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Pope to Vatican staff: forgiveness for scandals, care for families

22/12/2015
  • Pope Francis received the employees of the Holy See and the Vatican City State in a special audience on Monday, to exchange Christmas greetings with them and their families. During the course of the audience, the Holy Father expressed his gratitude to the workers and their families, and asked forgiveness for the recent scandals in the Vatican. “As I thank you,” Pope Francis said, “I also want to ask your forgiveness for the scandals that there have been in the Vatican…

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Pope Francis’ Address to the Roman Curia

21/12/2015
  • Pope Francis has urged the Roman Curia to “return to the essentials” and follow a path of gratitude, conversion, renewal, penance and reconciliation as indicated by the Year of Mercy. The Pope was addressing members of the Curia gathered in the Vatican Clementine Hall for the annual Christmas Greetings.

    Please find below the full text of the Pope’s address to the Curia:

    Dear brothers and sisters, Forgive me for not standing up as I speak to you, but for some days I’ve been suffering from a cold and not feeling too well…

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Pope Francis: Christ in the other, in history, in the Church

21/12/2015

  • Pope Francis prayed the Angelus with faithful pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, ahead of which he spoke of the spirit of wonder engendered by the Gospel and especially by the Christmas season.

    Reflecting on the Gospel reading of the 4th Sunday of Advent, which recounts Mary’s visit to her cousin, Elizabeth, miraculously with child in her old age, Pope Francis indicated three loci of wonder in our lives: the other; history; and the Church…

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Feature: Mercy, the path for happiness

20/12/2015

  • In preparation for the 2016 World Youth Day in Krakov, Professor Yago de la Cierva speaks what is happiness for him and explains who were St. Faustina and St. John Paul II. Also, he emphasises how God’s mercy is reachable to everyone.

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Publication of the External Feasts in Malta for 2016

20/12/2015

  • L-Uffiċċju Komunikazzjoni tal-Kurja tal-Arċisqof qiegħed jippublika l-lista tal-festi esterni għas-sena 2016. Id-dati tal-festi ġew ipprovduti mill-kappillani tal-parroċċi rispettivi. Din il-lista giet ippublkata wkoll fi djarju tal-Knisja f’Malta, għas-sena 2016. Il-lista tal-festi tista titnizzel minn hawn jew mill-paġna Informazzjoni.

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The Archbishop’s message on the occasion of ‘Milied Flimkien’

19/12/2015

  • Is-Sibt 19 ta’ Diċembru 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna wassal il-messaġġ tiegħu flimkien mal-ogħla awtoritajiet tal-Istat, fl-okkażjoni ta’ ‘Milied Flimkien’, fi Pjazza de Valette, il-Belt Valletta.

    Message by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

  • Pjazza de Valette, il-Belt Valletta

    19 ta’ Diċembru 2015

    Il-Milied huwa sabiħ jekk niskopru ta’ kull sena s-sinjifikat veru tiegħu: li niċċelebraw flimkien it-twelid ta’ tarbija f’għar f’Betlehem, li ngħatat l-isem ta’ Ġesù li jfisser Alla jsalvana…

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Refugees, Migrants, Integration: Proposals of the European Bishops to the EU

19/12/2015
  • COMECE welcomes in principle the conclusions of the European Council on 17 December 2015 and the concrete steps they entail for the implementation of measures concerning the reception, support and relocation of refugees in the European Union. Nevertheless it is to be regretted that the Member States were not encouraged to take further steps for the integration of the asylum seekers…

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Aerial footage of the Opening of the Door of Mercy at Mdina

19/12/2015

  • Filmat miġbud mill-ajru waqt il-ftuħ tal-Bieb tal-Ħniena fil-Katidral tal-Imdina ġibed l-attenzjoni ta’ eluf ta’ nies hekk kif s’issa ntwera aktar minn 10,000 darba. Il-filmat juri xeni tal-kongregazzjoni mmexxija mill-Arċsiqof Charles J. Scicluna f’purċissjoni li bdiet mill-Knisja ta’ San Mark, ir-Rabat. Il-produzzjoni tal-filmat hija tal-Uffiċċju Komunikazzjoni tal-Kurja.

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Pastoral Letter at the beginning of the Jubilee of Mercy – Merciful Like The Father

18/12/2015
  • “Merciful like the Father”. This is the important message which the Jubilee of Mercy, inaugurated by Pope Francis, wants to convey to us all. Jesus himself declared that we should “be merciful just as the Father is merciful” (Lk 6:36).

    Mercy: a sign of God’s love

    The Good News may be summarised in Jesus’ own words: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (Jn 3:16)…

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