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Pope Francis marks Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

15/09/2016

During the General Audience, Pope Francis greeted the Bishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, and family members of Fr. Jacques Hamel, the French priest who was murdered by Islamists in July. Earlier on Wednesday morning, Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the slain priest.
Pope Francis remembered the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Wednesday, at the end of his weekly General Audience…

14/09/2016

Pope Francis on Wednesday morning celebrated Mass for the French priest of Rouen, Fr. Jacques Hamel, whom he described, is part of the chain of Christian martyrs that runs throughout the history of the Church.

Father Hamel was murdered while celebrating Mass in his Parish Church by two men swearing allegiance to the so-called Islamic State in July.

To the congregation gathered at Santa Marta and which included Archbishop Dominque Lebrun of Rouen, along with 80 other pilgrims from the diocese, Pope Francis said that “to kill in the name of God is satanic”…

13/09/2016

Għada, l‑Erbgħa, 14 ta’ Settembru 2016, ser issir ċelebrazzjoni għall‑anzjani fl‑okkażjoni tal‑Ġublew tal‑Ħniena. It-tema ta’ din iċ-ċelebrazzjoni hi ‘Il-ferħ tal-Ħniena t’Alla’. L‑attività ser issir fil‑Katidral ta’ San Pawl, l‑Imdina. Fid‑9:00 a.m. l-anzjani ser jinġabru fi Pjazza San Pawl (quddiem il-Katidral tal-Imdina) biex jgħaddu mill-Bieb tal-Ħniena tal-Katidral. Fl‑10:00 tibda Quddiesa ċċelebrata mill-Arċisqof Emeritu Mons. Pawlu Cremona. L‑attività qed tiġi organizzata mill‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta bis‑sehem tal‑Kapitlu Metropolitan, il‑Caritas, id‑Direttur Djar tal‑Anzjani, is‑Segretarjat Assistenza Soċjali tal‑Azzjoni Kattolika, u l‑Għaqda Maltija Trasport tal‑Morda f’Lourdes…

13/09/2016

L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Mons. Lino Grech bħala Vigarju Ġudizzjali Aġġunt tat‑Tribunal Reġjonali tat‑Tieni Istanza, u lil Dun Brendan Gatt bħala Vigarju Ġudizzjali Aġġunt tat‑Tribunal Ekkleżjastiku tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta (l‑Ewwel Istanza).
Mons. Lino Grech twieled fid‑9 ta’ Lulju 1945. Huwa rċieva l‑edukazzjoni primarja għand is‑sorijiet Agostinjani u l‑Iskola tal‑Gvern fil‑Mosta, u l‑edukazzjoni sekondarja fis‑Seminarju tal‑Arċisqof, il‑Furjana. Fl‑1961 daħal is‑Seminarju Maġġuri fejn studja l‑letteratura, il‑filosofija u t‑teoloġija…

13/09/2016

On Wednesday 7th of September 2016, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna inaugurated and blessed a new beer packaging facility, at Farsons beer factory, in Imrieħel.
Photos: Antoinette Caruana

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13/09/2016

Divisions destroy the Church, and the devil seeks to attack the root of unity: the celebration of the Eucharist. That was the message of Pope Francis on Monday morning at the daily Mass at the Casa Santa Marta, on the feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Commenting on the reading from the First Letter to the Corinthians — where St Paul rebuked the Corinthians for their contentiousness, Pope Francis said, “The devil has two very powerful weapons to destroy the Church: divisions and money.” And this has happened from the beginning: “ideological, theological divisions that lacerate the Church…

12/09/2016

Il-Ħadd 11 ta’ Settembru 2016, saret Quddiesa ta’ Radd il-Ħajr, wara l-Ordinazzjoni Episkopali ta’ Mons. Carmel Zammit, fil-Knisja Parrokkjali tal-Gudja. Il-korteo, li kien immexxi mill-Isqof Carmelo Zammit, telaq mill-M.U.S.E.U.M. tas-subien, akkumpanjat minn qraba u miż-żewġ baned tal-Gudja, il-Banda La Stella u l-Banda Marija Assunta, li wasslu lill-Isqof għall-Knisja Arċipretali ta’ Marija Assunta, il-Gudja. Wara, l-Isqof Zammit iċċelebra Quddiesa ta’ Radd il-Ħajr lil Alla, flimkien mal-poplu tal-Gudja…

12/09/2016

On Sunday 11th September 2016, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrated Pontifical Mass on the feast of Our Lady of Divine Grace, at Żabbar Parish Church. Message by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Parroċċa ta’ Ħaż-Żabbar 10 ta’ Settembru 2016 Għeżież Personalitajiet distinti, għeżież Żabbarin, jiena nirringrazzjahom bil-qalb tal-ħidma tagħhom u aħna lkoll nirringrazzjawkom f’isem Sidtna Marija u Binha Ġesu…

12/09/2016

Is-Sibt 10 ta’ Settembru 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa mal-membri żgħażagħ li ġeddew l-impenn tagħhom fiċ-Ċentru tal-Vokazzjonijiet, is-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù.

Diversi adoloxxenti u żgħażagħ inġabru għal din l-okażjoni biex iroddu ħajr lil Alla għal dak li rċivew matul is-sajf fil-laqghat u live-ins, fejn wara ġeddew l-impenn tagħhom bħala membri taċ-Ċentru. Il-ġenituri kienu wkoll mistiedna biex jattendu flimkien ma’ wliedhom…

12/09/2016

Speaking before the Marian Prayer in St Peter’s Square, Pope Francis recalled Sunday’s Gospel from Luke, considered to be the chapter of Mercy. In these parables of the lost sheep, the coin, and the prodigal son the Pope explained that “Jesus wants to make us understand that God the Father is the first to have a welcoming and merciful attitude toward sinners.”The Pope added that all these parables express joy and rejoicing, not sadness and sorrow. Pope Francis underlined the Gospel reading gives hope, continuing, “there is no sin in which we have fallen, from which, by the grace of God, we cannot rise again; there is no individual beyond redemption, no one is beyond redemption, because God never ceases to want our good, even when we sin” Source: Vatican Radio

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