News from the Church in Malta
Click here to download the final report of the Synod of Bishops (Italian)
Below find the official English translation of Pope Francis’ address at conclusion of the Synod of Bishops:
Dear Beatitudes, Eminences and Excellencies, Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I would like first of all to thank the Lord, who has guided our synodal process in these years by his Holy Spirit, whose support is never lacking to the Church…
On Friday 30th October 2015, six seminarians and a Conventual Franciscan friar are going to be ordained deacons by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, during a celebration of Mass starting at 6:30pm, at St Sebastian’s Parish Church, Ħal Qormi.
The following will be ordained deacons: Allister Marija Aquilina OFM Conv.; Sergio Fenech and Mark Mallia Pawley from St Sebastian’s Parish Church, Ħal Qormi; Claude Mifsud, from the Parish of the Assumption of Our Lady, Mosta; James Saydon, from the Parish of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Naxxar; Andrew Schembri from St George’s Parish, Ħal Qormi; and Gilbert Scicluna from St Joseph’s Parish, Kalkara…
Today, at the beginning of the afternoon General Congregation of the Synod of Bishops, the Holy Father made the following announcement:
“I have decided to establish a new Dicastery with competency for Laity, Family and Life, that will replace the Pontifical Council for the Laity and the Pontifical Council for the Family. The Pontifical Academy for Life will be joined to the new Dicastery. To this end, I have constituted a special commission that will prepare a text delineating canonically the competencies of the new Dicastery…
Pope Francis held his weekly General Audience this Wednesday in St. Peter’s Square. In his remarks to the faithful gathered in the Square, Pope Francis returned to the theme of the family, and specifically to the promises a man and a woman make to each other when they form a family in marriage.
The Holy Father began his main catechesis with a reflection on the family as founded on a promise…
Pope Francis says God’s love for us is without limits whereas human beings often lack this generosity and have a tendency to weigh up situations. His words came during his homily at Mass on Tuesday (20th October) celebrated in the Santa Marta residence.
Taking his inspiration from St Paul’s letter to the Romans, the Pope’s homily was a reflection on God’s boundless love to us, saying he doesn’t stand still but instead goes out to search for each one of us…
It-Tnejn 19 t’Ottubru 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa fil-preżenza tal-President ta’ Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca għall-inawgurazzjoni uffiċjali ta’ Ċentru Enrichetta f’Birżebbuġa. Dan iċ-ċentru jopera f’forma ta’ Family Resource Centre u huwa mmexxi mill-Fondazzjoni St Jeanne Antide – għaqda mhux governattiva kommessa li tidentifika u tkun ta’ sapport b’mod olistiku għall-familji vulnerabbli f’livell komunitarju, flimkien mas-Sorijiet tal-Karità.
Is-servizzi ta’ The Malta Community Chest Fund jkunu disponibbli f’Ċentru Enrichetta kull nhar ta’ Tlieta bejn id-disgħa u l-ħdax ta’ filgħodu, għan-nies tal-komunità ta’ Birżebbuġa u ż-żoni tal-madwar…
Jesus does not condemn wealth, but the attachment to wealth that divides families and causes wars: this was the focus of Pope Francis’ remarks to the faithful at Mass on Monday morning in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta.
Let not religion become an “insurance agency”
Reflecting on the readings of the day that had just been proclaimed at Mass on Monday morning in the Santa Marta chapel, Pope Francis bluntly reminded the gathered faithful that we cannot serve two masters: either one serves God, or one serves wealth…
Speaking ahead of the Angelus at the conclusion of the Holy Mass on Sunday, Pope Francis appealed once again for peace in the Holy Land. “I am following with great concern the situation of high tension and violence that afflicts the Holy Land,” he said. “In this moment,” he continued, “there is need of great courage and great strength of soul in order to say ‘No’ to hatred and vengeance, and to carry out acts of peace.”
Pope Francis prayed that God might strengthen both political leaders and people, that they might have to courage to oppose violence and to take concrete steps aimed at decreasing tensions…
