta’ 1,458, żieda fuq in-numru ta’ żwiġijiet irreġistrati fl-2014.
Mit-total ta’ żwiġijiet rreġistrati fl-2015, 1,248 żwieġ kienu bejn Maltin. Kien hemm ukoll 71 żwieġ bejn Maltin u barranin. Dawn kienu mqassmin hekk: 44 żwieġ bejn Kattoliċi Maltin u Kattoliċi barranin; 22 żwieġ bejn Kattoliċi Maltin u Insara mhux Kattoliċi barranin; 5 żwiġijiet ta’ Maltin ma’ barranin li mhumiex Insara…
On Friday 22 January 2016, a presentation of the message by Pope Francis for the 50th World Day forSocial Communications, is going to be held at the Vatican. The presentation is going to be broadcast ‘Live’ on YouTube, at noon.
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A large gathering of Christians participated in the Diocesan Ecumenical Service on Thursday 21st January 2016 at St Nicholas Church (tal-Erwieħ), Merchants Street, Valletta where Serbian Orthodox and other Orthodox Christians regularly assemble for the Divine Liturgy.
Archbishop Scicluna who was indisposed was represented by Fr Hector Scerri, President of the Diocesan Ecumenical Commission. At the beginning of the Service, Fr Scerri conveyed the greetings of Archbishop Scicluna, as well as those of Bishop Andrej, Serbian Orthodox bishop of Austria, Switzerland, Italy and Malta…
L-impjegati tal-Kurja tal-Arċisqof jixtiequ jwasslu l-kondoljanzi tagħhom lill-familja Vassallo wara li nhar it-Tlieta 19 ta’ Jannar 2016, tħabbret il-mewt ta’ Fr VicGeorge Vassallo. Fr VicGeorge kien id-Direttur tas-servizzi tal-IT fil-Kurja tal-Arċisqof u fost ħidmiet oħrajn kien strumentali fit-twaqqif onlajn tal-arkivji diġitali tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta.
Fr VicGeorge ġie ordnat saċerdot fis-6 ta’ Lulju 1990. Fil-ħidma pastorali tiegħu huwa serva bħala kappillan tal-Parroċċa ta’ Marsaxlokk u tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta…
